Last week, on the 6th of November, I decided to spend my lunch break looking at beautiful art rather than grimly eating my lunch at my desk. It is something I have been meaning to do for a while, and on that particular day, it was probably the best thing I could have done. I am incredibly lucky to have an art gallery practically on my doorstep at work: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (known as ‘The Barber’ for short). It is a small but perfectly formed gallery, with regular, thought-pro...