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Hunter S. Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sunday night.

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Interestingly enough, flitting around Amazon.com putting things on my wishlist led me to discover that in late March the National Gallery is opening Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre

Artists' fascination with the decadent spirit and glamour of bohemian life in the Parisian district of Montmartre at the turn of the 20th century is the focus of this major exhibition of more than 250 works primarily by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Paintings, drawings, posters, prints, sculptures, zinc silhouettes from the Chat Noir shadow play, and printed matter, such as illustrated invitations, song sheets, advertisements, and admission tickets, will be presented alongside depictions of similar subjects by fellow artists, including Toulouse-Lautrec's predecessors Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet; his contemporaries Pierre Bonnard, Vincent van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso; and poster artist Jules Chéret.

I really should spend more time there. I think the last thing that inspired me specifically to go into the city and to the National Gallery was the Treasures of Ancient Egypt, and before that the Art Nouveau exhibition. (Barely-related note to self: check to see when the ice skating in the Sculpture Garden ends for the year.)