To Piccadilly tube station and then cross Regent Street and head down to the Marion Goodman Gallery which is one of those rather slick and stylish international organisations with outposts in Paris and New York and now a lovely large building in the middle of central London. Exhibitions here are always elegantly staged, the art … Continued
Once again it’s off to Charing Cross tube station and then across Trafalgar Square en route to get to the National Gallery. But then, heading towards the steps that lead up to the columns and portico of the main entrance, I can see that this path into the building has been closed off and there’s … Continued
To Charing Cross tube station where I exit into Trafalgar Square and then take the short walk to get to the revolving doors that lead in to the National Portrait Gallery. And entering here I often think of the quote from Macbeth where early on in the play poor old King Duncan comes out with … Continued
Head off to the Barbican which, I suppose, is a sort of umbrella name that covers not just the underground stop, where I detrain, but the upmarket housing estate, through which I then need to traverse, and also the famously labyrinthine cultural centre, whose art gallery I’ve come to look around today. Sadly, the Barbican … Continued
To Marylebone and walk down the backstreets to get to the Lisson Gallery. The seasons seems to have been changing gear over the past couple of days and so today, for the first time this year, I decide to follow suit and venture out without the protective layering of my usual heavy overcoat. Consequently I’m … Continued
Get the tube down to Brixton and exit the station straight into the usual vibrant chaotic noisy energetic mayhem that I remember so fondly from when I used to live here not so many years ago. But then I cross the road, get the P4 bus and by the time I disembark, about fifteen minutes … Continued
Back down to Pimlico and round to Tate Britain to take a look at the Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition. I suppose I’ve bumped into the work of the German photographer a few times over the years since he first came to prominence after winning the 2000 Turner Prize and I have to say that I’ve never … Continued
To Tottenham Court Road tube station and pleased to see that the Paolozzi mosaics are looking especially fresh and sparkling. I guess that someone must be getting out the Brillo pads and Flash and giving them a good scrub and polish and I wonder if maybe the Whitechapel Gallery have loaned TFL a couple of … Continued
Back to Piccadilly tube station and on to the Royal Academy where I head up in the lift to get to the Sackler Wing for their latest show, America After the Fall – a more compact and slightly off-skew echo to the Revolution exhibition that opened a few weeks ago and is currently being held … Continued
To Aldgate East tube station and then take the very short walk to the Whitechapel Gallery where I’m a bit surprised to find that there’s an entry charge to get in to see the show. I was under the impression that Gallery policy was to have just one of these charging exhibition a year with … Continued