The Perfect Landscape by Ragna Sigurðardóttir

Author:Ragna Sigurðardóttir [Sigurðardóttir, Ragna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781612184319
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

8

GOLDSMITH FROM BRUGES REYKJAVIK, CURRENT DAY

Kristin, the gallery director, seems to love staff meetings. “Just so we’re all singing from the same song sheet,” she says when she calls Baldur asking him to call another meeting. Items on the agenda can be wide-ranging. They need to resolve issues around the coat check, the cafe is not up to scratch, and they need to buy new chairs for the events room. And, of course, they regularly need to discuss exhibits and other things that are going on in the gallery.

In the beginning, these meetings irritated Hanna. She did not appreciate getting a phone call and being required to attend a meeting with half an hour’s notice. In the Netherlands she grew accustomed to being organized, but that does not necessarily work well here. On Fridays, before the day is out, she likes to plan the week ahead, but she has often seen her plans fall by the wayside and finds she has to take the week as it comes. They are now sitting in the meeting room choosing among three styles of IKEA coffee mugs for the cafeteria; the cafe manager wants their opinions.

Steinn is still in the hospital; he has been off work for over a week. Hanna sorely misses him; she sees now how much he has helped her. She wants to get back to her work as quickly as possible and, without further ado, points at the mug she likes best. Edda chooses the same one, Agusta goes for the bigger one, and Baldur wants the third option.

“The majority rules,” says Kristin with a smile, handing Edda the sheet of paper. “We’ll order this one with the saucer and the matching side plate.”

Hanna continues to compose the letter in her head, her first letter to the new mayor about the extra work involved to get back on track with the outdoor artworks in need of repair, and also about possible funding for a weekend workshop for youngsters. The vandalism seems to be on the rise, if anything. The statue she and Steinn went to examine is not the only one that has suffered. Steinn had written a report and had begun to clean the statue before he ended up in the hospital, but already there are more repair jobs waiting.

Hanna is also impatiently waiting to hear from Steinn about his discovery; they need to examine the infrared image of The Birches painting again, with Composition in Blue for comparison. She has not gotten any further in her investigations. Steinn has all the information about Composition in Blue and its ownership history, and Hanna cannot work out how a painting that matches it could be hidden under The Birches painting. Gudrun would not have painted over a work by Sigfus Gunnarsson, that’s for sure. Hanna’s thoughts buzz around in circles when she tries to get a grip on it. She heard from Edda that Steinn is doing well and should be coming back to work soon, but she hasn’t talked to him herself.

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