{"id":372600,"date":"2026-03-30T07:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/372600\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:24:07","slug":"blackpools-monet-shows-culture-can-thrive-in-unexpected-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/372600\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool&#8217;s Monet shows &#8216;culture can thrive in unexpected places&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The display of a masterpiece by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet in Blackpool &#8220;shows that world-class culture can thrive in places people might not expect&#8221;, the council&#8217;s leader has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 1872 artwork The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil is now open to free viewings at the town&#8217;s Grundy Art Gallery, where crowds attended a launch event on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking at the venue, Blackpool Council leader Lynn Williams said: &#8220;It&#8217;s about opening up access, inspiring pride in our town, and giving residents and visitors the opportunity to experience something truly special on their doorstep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Every local school will be invited to view the work by the prolific French artist, who died in 1926.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The display of a masterpiece by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet in Blackpool &#8220;shows that world-class culture can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-372600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}