Why won’t the National Gallery let us photograph art that belongs to us?
The three paintings are part of the “White House Collection.”
Last Monday, I returned to the National Gallery of Art, eager to see the newly-reopened second-floor galleries. The best stuff remains off-limits, but the current experience is much more extensive and better than when the museum first reopened.
Among hundreds of artworks, I saw three Cézannes that piqued my interest. All three had pesky signs with camer…