Get the tube to Oxford Circus where, surfacing to street level, I find that the weather dial is still stuck on summer and the sun continues to emit its pulsating streams of hot yellow beams, the trajectory of which remain unimpeded by any chilling cloudy cumuli. Today, however, there does seems to be some slight … Continued
Head up north to Angel tube station and exit out onto the steaming hot pavements of Islington looking for some shade to shield me from all those energized electron particles and pulsating ultra violet radiation rays that are streaming down from the sky above and thus signalling that summer has once again determined to make … Continued
To Piccadilly tube station and then walk along to the Royal Academy for a look at what’s going on in this year’s Summer Exhibition. In fact, I’m paying a return visit having undertaken a cursory reconnaissance tour a couple of weeks ago. On that occasion I was decidedly underwhelmed by the experience but thought it … Continued
To Victoria station and then walk down Buckingham Palace Road to get to the Queen’s Gallery for Canaletto and the Art of Venice. And, judging by some of the comments appended to previous blogs, I kind of think that that’s the sort of opening line to a review that will make half the subscribers emit … Continued
Get the tube to Aldgate East and then take the half a dozen necessary steps to get into the Whitechapel Gallery. Here the whole of the main ground floor space has been given over to Benedict Drew to show off the five, interlinked site-specific installations that he’s constructed and which, in combination, add up to … Continued
To South Kensington tube station and then walk up Exhibition Road where it looks like the hoardings that have been covering up the building work going on inside the Victoria & Albert Museum are soon to be removed. It’ll be interesting to see just what’s revealed when the bandages do finally come off. I suppose … Continued
To Southwark tube station and then walk round the backstreets to get to the ramp that leads down into Tate Modern’s ground zero level, the so-called Turbine Hall that each year gets handed over to some new artist who’s then given a commission and told to fill it up with art. It’s such a massive, … Continued
Back to Charing Cross tube station for a return visit to the National Portrait Gallery where I was blogging just a couple of weeks ago. When I went there last time it was to take a look at Behind the mask, another mask, an odd sort of hybrid show which interweaves a bunch of private … Continued
Down to Pimlico again and round to Tate Britain, entering by the side entrance in Atterbury Street. The foyer here is a bit of a busy, messy space as visitors – especially newcomers to the place – tend to gather in little huddles in the middle while trying to orientate themselves and figure out which … Continued
To West Hampstead tube station and then from the Underground to the Overground and another couple of stops over to Hampstead Heath. It’s not an area of London that I’m all that familiar with so when I exit the station, unsure of the direction to travel, I decide to tag on to one of the … Continued