To Lancaster Gate tube station and cross the road to get into Kensington Gardens. It’s still a bit chaotic here at this entrance as there’s a gang of men digging up the pavement and using their big Tonka toy machines to rearrange other parts of the shrubbery. The work seems to be part of a … Continued
Time to catch up on a bunch of the exhibitions showing at some of the commercial galleries in town – so it’s off to Bond Street tube station and the short walk south to get to Timothy Taylor, where the display of late works by Jean Dubuffet makes for a good start to the day. … Continued
To Southwark tube station and then walk on to join the queue of people waiting to get in to see what the new extension to Tate Modern looks like. Today is one of the special preview days for members although, as the rain starts to pitter patter gently down, I can’t say that being a … Continued
To Mornington Crescent tube station and I think the last time I came here I made some witty reference to the late Humphrey Lyttleton and his comedy radio quiz show that put this place on the map, so I won’t bother doing that again. And anyway, this particular mornington I’m in a bit of a … Continued
Sometimes when I’m going out on a ramble round a bunch of galleries I plan ahead and try to pick out artists and exhibitions that I think will have some linking feature, whether it’s a commonality of style, subject matter or some other art historical resonance. More often, I sit down in a café with … Continued
Head off out into the wilder reaches of Greater London today and a place not always immediately associated with the capital’s cultural capital nor the finer aspects of aesthetical good taste, with which this blog usually concerns itself. In fact, it’s not so much fine art, as design and the documentation of a cultural phenomenon, … Continued
To Chalk Farm tube station and then start walking up Haverstock Hill before turning off to get to the Methodist chapel half way along Prince of Wales Road. Well, it is Sunday so it seems an appropriate place to visit today, although I’m not so much seeking after spiritual sustenance as artistic enlightenment. And that’s … Continued
Get out the tube at Kings Cross and head towards York Road, which involves crossing the concourse outside the mainline train station. Not surprisingly, it’s a bustling space with people heading about in all directions: some in a hurry rushing to catch trains to take them out of the capital while others, just arrived, look … Continued
To Vauxhall tube station and off to a surprisingly good start when I successfully manage to guess the right exit to escape from this subterranean labyrinth and emerge into the daylight just where I want to be, round the back of the famous MI5 building. I can see a security woman here waving people in … Continued
Once again start my ramble at Green Park tube station and head north, this time going along Dover Street to get to the Gazelli Art House. Ben Tricklebank has been given the ground floor to display a couple of photographs of a model who has her eyes closed and is part submerged in a pool … Continued