Down to Southwark tube station en route to Tate Modern but first make a slight detour to check out what’s happening at the Jerwood Space. And this time it’s a presentation of work by the winners of their annual Painting Fellowship, a very generous scheme which not only gives the selected young artists a chunk … Continued
Decide it’s time to have another quick look round some of the commercial galleries to see what they’re showing, so start off today’s ramble at Green Park tube and head north up Albermarle Street. The first thing to catch my eye is an old rusty metal contraption stuck in the front window of Connaught Brown … Continued
Following on from my fleeting visit to Edinburgh the other week, it feels like it’s time to go and take a look at some more artworks from north of the border though, fortunately, this time around I only have to travel a wee bit north of the river to actually get to see them. Hence, … Continued
Instead of heading off to take a look at some pictures at Tate Britain, today is a bit different and I suppose I should really say that I’m going down to the Gallery to have a think about some art. I’ll still be seeing stuff made by artists that’s hanging on the walls or placed … Continued
Wake up after a night full of tartan-coloured dreams to find that I’m still in Edinburgh, so decide to go and take a look at the Scottish National Gallery. If I had to choose one word to sum up this place then I think it would have to be ‘quirky’ which, in this particular instance, … Continued
Decide that it’s time to take a journey up north, and I don’t just mean Camden Town or Finchley Road, but on to Kings Cross and then train it all the way to a surprisingly sunny Scotland. Well, I was surprised, as the weathermen had forecasted gloom and doom whereas it turned out to be … Continued
To the Royal Academy today and up the frosted glass staircase to get to the Sackler Wing for one of their small but serious exhibitions devoted to an examination of an old master – and this time it’s time to take a look at the work of Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, the artist commonly known … Continued
Gosh but it’s nice to be back home in the UK after my sunny Spanish sojourn. But even though I’ve brushed the sand from my espadrilles, it seems that I haven’t quite escaped the place yet since scanning through my NECA gallery listings guide I can’t help noticing that David Zwirner has an exhibition entitled … Continued
And it’s still sunny on the Costa Brava today as I head off on a simpler, flatter, drier and altogether far less adventurous coach ride to Figueres, birthplace of Salvador Dali and now home to his spectacular Teatre-Museu. Not surprisingly, the general, overblown, slightly silly Surrealistic décor here is in much the same vein as … Continued
It’s pleasing to be able to report that the Costa Brava is really rather pleasant at this time of the year. The sky is a deep, monochromatic blue, barely besmirched by the slight white smear of a couple of passing clouds, and a constant draft of cooling breezes acts like a thermostatic control, reducing the … Continued