I've just been to check out the paintings at 'Dega to Dali' at the Auckland Art Gallery (http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/).

It's a very enjoyable exhibition, with a remarkable number of works from the collection of the Scottish Galleries (made me feel a pang of sympathy for the Scots – do they have any paintings let at the moment?!).  My favourite was Van Gogh's Olive Trees, although maybe I'm conditioned in some way to like Van Gogh (?).

Almost more remarkable than the paintings was the...