Over to Old Street tube station today and, once again, I have to scratch my head trying to figure out which of the confusion of subterranean exits is the best one to take. Fortunately, when I do finally navigate my way out of the grim and grubby labyrinth and emerge into the grey and gloomy … Continued
Head down to Piccadilly and on to the Royal Academy where there’s a great big banner announcing their latest exhibition: Charles I – King and Collector. As the subtitle suggests, the show is a sort of examination-cum-celebration of the aesthetical tastes and accumulative instincts of the monarch who famously and, as it turned out, somewhat … Continued
Head down to Waterloo station and then enter the concrete labyrinthine complex that is the South Bank Centre. The rain’s been chucking it down for the past few hours and, consequently, enormous puddles of water have accumulated along parts of the grim gray walkways and stairwells that lead on to the Hayward Gallery. Despite the … Continued
Start the day off at Marylebone station and then a walk down to the Lisson Gallery to take a look at some new large paintings by Carmen Herrera. Now, the work here is fairly obviously abstract but when it comes to finding the appropriate words for a more precise taxonomic labelling then I have to … Continued
Head over to Victoria Station and then get a train to go off to the seaside. It’s a sort of spur of the moment decision made a couple of days ago when I noticed there was an exhibition of works by Jean Arp on display at the Turner Contemporary gallery down in Margate, and the … Continued
Down to Green Park tube station and then take a meandering wander around the streets leading up to Oxford Circus. It’s a familiar part of town with a dozen or more of the smaller to mid-range commercial galleries located in various little clumps or hublets and, even on a totally unplanned excursion, the casual visitor … Continued
It’s the start of a new year and the weather is pleasantly mild but there are grey skies looming above and the city looks desolate and empty as I walk out the tube station and over Blackfriars Bridge. I suppose most people are still sensibly sat at home, slowly recovering from last night’s sybaritic excesses … Continued
The weather seems to be a bit snowy and sleety and, with ice underfoot, it’s not really time to go tramping the streets looking for galleries that have remained opened during the Christmas break. Consequently, I thought I’d make today’s blog a bit different and take a chronological click through the five thousand or so … Continued
Once again start off at Piccadilly tube station but this time turn away from the main highway and go down a side street to get to Beetles & Huxley which sounds a bit like one of those fake names that marketing people conjure up after extensive focus group research in order to add a subliminal … Continued
Head over to Piccadilly tube station and then stroll down to the Royal Academy and up into the Reynolds Room for another lecture linked to the current Dali-Duchamp exhibition. As regular readers may recall, a couple of blogs ago I spent an hour listening to Paul B Franklin expatiating on the merits of Marcel’s Large … Continued