Masterworks is tops!

August 17, 2009

Dear Sir,

My family and I recently visited Bermuda, and went to the Aquarium, Dockyard, the Masterworks Foundation in the Botanical Gardens, as well as many other attractions.

The best of them all was the Masterworks Foundation. The fact that the entrance price was only $5 is misleading – we all felt that it was the best display and best value on the Islands. The setting is lovely, the welcome warm, and the exhibits are fantastic. I especially liked the early water colours, and the original Winslow Homer. In fact it was so good, that we went back for a second time.

In addition, Bermuda can be proud of its local artists. There were many paintings, photographs, sculptures and carvings, and other work by local artists that would hold their own anywhere in the world. The current exhibit featuring the Queen of Bermuda, with its steamer chairs to sit on whilst enjoying the film, was brilliant.

They are performing a valuable function in preserving a lot of memories of a rapidly vanishing Bermuda as well as encouraging new talent to develop.

ADRIAN BERNARD

London, UK