Get out the tube at Regents Park station where I spot a small crowd of what appears to be a smartly-dressed, well-behaved cross-section of citizens from among the upper socio-economic decile of the capital’s ever-widening demographic spread. It seems to me that I’ve stumbled upon an exemplary tranche of that recently identified sociological subset, the … Continued
Head off to Aldgate East tube station and the Whitechapel Gallery for William Kentridge’s suite of large multimedia installations that fill both floors of the main exhibition spaces as well as the staircase that joins the two together. All in all, it’s a very impressive display with dozens of projectors beaming out their perfectly coordinated … Continued
Down to Pimlico and Tate Britain to check out the displays of work from each of the four finalists currently battling it out for the honour and prestige of being the winner of this year’s Turner Prize competition. Roughly equivalent to the Man Booker prize for books or the Big Brother trophy for brotherliness, this … Continued
To Green Park tube station and so on to the Royal Academy which has just opened up its autumn blockbuster exhibition dedicated to the art of American Abstract Expressionism. According to the publicity, it’s the first wide scale review of this key movement in 20th century Modern Art since a famous pair of shows held … Continued
Down to Charing Cross tube station and out onto the Strand in search of number 180, which I’ve heard is the site of a new pop-up gallery that needs to be investigated. Looking at the street numbers as I walk along passing the Stanley Gibbons Stamp Shop, the Savoy Hotel, Somerset House and King’s College, … Continued
Get off at Tottenham Court Road tube station and it’s looking quite smart after its recent renovation and upgrade. It’s especially good to see that someone has finally got out the Flash and polished up the colourful Paolozzi mosaics that decorate some of the lower platforms and walkways, although it does then make the geometric … Continued
Get out at Charing Cross tube station, prompted by a tip off from one of the blog’s many loyal subscribers* that there’s a photography exhibition here that’s worth taking a look at. Apparently, situated within the unlikely environs of the station’s subterranean warren of underpasses and small arcade of shops, resides a small display space … Continued
Get off the tube at Liverpool Street and find myself in the large bustling concourse area of the mainline train station. I’ve been here quite a few times before but always have to pause and think a bit as there are exits at either end of the station and I have an annoying habit of … Continued
Get the tube to Bond Street station, cross over Oxford Street by Selfridges and keep heading north down Duke Street until it bumps up against Manchester Square, one of those delightfully elegant enclaves of hugely expensive residences that sit round the edges of their own very pretty private gardens. By far the grandest of the … Continued
Get out at Pimlico tube and head south but instead of carrying on down John Islip Street, nodding to the statue of John Everett Millais, the PRB who became PRA, and entering Tate Britain by the back entrance, I turn off to the right. It’s another too hot day so I grab a can of … Continued