Yes, please do so. Museums, oh my, they are absolutely very interesting.
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Me too.
The last time I went to the local art institute where I live was when I was a kid. I’ve lived a lot of places since then. I always say, “I should go to… while I live here.” But I don’t. Then I move and lose my chance. I’m not getting any younger. I need to kick myself in the ass and do it.
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Pre-Covid I would go to the museums about once a month. The Manets, Vermeers, Renoirs and the Leonardo were like old friends I would go to visit.
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Hi NN and Arinker,
Do you also like statues besides paintings? If so here’s one for you.
Source: Wikipedia.
It’s ‘Manneke Pis’ van Brussel which is Dutch for ‘Little Pissing Man of Brussels’. As you know, Brussels is the capital of Belgium. I admit that he has an enormous exhibitionist streak, but it’s actually one of our most important tourist attractions. Enjoy it.
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I’ve seen him!
He was dressed up appropriately for the season when I was there.
I love sculptures. I have replicas of Rodin’s The Kiss and The Cathedral and Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. The Rodin Museum in Paris is one of my favorites.
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I have to admit that I’m not making plans to fly to Belgium to see the little pissing man. Maybe if I happen to be in the area, I might stop by to see if he’s relieved himself of all that coffee yet.
Manneke - so a diminutive suffix rather than a separate word like in English.
This made me think of the word mannequin. I had never considered before that the root might be “man”. I looked it up, and mannequin comes from French, which in turn comes from Flemish manneken.
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I think similar fun can be seen elsewhere as well.
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Yes, but the medieval Dutch or Flemish word for man was also ‘mannequin’, for example, ‘Hallo, schone mannequin’, means ‘Hello, handsome man’! 
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True, they usually dress him in winter too. Or when a Head of State comes to Brussels.
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Hi Anglophile,
Can you tell me where?
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I remember having seen it somewhere in India.
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Since this question, I’ve really noticed the word contemporary, and realized how often and how broadly it’s used. It’s usually used in a historical sense, but I’ve also seen reference to contemporaries of people who are currently in their teens or early twenties.
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