UK snow delays arrival of Manet portrait for exhibit

1/22/13, "Manet portrait's arrival at Royal Academy delayed by snow," BBC

"The Royal Academy's blockbuster Manet exhibition is all set to open this week - but one portrait is absent thanks to the British weather.

Manet's The Amazon (1875), showing a woman on horseback, was all set to be flown in from Brazil's Sao Paulo Museum of Arts last week.

But the journey was abandoned when snow swept across the UK.

The painting is now expected to be in place before the exhibition opens to the public on Saturday.

At Tuesday's press preview, curator MaryAnne Stevens admitted the arrival dates of loaned works weren't usually "that tight".

In the space where the painting should have been, a Royal Academy sign read: "Due to adverse weather conditions, the arrival of this painting has been delayed.""...



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