{"id":458451,"date":"2026-06-03T07:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458451\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:32:08","slug":"monet-masterpiece-doubles-visitors-to-blackpool-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458451\/","title":{"rendered":"Monet masterpiece doubles visitors to Blackpool art gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She continued: &#8220;Art of this significance &#8211; masterpieces &#8211; should be accessible to everyone, and bringing works like this to the town helps break down barriers, ensuring that people of all ages and backgrounds can experience internationally celebrated culture without needing to travel to London or Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It also challenges outdated perceptions of Blackpool, showcasing our town as a place where culture, creativity and ambition thrive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re all thrilled that so many people, young and old and from near and far, have been to see the Monet painting and felt inspired by it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More than 600 children from 10 primary and secondary schools have visited as part of a special programme, touring the gallery, viewing the painting and learning more about the prolific artist who died in 1926.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The work depicts a riverside scene near the town of Argenteuil where Monet moved in 1871, and its display in the Grundy follows exhibitions of art by LS Lowry and Roy Lichtenstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The exhibition ends on 13 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She continued: &#8220;Art of this significance &#8211; masterpieces &#8211; should be accessible to everyone, and bringing works like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-458451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}