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Title: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 17 June, 2017, 11:39:18 pm
In my case this is "Alphonse Mucha: In Quest of Beauty" at Liverpools Walker Art Gallery.    This is a touring exhibition which has been shown at several galleries in the UK, each exhibiting their own works by Mucha or work influenced by him.


I like Art Nouveau stuff, and my Mother has a couple of Mucha prints on the wall. 


It's a low light exhibition, as a lot of the stuff was intended as ephemeral advertising materiel and was printed on low quality paper. 


Several of his posters for actress Sarah Bernhardt are featured & his descendant Tasmin Ormond narrates a video about their relationship.   There are the commercial illustrations he did for advertising biscuits, perfume, cigarette papers(!) and bicycles  :D


(http://www.muchafoundation.org/media/w620h560/lithograph/MF_Waverly_Cycles.jpg)


Other parts of the exhibition showcase his influence on other artists including some with Liverpool connections, and there are several bronzes by his friend Rodin as well as photos of Mucha with his friend & roommate Gauguin, including one of him playing piano sans culottes :jurek: [size=78%]   [/size]

I'll have to see this again, as I visited late in the afternoon & got chucked out before I'd seen everything.  I was also wearing my contact lenses, and the mono vision set up of one eye for distance & one eye for reading doesn't work well in galleries.


http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/alphonse-mucha-in-quest-of-beauty-at-the-sainsbury-centre-review/ (http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/alphonse-mucha-in-quest-of-beauty-at-the-sainsbury-centre-review/)


http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/mucha/index.aspx (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/mucha/index.aspx)


https://annesophieatuea.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/alphonse-mucha-in-quest-of-beauty/ (https://annesophieatuea.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/alphonse-mucha-in-quest-of-beauty/)


Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 18 June, 2017, 02:39:15 pm
I think I saw a Mucha exhibition not that long ago.
Might have been September 2015 in Bournemouth but I'm not sure.

ETA...https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=70466.msg1915334#msg1915334 (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=70466.msg1915334#msg1915334)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: orienteer on 19 June, 2017, 05:08:12 pm
With it due to close at the end of this week, today I got around to visiting the Barbican to see "The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945"

I've been visiting Japan for nearly 50 years, my other half is Japanese, and I've visited many family homes, modern and traditional, but never seen anything like the extreme examples exhibited. It doesn't give any hint of what Japanese house architecture is really like and how it has developed over the years. It's sheer sensationalism curated by pseuds.

A total letdown and disappointment, and I've rather lost faith in the Barbican's artistic judgement.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: robgul on 19 June, 2017, 06:54:27 pm
Went to the Hockney exhibition at Tate Britain about a month ago (it finished at the end of May) - some fascinating, and weird, stuff - the more recent pictures of countryside in Yorkshire were splendid - can't say I enthused over the series of nude, virile young men diving into swimming pools in Los Angeles.

... we had also been to the Hockney portrait show last Sept at the Royal Academy - that was excellent.

Rob
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 19 August, 2017, 07:11:23 pm

Wandered down to Tate Liverpool for "Portraying A Nation - Germany 1919 - 1933"


2 linked exhibitions of the work of photographer August Sander, from his "People of the 20th Century" project and the paintings & prints of Otto Dix. £12 and runs until 15th October.


The Sander exhibition is chronological, with an explantion of historical events & context written on the wall (in poorly contrasting grey ink) showing life & conditions in Germany after the war & the rise of the nazis.


(https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjM0MjU1NCJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDIwMDB4MjAwMFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=af77c625ba6a8cbf)


The next part of the exhibtion has a warning that some people may find some of the materiel offensive,  there is a lot of work from Dix's Krieg series, showing his experiences in the trenches, as well as his portrayals of low life in brothels & cabarets many of which were seized & banned by the nazis.  A contrast is the stuff he painted for his friends children & a childrens picture book.


(https://kdoutsiderart.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/sturmtruppe-geht-unter-gas-vor.jpg?w=1200)


(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/aa78aaf29f379f55345a0468e9c56cfe263ec341/0_276_2953_1772/master/2953.jpg?w=1920&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=733b2830fd6e6870f19e6e01af9629af)


It's a big exhibition & there is a lot to see, but well worth an hour or two of your time.


http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/portraying-nation-germany-1919-1933


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jun/22/portraying-a-nation-germany-1919-1933-review-art-at-its-most-deliberately-obscene


http://www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/portraying-nation-tate-liverpool-review-–-inspired-juxtaposition


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/weimar-art-delivers-historical-sucker-punch/





Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 15 October, 2017, 11:27:56 pm
Spent a couple of hours today admiring the Frick Collection. Just Wow! The guy had taste & money. Such a pity he was a thoroughgoing bastard.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frick_Collection[/font]
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 16 October, 2017, 07:57:01 am
Went to the RWA Annual Open Exhibition last Thursday evening. Mostly not my cup of tea, but a few pieces I’d have bought if I had any money and wanted to buy art.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 02 November, 2017, 08:31:11 pm
I went with my son, we both liked most of it though certainly not all. Definitely didn't buy anything. This was my son's favourite:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4565/38121437551_9fd3257f26_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/215EkfF)

He reckons it shows the sun and a teepee, the artist called it Moonlight and Sailboat.

Got told off for touching an exhibit at I Believe My Works Are Still Valid. (http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/events/exhibitions/kim-yong-ik/) There was a wooden crate with slots in, each slot held one canvas and it looked as if you were meant to pull them out to have a look. So I did. Couldn't make much sense of most of it, I'm afraid. Might have helped if I knew Korean!

Went to the Grayson Perry at the Fini. I liked the tapestries, didn't like the pots.

And an exhibition of Terry Pratchett art at Salisbury, which turned out to be more art than his life and work, contrary to the title, so gets mentioned here too.


Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 02 November, 2017, 11:18:24 pm
Mum & I went to Poster Girls at the London Transport Museum on Tuesday.

Enjoyed it. We like commercial art!

Found the gallery too narrow to step back, which was a shame.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 03 November, 2017, 07:56:29 am
Went to the Grayson Perry at the Fini. I liked the tapestries, didn't like the pots.
Went on Saturday. I had similar views on the work to you.
 Also took some photos, one of which is in have you been out with your Camera today.

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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/PA280495.jpg)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 03 November, 2017, 10:34:14 am
I forgot to mention Centrespace! (http://www.centrespacegallery.com/exhibitions/) It's always worth dropping in on Centrespace as you never know what's going to be there (unless you check in advance of course but I never do). Sometime's it's closed and last Monday it seemed to be still setting up; there were things on the walls but there was a woman hoovering, with big white areas taped off on the floor. However, she beckoned me in and... offered me a cup of tea! Of course I said yes and she brought out some homemade cake too.  ;D Turned out she was a performance artist, her partner does the paintings – though as he explained they're not so much painting as produced according to some pattern he works out based on the 64 hexagons of the I-Ching (no, I don't understand this, but he does) – and they were getting ready for a show with her dancing around the paintings to music they'd written. All based on "focus and stillness". I didn't stay for the dancing and I didn't really like the paintings much, though I did like their metallic colours, but it's not often you get tea, cake and a conversation about metal oxides, the I-Ching, life on the Irish border and in Devizes, Catholic cemeteries and stuff in such random circumstances! These people: http://www.mrplusfm.net/myNewNet/
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 15 November, 2017, 08:23:30 pm
Mum and I spent yesterday in the Royal Festival Hall, looking at the Canon World Press Photographer and 'Inside' - prisoners' art, curated by Anthony Gormley.

There was little 'happy' or joyful in either exhibition.

There is much which is horrible in humankind.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 30 March, 2018, 03:04:15 pm
Went yesterday to The Vanity of Small Differences by Grayson Perry, in Bristol, which is shown along with Hogarth's Rake's Progress and David Hockney's interpretation.

Rather good, along with the talk from a member of one of the families used as inspiration.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 30 March, 2018, 06:25:32 pm
Went yesterday to The Vanity of Small Differences by Grayson Perry, in Bristol, which is shown along with Hogarth's Rake's Progress and David Hockney's interpretation.

Rather good, along with the talk from a member of one of the families used as inspiration.
Didn't know about that – destination!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 30 March, 2018, 07:23:23 pm
It's the Bristol Arts and Something Museum.

The one next to the Wills Building, if I've got the name wrong...
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 30 March, 2018, 07:38:05 pm
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, I think. Everyone just calls it the Museum.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Aunt Maud on 30 March, 2018, 07:50:40 pm
I took my youngest daughter to see Balenciaga at The V&A, it was very good.

We're going to see Kahlo and Picasso in the summer.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Pickled Onion on 30 March, 2018, 09:36:13 pm
Went to see the Picasso 1932 at Tate Modern.

It was very interesting to see works from a single year gathered together, especially the progression of ideas through drawings to paintings. I'm not a Picasso buff so some might have been lost on me, and I'm certain I wouldn't have gone if I'd had to pay the £22  :o admission price!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 01 April, 2018, 05:22:05 pm
Many galleries give 'carers' free tickets if they are pushing crips like me around and I get concessionary entry so Mum & I get our cultcha fairly cheaply...
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: DaveJ on 06 April, 2018, 11:41:31 pm
The Charles I exhibition at the Royal Academy (https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/charles-i-king-and-collector).  Fascinating.  Really well displayed, so the pictures look bright and colourful, not the blackened dead appearance I associate with old masters.  Interesting how much of it was lent by HM The Queen.  I wonder how much of that is normally available to the public, not much I'd guess, hence the point of the exhibition.  The audio thing, the earphones that tell you what you are looking at, definitely added something to the experience too.

And the Living with gods exhibition at the British Museum (http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/living_with_gods.aspx) which, for me was less successful.  The initial exhibit, the 40,000 year old "Lion Man" was interesting, the rest of it not so much.  The choice of items to display was, I thought, odd, given the wealth of material at the disposal of the museum.  It finishes this weekend anyway.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 07 April, 2018, 10:03:55 am
Grayson Perry vs Hogarth x Hockney, as mentioned by Jaded upthread. No talk but there's a film of how he made it, including various families he met in the course of research, which was interesting. I also liked the preparatory sketches – more interesting, in a way, than the finished tapestries.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 07 April, 2018, 05:50:48 pm
Perhaps not a typical art exhibition but still an exhibition: the First World War photographed by women photographers. Some of the images were surprisingly playful, for instance three soldiers on a see-saw (I don't think it was meant to be a see-saw, probably some sort of lifting device, but they were playing on it) and one of a woman in nurse's uniform astride the ruin of a tank, like a conquering hero(ine).
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 07 April, 2018, 07:21:55 pm
I saw the Charles I exhibition a couple of months ago, it's wonderful.  See it if you can before it finishes next week. 


Last weekend I visited my local museum for http://www.artinliverpool.com/review-terracotta-warriors/   Several of the warriors & associated exhibits have been brought over from China.  An interesting & enjoyable view, but far too crowded.  A couple of days later I got an email saying that a few more items had arrived & inviting me to a members only evening view  :-)


After that I wandered down to Tate Liverpool for https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/30/kens-show-review-tate-liverpool-non-expert-eye-ken-simons  which has some things I'd quite like on my wall...
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 13 April, 2018, 12:48:19 am
Sawdust and Sequins: The Art of the Circus. Bristol

At RWA, which, apparently, is the only regional Royal Academy. All the others are national, apparently.

For me it was patchy, with Peter Lavery’s circus photography being the highlight. It was great to see some of Sir Peter Bake's work first hand, particularly as he was there. Plus we could have bought some of the works, for the price of a half decent bicycle.

An artist at work
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/P4120064.jpg)

Sir Peter Blake cutting the cake
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/P4120054.jpg)

The 160th birthday speech
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/P4120046.jpg)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 15 April, 2018, 10:52:56 pm
A weekend in London getting some culcha.    As a small & teen I was dragged round stately homes & antique fairs by my parents. I didn't enjoy this & as a result treated my art classes at school with undisguised contempt.   Sorry Mr Thomas.... :-[


First stop was Monet & Architecture at the National Gallery.  I've seen some of the pictures of Rouen cathedral & St Lazare before, as well as a lot of the London paintings, but seeing so many of the different versions hung together is quite something.  Well worth a visit.  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/08/monet-and-architecture-review-exhibition-national-gallery


Next was the Queens Gallery for Charles II - Art & Power https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/07/charles-ii-art-and-power-review-queens-gallery-london
This was OK, but didn't really enthuse me.  Not sure why?  Some lovely paintings & drawings, but the things that made me smile the most were the early papers from the Royal Society, seeing the names of Hooke & Flamsteed  was giving me flashbacks to Stephensons "Baroque Cycle", and for an insane hour or two I contemplated re-reading it !


Sunday I strolled from my luxurious lodgings at Southwark Travelsplodge to Tate Modern, for Picasso 1932. https://www.ft.com/content/66c4f8b8-2159-11e8-a895-1ba1f72c2c11  I've never counted myself Picasso's biggest fan, but felt thats as it was here, and I get free admission (Tate member, I blame a manic pixie dream girl on the desk in Liverpool)  I ought to go.   I didn't regret this at all, it's a fantastic exhibition & the audio guide is really good, I even bought the accompanying book.


Back to the RA for the last day of Charles I , I'd seen this before, but had had to rush it, so paid £20 again to see it at leisure. (The RA is expensive!  It's "Friends" scheme costs far more than membership of the National Gallery or Tate. Even the cafe is pricey!)

Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 02 May, 2018, 06:12:41 pm
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/artists-at-work-courtauld-gallery-review-drawing-art-tickets-a8332856.html?platform=hootsuite


Courtauld Gallery closing for a 2 year refurbishment.  Visit while you can.   
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Steph on 12 May, 2018, 04:58:26 am
I was lucky enough to get a 'thank you' from Liverpool Museums for a training day I did for them, consisting of a visit to their 'Terracotta Army' exhibition. Rather super!

Among the exhibits was a replica of a hugantic crossbow. For some reason, I thought of Charlotte OTP.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 20 June, 2018, 05:38:28 pm
Went to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition with my Mum today.

Some exhibits ought to be posted elsewhere on yacf....

POBI for the Banksy 'Vote Love June 23rd' which by some weird coincidence, was priced at £350m.

(https://media.timeout.com/images/105242339/750/422/image.jpg)

'Unaffordable Housing' signpost ought to be in The Gallery's Sensible Signs thread.

There were several Grenfell Tower works,

We couldn't/didn't see everything...
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 02 November, 2018, 09:11:31 pm
The 'Unaffordable Housing' signpost was also in the RWA annual show, which I went to today (with Cdzzmc Jnr again). There were also one or two items I'd previously seen elsewhere, particularly some woodcarvings which I remember from Centrespace earlier this year. Or was it last year? I rather like them so was happy to see them again, although this time there was only one of a set of three. Lots of paintings and some rather good sculptures – I don't really like sculpture but I liked some of these. Going back to see more of it next week. Better and more varied than last year.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 08 November, 2018, 11:05:34 pm

https://twitter.com/schemaly/status/1060656625273454599

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-history-female-rage-art


Interesting , Judith & Holofernes is a gallery staple, I've forgotten how many different paintings I've seen, but the others mentioned are new to me.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 08 November, 2018, 11:59:19 pm
Went to the Roman Vishniac exhibition at the Jewish Museum last week.

It featured many iconic images of the holocaust era and also more recent video interviews of some of the children pictured.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 12 November, 2018, 01:03:08 pm
I’ve just seen this in Dulwich Picture Galleries Twitter stream.


A St Sebastian pin cushion  :jurek:


https://shop.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/products/st-sebastian-pin-cushion (https://shop.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/products/st-sebastian-pin-cushion)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Mr Larrington on 12 November, 2018, 09:10:16 pm
That's almost as good as the JFK and Jackie salt & pepper pots.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 22 December, 2018, 01:55:20 pm
Abstract Expressionists at the RWA. Bert Irvine (who?), Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and a couple of others. Also some figurative stuff by the same people. Bright luminescent colours, energy, huge canvases.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: orienteer on 21 February, 2019, 05:23:17 pm
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)

If you like mechanisms this is a must-see, some incredible engineering, both new and Japanese traditional.

(View may be coloured by the accompanying free sake tasting).
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 27 February, 2019, 09:21:55 pm
Not an exhibition, but an interesting article on a couple of recently "discovered" Rembrandts.  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/magazine/rembrandt-jan-six.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesarts


I've not been to Amsterdam for years, and my old favourite cheap hotel is no longer cheap!  Must sort a visit out soon.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 28 February, 2019, 01:02:16 pm
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)

If you like mechanisms this is a must-see, some incredible engineering, both new and Japanese traditional.

(View may be coloured by the accompanying free sake tasting).
I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 02 March, 2019, 03:35:34 pm
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)

If you like mechanisms this is a must-see, some incredible engineering, both new and Japanese traditional.

(View may be coloured by the accompanying free sake tasting).
I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.

That was most excellent.
As Orienteer says excellent, innovative stuff - eg: a cam, the eccentricity of which can be altered, while it rotates under load  :o
Lots and lots of stuff that you are allowed and encouraged to handle - or in my case, break  :-[ (They allowed me to fix it  :thumbsup:)
No sake  :(
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Tim Hall on 02 March, 2019, 04:45:08 pm
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)

If you like mechanisms this is a must-see, some incredible engineering, both new and Japanese traditional.

(View may be coloured by the accompanying free sake tasting).
I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.

That was most excellent.
As Orienteer says excellent, innovative stuff - eg: a cam, the eccentricity of which can be altered, while it rotates under load  :o
Lots and lots of stuff that you are allowed and encouraged to handle - or in my case, break  :-[ (They allowed me to fix it  :thumbsup:)
No sake  :(

Ooh, that looks good. Damn this jam packed diary.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jakob W on 02 March, 2019, 05:02:39 pm
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)

If you like mechanisms this is a must-see, some incredible engineering, both new and Japanese traditional.

(View may be coloured by the accompanying free sake tasting).
I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.

That was most excellent.
As Orienteer says excellent, innovative stuff - eg: a cam, the eccentricity of which can be altered, while it rotates under load  :o
Lots and lots of stuff that you are allowed and encouraged to handle - or in my case, break  :-[ (They allowed me to fix it  :thumbsup:)
No sake  :(

How long would you recommend for this? I'd planned on going before last week's Brompton talk, but didn't have the time. I will be back in the Smoke next week, so may nip in if I can get away.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 02 March, 2019, 06:23:14 pm
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)

If you like mechanisms this is a must-see, some incredible engineering, both new and Japanese traditional.

(View may be coloured by the accompanying free sake tasting).
I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.

That was most excellent.
As Orienteer says excellent, innovative stuff - eg: a cam, the eccentricity of which can be altered, while it rotates under load  :o
Lots and lots of stuff that you are allowed and encouraged to handle - or in my case, break  :-[ (They allowed me to fix it  :thumbsup:)
No sake  :(

How long would you recommend for this? I'd planned on going before last week's Brompton talk, but didn't have the time. I will be back in the Smoke next week, so may nip in if I can get away.
I had it wrapped in just under 1 hour - including sitting through 3 short films.
The stuff on the ground floor isn't worth the time of day.
Head for the basement.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: orienteer on 02 March, 2019, 06:24:35 pm
An hour would suffice.

The sake tasting must have been a one-off event, I struck lucky  :)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 02 March, 2019, 07:05:06 pm
An hour would suffice.

The sake tasting must have been a one-off event, I struck lucky  :)
I'd figured as much.
Private View and all that.

I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who has a mechanical bent / inclination.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: orienteer on 02 March, 2019, 09:58:32 pm
The sake tasting was on the ground floor, not directly linked to the exhibition.

As the one out of three samples I preferred was £48 a bottle, I didn't buy any.

One of the most impressive things about the mechanisms is that each one was 3-D printed as complete working assembly in one pass. Only the electric motor units were added afterwards.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 02 March, 2019, 10:26:23 pm
The sake tasting was on the ground floor, not directly linked to the exhibition.

As the one out of three samples I preferred was £48 a bottle, I didn't buy any.

One of the most impressive things about the mechanisms is that each one was 3-D printed as complete working assembly in one pass. Only the electric motor units were added afterwards.

My bold: I stand corrected.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: sg37409 on 03 March, 2019, 11:11:08 am
Last weekend, my wife and I went to this:
https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/robert-blomfield-edinburgh-street-photography

Well worth a visit.  We both loved the "bespectacled boy with football" pic which was a stand-out.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: rafletcher on 15 March, 2019, 03:05:45 pm
Don McCullin at Tate Britain.  Far more extensive than I expected, probably 200+ prints, all a decent size, around 30x60cm. Not too busy (we went in at 11am, out at 12:30), and my wife remarked it was the quietest major exhibition she’d ever been to.  All the prints were made by McCullin himself.

Incredibly powerful images, even the ones I’d seen before - the shell-shocked Vietnam GI, the Biafran children, the East End homeless. But the one I’ll remember most, the one I’d never seen before, the one that had me on the verge of tears (ok, there was more than one, but this one hit hardest), was entitled “A Baby Abandoned, Bangladesh”.

The exhibition is on until May 6th. Do try and see it if you can. Superb hang, outstanding images.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 29 March, 2019, 06:46:02 pm
The Leonardo prints from the Royal collection, at Bristol.

Was worth seeing, but I guess I'm too much of a philistine to really appreciate. However the level of detail and the accuracy was awesome. Worth seeing, and even more so for being a freebie.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 06 April, 2019, 05:38:37 pm
Don McCullin at Tate Britain.  Far more extensive than I expected, probably 200+ prints, all a decent size, around 30x60cm. Not too busy (we went in at 11am, out at 12:30), and my wife remarked it was the quietest major exhibition she’d ever been to.  All the prints were made by McCullin himself.

Incredibly powerful images, even the ones I’d seen before - the shell-shocked Vietnam GI, the Biafran children, the East End homeless. But the one I’ll remember most, the one I’d never seen before, the one that had me on the verge of tears (ok, there was more than one, but this one hit hardest), was entitled “A Baby Abandoned, Bangladesh”.

The exhibition is on until May 6th. Do try and see it if you can. Superb hang, outstanding images.


Just seen this . Very busy , just shuffling around. Totally mind numbing. How much horror & suffering we inflict on each other.   A must see for anyone with an interest in 20th - 21st century history.


Edit: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n08/jeremy-harding/at-tate-britain
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Aunt Maud on 07 April, 2019, 05:53:01 pm
Saw Ruskin at 2 Temple Place. Not sure if it's still on, but was a nice exhibition in a fantastic building FOC.

Saw Dior at The V&A. A bit merengue and the curating was overdone. Not as good as Balenciaga at the same place a while back.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 25 May, 2019, 08:42:07 pm
Looked into a pop up exhibition down the road, a place that often has something random but not a gallery, and there was something straight from 90s – a video on a Sony Trinitron tv, just like one my mum used to have! – and something for fettlers, a sculpture featuring dozens of zip ties!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: orienteer on 25 May, 2019, 09:49:57 pm
Japanese manga (comic books) exhibition at the British Museum, apparently the largest ever outside Japan. Takes over an hour for a fairly quick look.

Followed by a presentation (outside the museum but nearby) by a female Japanese professor on "Love and Desire between Women in Girls' Manga", which provided many insights into Japanese culture.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 10 July, 2019, 07:30:55 pm
A small exhibition of Japanese prints. Unfortunately, it's the third part of four and I missed the first two. Well I'll just have to make sure I see the last!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 12 August, 2019, 06:55:02 pm
Various paintings and photos loosely on the theme of 'identity'. The interesting ones where photos of skin cells which the artist had taken from people, grown on slides, and produced macro-photographs or microscope photography of. Not only were the shapes and colours strangely beautiful in their own right, it was the one part of the exhibition that (I felt) actually explored the concept of being or not being who we are. Cells, bodies, identities.

The cells photographed for the show were taken from volunteers but the artist said she also had a nerve ending she'd bought on the internet. This sounds dark but apparently is totally legit and cost only £3.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 14 August, 2019, 06:17:32 pm
The Fire based exhibition at the RWA. I enjoyed the video of people setting fire to pools of oil on what appeared to be an airfield. Also the charred stumps and some nice paintings, Turner, Ravilious and stuff. Unfortunately there were no opportunities for active fire art-making! There was also a bloke going round taking photos of absolutely every item (even where it said you were not allowed to, but none of the attendants paid any attention) with his phone making skuomorphic shutter and bleeping noises. This annoyed me a bit, then I thought, what a stupid thing to get annoyed about, and ignored his noises.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 13 October, 2019, 11:56:48 am
I was in London yesterday & popped into the National Portrait Gallery to see The BP Portrait Awards.  https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2019/exhibition/exhibitors/ (https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2019/exhibition/exhibitors/)


https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/bp-portrait-award-2019-national-portrait-gallery-review-story-everyone (https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/bp-portrait-award-2019-national-portrait-gallery-review-story-everyone)


This was very good, though I think I'd have chosen different prizewinners.   I took a quick look around the 20th century portraits as well,  I've not been here for decades, I must make a longer visit.


On to Tate Britain & my heart sank when I saw the massive queue for William Blake,  it was so busy inside that I couldn't get a decent peaceful look at anything & I left after about an hour.   What I did see was fantastic so again, I'll have to make a 2nd visit. 
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 25 October, 2019, 09:21:24 pm
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/el-greco-the-last-great-renaissance-master-1.4050008


I can feel a long weekend in Paris coming on.....
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 27 October, 2019, 02:35:54 pm
I was taken to the Olafur Eliasson exhibish at The Tate Modern a couple of weeks a go.
I'm a big fan of Eliasson, following The Weather Project he did at the TM not long after it opened.
As an artist, I can only imagine that being given a commission to fill a space as huge as the turbine hall, must be absolutely terrifying.
What did he do?
He made it twice as big.
By putting a mirror on the ceiling.
Kudos to him.
As acts go that's  a hard one to follow and although his current show at TM is good, it is very much in the wings of The Weather Project.

Today, I went to see the Antony Gormley exhibish at The Royal Academy.
I can take or leave Angel of the North - it doesn't really cut it for me.
However, Gormley's studio is just down the road from me, in Peckham, and his work is evident in the street furniture around Bellenden Road and East Dulwich Grove, and I'm fond of some of his minor works.
I would deffo recommend seeing the exhibish at The Royal Academy.
The scale of some of his works is gargantuan.
There'll be a lot of angle-grinding noise when it comes to taking it out.
And, although door tax is hideously expensive at the RA (£25.00), they do serve very good Bloody Marys to go with the eggs benedict in The Green Room.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 27 October, 2019, 07:03:18 pm
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/kunsthistorisches-bernini-caravaggio-exhibition-1682563 (https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/kunsthistorisches-bernini-caravaggio-exhibition-1682563)


Vienna or Amsterdam.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: SteveC on 05 November, 2019, 08:34:09 pm
MrsC is at a meeting near that London on Saturday, leaving me at a loose end, so an exhibition seems appropriate.
Gormley, Leonardo or Blake? At around £20 each I'm not sure I can cope with more than one in a day.

I see Jurek recommends the Gormley.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 05 November, 2019, 08:37:58 pm
MrsC is at a meeting near that London on Saturday, leaving me at a loose end, so an exhibition seems appropriate.
Gormley, Leonardo or Blake? At around £20 each I'm not sure I can cope with more than one in a day.

I see Jurek recommends the Gormley.

The Gormley is deffo good but book a 10:00 slot and be there to queue before 09:30 to get in.
Once you are inside by 10:25 it is a zoo.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 05 November, 2019, 09:10:13 pm
That's what I found for the Blake sadly.   


Pop over to Dulwich ? Always quieter than the main galleries.  https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2019/october/rembrandts-light/


Mummies at the Saatchi ?  https://www.saatchigallery.com/art/tutankhamun.php
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 05 November, 2019, 09:29:22 pm
That's what I found for the Blake sadly.   


Pop over to Dulwich ? Always quieter than the main galleries.  https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2019/october/rembrandts-light/


Mummies at the Saatchi ?  https://www.saatchigallery.com/art/tutankhamun.php

I'm not going to knock Dulwich as it is just up the road from me....
And yes... significantly less busy than the central London galleries.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Ruthie on 06 November, 2019, 06:59:59 am
‘Soulmates’ at the Lenbachhaus in Munich. A really beautifully curated timeline of the parallel development of Jawlensky and Werefkin. With occasional Kandinsky. A great thing to do with a day’s holiday, especially when we’d spent time in the same landscape that featured in many of the paintings.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 14 November, 2019, 11:02:52 pm
That's what I found for the Blake sadly.   


Pop over to Dulwich ? Always quieter than the main galleries.  https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2019/october/rembrandts-light/ (https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2019/october/rembrandts-light/)


Mummies at the Saatchi ?  https://www.saatchigallery.com/art/tutankhamun.php (https://www.saatchigallery.com/art/tutankhamun.php)

I'm not going to knock Dulwich as it is just up the road from me....
And yes... significantly less busy than the central London galleries.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50421889


Eeek !
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 02 December, 2019, 03:53:24 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 03 December, 2019, 09:20:30 am
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)

Oh dear..  Mrs A and friend are going to the King Tut exhibition.  I don't think I will spoil their anticipation.

We went to the Terracotta Army exhibition in L'pool.  It was excessively attended although they managed the numbers inside at one time. 

This occurred to me before I even read it:

Quote
The rise and rise of smartphone photography is another cause of overcrowding, as people linger while taking shots. “Everyone has to take a photo of an object to feel like they’ve seen it,” says Nadalo. Photography was banned at the 2016 Gustave Caillebotte retrospective at the Kimbell Museum, Texas, in an attempt to keep people moving. Visitors were permitted to take selfies outside the exhibition at specially erected replicas of the Frenchman’s most popular artworks.

A few years back I was in the Rijksmuseum looking at 'The Night Watch' with a respectful group of other people.  This individual with a camera dashes in front, pushing people out of the way, takes a flash photo and then goes.  Back then it was abnormal.

Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 03 December, 2019, 02:57:57 pm
It's something that I do  :-[     Though I try not to get in anybody else's way.   

I'm supposed to be taking my sister down to London for Tutankamun & the Troy thing at the British Museum in the New Year.   Both will be busy.    I was lucky enough to get a "members only" viewing of the Terracotta Army. 
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 04 January, 2020, 10:10:58 pm
https://hyperallergic.com/535654/albrecht-durer-drawings-at-the-albertina-museum


I saw this last month in Vienna, absolutely superb ,  along with the Caravaggio & Bernini exhibition.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Pedal Castro on 05 January, 2020, 07:58:35 am
It's something that I do  :-[     Though I try not to get in anybody else's way.   

I'm supposed to be taking my sister down to London for Tutankamun & the Troy thing at the British Museum in the New Year.   Both will be busy.    I was lucky enough to get a "members only" viewing of the Terracotta Army.

On my way down to the Troy exhibition today, we decided against bothering with King Tut as it would be missing the Death Mask.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: fuzzy on 07 January, 2020, 11:24:52 pm
Just after christmas I used the tickets my son bought me for The Moon and Insight Investments Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibitions at NMM Greenwich.

Both very good for those of an astronomical bent.

The Moon studied the scientific, cultural and artistic effect of our sattelite. Exhibits included relics, artwork, Buzz Adrins snoopy coms cap from Apollo 11 etc. One of my favourites was a large high resolution projection of the moon as it progressed through its phases. very captivating (akin to this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAyK3WDP9XM )

The astrophotography exhibition had some stunning images that made me very envious of other peoples abiltities.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 14 January, 2020, 10:00:03 am
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/how-one-man-used-art-to-wage-a-war-on-hitler-1-6458293


One for the London crowd.   John Heartfield exhibition at Bethnal Green.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 25 January, 2020, 08:57:30 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/25/mary-beard-nude-art-male-gaze-naked-desire-female-perspective


New series looking at posh porn.....     Didn't John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" cover this as well ?
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 24 February, 2020, 03:06:34 pm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157713231036772


I took my sister for a weekend in London with visits to the Troy & Tutankhamun exhibitions, both of which were hellishly crowded.  Even coronavirus won't put the culture vultures off!   Advance booking essential if you want to see these two.   A very quick stroll around the National Portrait Gallery as well.    Pictures of Thomas More & Thomas Cromwell glaring at each other!   On the Sunday we strolled along the Chelsea Embankment with Roper Gardens (More's son in law) and the statue of More himself outside Chelsea Old Church.


Tutankhamun was the better of the two we both thought.  More to see, and not as reliant on being familiar with the literature as the Troy one, which references the Iliad, Odyssey & Aeneid. 
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Ham on 24 February, 2020, 03:35:07 pm
Went to the Dora Maar exhibition on sunday . Very well curated and fascinating to see how there was a cross fertilisation of ideas that underpin almost all of modern photography's leitmotifs in the early 20tth century. Best bit of the exhibition? Don't get me wrong, but it was likely the two Picasso portraits of Dora Maar
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: bludger on 24 February, 2020, 03:50:36 pm
I went to the masculinities exhibit at the Barbican. It is £17 for non members/concessions but I was in there for about 2 hours or so so it didn't feel excessive. I recommend it.

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/masculinities-liberation-through-photography
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: orienteer on 24 February, 2020, 05:30:17 pm
Managed to get to the last day of the Buddhism exhibition at the British Library yesterday, after being thwarted and delayed by a week's babysitting and a resultant bad cold cultivated in her nursery earlier.

Interesting to see so much of other cultures and how complex it is. Slightly disappointing that so many exhibits were from the last three centuries, considering it goes back around 2,600 years, but I guess not much material has survived.

Bonus was the exhibition book reduced from £25 to £15 at the end.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 01 March, 2020, 11:38:36 am
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/25/mary-beard-nude-art-male-gaze-naked-desire-female-perspective (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/25/mary-beard-nude-art-male-gaze-naked-desire-female-perspective)


New series looking at posh porn.....     Didn't John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" cover this as well ?


https://twitter.com/BarbieReports   Interesting, educational & amusing.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Efrogwr on 02 March, 2020, 12:13:49 am
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/25/mary-beard-nude-art-male-gaze-naked-desire-female-perspective (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/25/mary-beard-nude-art-male-gaze-naked-desire-female-perspective)


New series looking at posh porn.....     Didn't John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" cover this as well ?


https://twitter.com/BarbieReports   Interesting, educational & amusing.


And she mentions Kathe Kollwitz, a,sadly, little known genius.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 02 March, 2020, 08:30:20 am
Indeed. Went to her gallery in a Berlin a couple of years ago.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Efrogwr on 02 March, 2020, 10:42:31 am
Indeed. Went to her gallery in a Berlin a couple of years ago.

I'm envious!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Aunt Maud on 15 March, 2020, 09:16:29 am
There was a decent Kathe Kollwitz exhibition at the British Museum.

Went to see British Baroque at the Tate Britain. Some nice sketchbooks and architectural plans, plus loads of old blokes in wigs and stockings.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 04 August, 2020, 01:06:26 pm
https://instytutpolski.pl/london/2020/08/03/young-poland-the-polish-arts-and-crafts-movement-1890-1918/


https://twitter.com/PLInst_London/status/1290610310542512132?s=20


Looks interesting.   Whether or not we'll be able to see it is a different  matter.    I've not been to any galleries since they re-opened.   :(




Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 29 September, 2020, 05:51:24 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/29/artemisia-gentileschi-review-national-gallery-london


https://www.apollo-magazine.com/artemisia-gentileschi-london/


I'd like to go & see this , but at the moment it doesn't seem too advisable  :(       2 hours on a train , then shuffling around the gallery with my glasses misting up because of a facemask. 
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 06 October, 2020, 09:01:57 pm



I'll have to rename this thread, "Exhibitions I'd Like To See But Have Missed Due To Covid"


https://www.apollo-magazine.com/barnett-freedman-pallant-house-exhibition-review/


https://www.artuk.org/discover/stories/barnett-freedman-between-art-and-innovative-design


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/23/barnett-freedman-designs-for-modern-britain-pallant-house-gallery-review-master-of-all-trades


I've never heard of him before, but my knowledge of 20thC British artists is a bit scant. 


15-Inch Gun Turret, HMS 'Repulse'   


(https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w1200h1200/collection/IWM/IWM/IWM_IWM_2295-001.jpg)


https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/freedman-barnett-19011958
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 09 October, 2020, 08:07:53 pm
https://lissllewellyn.com/llfa__p__.htm    Some of Freedman's work on sale here.    Link from the article below.


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/09/out-of-the-frame-the-extraordinary-artists-britain-forgot-hidden-gems-liss-llewellyn-evelyn-dunbar
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 15 October, 2020, 11:50:48 pm
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/Oct%2015%202020%20PA150185.jpg)

(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/Oct%2015%202020%20PA150173.jpg)

(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/Oct%2015%202020%20PA150213.jpg)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Vernon on 16 October, 2020, 12:22:47 am



I'll have to rename this thread, "Exhibitions I'd Like To See But Have Missed Due To Covid"


https://www.apollo-magazine.com/barnett-freedman-pallant-house-exhibition-review/


https://www.artuk.org/discover/stories/barnett-freedman-between-art-and-innovative-design


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/23/barnett-freedman-designs-for-modern-britain-pallant-house-gallery-review-master-of-all-trades


Thanks for the heads-up, went and saw this yesterday. I was most taken with seeing the lithograph stones for (IIRC) Anna Karenina. They gave a real insight into how the works are produced. Masterful.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 23 October, 2020, 04:42:08 pm
One for the design fans, font freaks & typographers.    I'd never heard of her  :-[    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Calvert


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/23/doyenne-of-design-how-margaret-calvert


https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/margaret-calvert-woman-at-work
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 06 December, 2020, 11:27:59 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/29/artemisia-gentileschi-review-national-gallery-london (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/29/artemisia-gentileschi-review-national-gallery-london)


https://www.apollo-magazine.com/artemisia-gentileschi-london/ (https://www.apollo-magazine.com/artemisia-gentileschi-london/)


I'd like to go & see this , but at the moment it doesn't seem too advisable  :(       2 hours on a train , then shuffling around the gallery with my glasses misting up because of a facemask.


I took a chance & popped down to London to see the Artemisa & Titian exhibitions at the National Gallery.    Both fantastic & thankfully not crowded. 


https://www.burlington.org.uk/archive/exhibition-review/titian-love-desire-death


The next day I popped into Buck House (and set off the metal detector again, damn watch!)  Some of the stuff you don't usually get to see is on display in the Queens Gallery.  This was quite busy, but they were not running a 1 way system, so I could go back to look at things a 2nd time.   Some fantastic Rembrandt's I hadn't previously seen, and a couple of Canaletto's that made me want to do another trip to Venice.


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/02/queens-caravaggio-masterpieces-buckingham-palace-review


https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/masterpieces-from-buckingham-palace/the-queens-gallery-buckingham


My pics here.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/sets/72157717193102092/


(https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-crop-1600-625/public/Masterpieces%20lead.jpg?itok=VjbcQzUb)



Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 29 June, 2021, 09:41:43 pm

Many, many years ago when I was doing A level chemistry one of our teachers arranged for us to go to a series of lectures at Liverpool University ,  he used to tell us to meet up before the lecture in the "Augustus John", a pub on the campus where we could get served.  He'd probably get sacked for that these days.   I failed my exams, but ended up a regular visitor to pubs........     I never understood the significance of the AJ's name. 

As I'm now double jabbed I took the risk of venturing over to the Lady Lever Gallery for their current exhibition "The Last Bohemian:Augustus John" .  Small, but perfectly formed, 3 rooms of sketches, etchings & paintings with historical information about the man himself & his career, from his years at the Slade (same class as William Orpen) , his unconventional domestic life and his fascination with Romany culture which developed when he was an art teacher at Liverpool.


https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/lady-lever-art-gallery/exhibition/last-bohemian-augustus-john (https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/lady-lever-art-gallery/exhibition/last-bohemian-augustus-john)


https://travelswithmyart.wordpress.com/2021/06/05/the-last-bohemian-augustus-john-at-lady-lever/ (https://travelswithmyart.wordpress.com/2021/06/05/the-last-bohemian-augustus-john-at-lady-lever/)



(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5EPeD5WEAcjOUt?format=jpg&name=small)






(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5EPeH6XoAIK1ia?format=jpg&name=small)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5EP0bxX0AE7Ek2?format=jpg&name=360x360)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5EP0dlX0AUiMai?format=jpg&name=360x360)


Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Peter on 30 June, 2021, 05:05:32 pm
Andrew, is the bottom one of Dylan Thomas?
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Mr Larrington on 30 June, 2021, 05:10:27 pm
Andrew, is the bottom one of Dylan Thomas?

Whoever he was…

 ;D
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 30 June, 2021, 05:24:35 pm

Many, many years ago when I was doing A level chemistry one of our teachers arranged for us to go to a series of lectures at Liverpool University ,  he used to tell us to meet up before the lecture in the "Augustus John", a pub on the campus where we could get served.  He'd probably get sacked for that these days.   I failed my exams, but ended up a regular visitor to pubs........     I never understood the significance of the AJ's name. 
ANDREW!

Most people could get away with that but from you, YACF's aesthete in chief, it is both shameful and unbelievable!  :o
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 30 June, 2021, 06:18:33 pm
Andrew, is the bottom one of Dylan Thomas?

Whoever he was…

 :-D


It is Dylan Thomas.  The descriptive text stated that John sexually assaulted Caitlin MacNamara when she modelled for him as a young girl, he then had an ongoing relationship with her until he introduced her to Thomas  who promptly married her.


https://littleaugury.blogspot.com/2012/01/thats-life-women-he-loved-augustus-john.html


http://adrinkershistoryoflondon.com/tag/london-in-the-1980s/
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Peter on 05 July, 2021, 10:48:36 am
Thanks, Andrew - I missed this when you posted it.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 02 November, 2021, 10:06:58 pm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720088716523


Off to That London again.    Frans Hals "Male Portraits" at the Wallace Collection.  I enjoyed looking at these & also enjoyed the audio commentary from Grayson Perry on the masculine presentation of the sitters, to the point of laughing out loud a few times.   One of the pictures reminded me of David Cameron, all shiny cheeked entitlement  >:(     The only bad part of the visit was in the Gents toilet, where I caught site of my pants down profile in the mirror. I'm starting to look like one of Hals's portly brewers!


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/26/frans-hals-the-male-portrait-wallace-collection-review-painting-as-performance-art


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/frans-hals-male-portrait-review-pale-stale-male-exhilarating/


Then across to the National Gallery for  Poussin and the dance.   Cavorting nymphs & horny satyrs partying in woodland glades. 


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/10/poussin-and-the-dance-national-gallery-london-review


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/05/poussin-dance-review-national-gallery-london


Also saw the free exhibition of Bellotto's "Views on a fortress" and now I want to do  a bike tour up the Elbe!   This exhibition is now closed in London but is being shown at Manchester.


https://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/exhibition/bellotto-views-on-a-fortress/
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 16 November, 2021, 09:42:37 pm
My pictures from the Hals & Poussin exhibitions are here.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720088716523


See of you can guess which one I thought looked like slimey Cameron......


(click to show/hide)
 



Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 16 November, 2021, 10:16:39 pm
On Saturday I braved our Northern rail system & travelled to Wakefield via Leeds.  This took longer than travelling to London.


The object of my visit was the fantastic Hepworth Gallery,  several brutal conjoined concrete blocks perched in a bight of the River Calder.


I was familiar with Hepworth's sculptures from various galleries, but didn't know she was such a superb sketcher & really enjoyed her drawings, especially the surgical series when she was invited to observe several operations.


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51678582353_4ce120de51_z.jpg)


https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720148654127


https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/30/barbara-hepworth-art-and-life-hepworth-wakefield-review


https://www.designcurial.com/news/book-review-barbara-hepworth-art-life-8821108/


https://newsflash.one/2021/05/29/barbara-hepworth-by-eleanor-clayton-review-art-and-life/


I also managed a quick visit to Wakefield Cathedral.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720138319943 (https://flic.kr/p/2mJEf5z)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: nicknack on 21 November, 2021, 08:46:46 pm
British wood engravers at Salisbury museum. Wonderful stuff.  (http://salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/cutting-it-fine-art-british-wood-engraver[/url)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 05 December, 2021, 11:24:57 pm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720261631670 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewclark/albums/72157720261631670)


Laura Knight at Milton Keynes.  Interesting & enjoyable.  Which I'm glad about as it was quite a trek on overcrowded trains. 


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51726523794_2b6cf2d80b_m.jpg)


 (https://flic.kr/p/2mNTXp9)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Peter on 05 December, 2021, 11:38:46 pm
She was absolutely terrific, wasn't she?  Did you come back with a bag full of postcards?!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 06 December, 2021, 12:03:13 am
No, but the exhibition catalogue is weighing down one arm of my chair.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Peter on 06 December, 2021, 01:54:06 pm
 ;D
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: L CC on 16 December, 2021, 11:13:36 am
The Galloway Hoard (https://www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk/the-galloway-hoard/)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: jsabine on 17 December, 2021, 11:59:11 pm
Saw that in Edinburgh in the summer - quite breathtaking.

And it looks like the treasures just get better - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/17/extraordinary-restoration-of-roman-rock-crystal-jar-from-galloway-hoard
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: L CC on 18 December, 2021, 11:14:52 am
Yeah, I saw that. We're back that way in the spring and I will be admiring the baubles again.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 23 December, 2021, 12:53:17 pm
An exhibition I have not been to, partly because it's in Italy but more so because it's not on till next year, is Cartasia 2022, a Lucca Biennale. But I have seen one of the exhibits, cos I know a bloke whose cardboard artwork (sculpture?) – Cartasia is a festival of paper and cardboard – has been accepted. Now he just has to convince the technical panel that he can create it on a large scale in one of the city's squares!
https://www.luccabiennale.com/en/2022-edition/outdoor-2022
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: sg37409 on 06 June, 2022, 03:29:23 pm
Glasgow school of art degree exhibition.  My sons partners work was on show, we went for a look round.  Nice way to spend an afternoon, a huge varIety of work and quality and with loads of the students there to talk about their work you get a nice background to it
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Ruthie on 10 August, 2022, 09:17:43 pm
https://smallisbeautifulart.com/

Lots of very clever small things.

Bit like that Crinklylion really.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 17 September, 2022, 06:08:33 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/16/glyn-philpot-review-pallant-house-chichester (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/16/glyn-philpot-review-pallant-house-chichester)


https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/8-july/books-arts/visual-arts/art-review-glyn-philpot-flesh-and-spirit-at-pallant-house-gallery-chichester (https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/8-july/books-arts/visual-arts/art-review-glyn-philpot-flesh-and-spirit-at-pallant-house-gallery-chichester)


 Glyn Philpot at Pallant House in Chichester.  A fantastic exhibition in a lovely gallery.  I must have seen some of his work before, but his name never registered.   Superb technique in several mediums.  If you are reasonably local & have the chance then go. 
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Efrogwr on 09 October, 2022, 08:58:45 pm
The RWA Open in Bristol.

This year's is an excellent show; most of the work is good +/or interesting, some excellent and a very few are disappointing.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jaded on 09 October, 2022, 10:37:34 pm
The RWA Open in Bristol.

This year's is an excellent show; most of the work is good +/or interesting, some excellent and a very few are disappointing.

Oooh, intersting. In the renovated RWA too. May pop in on Friday.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: rafletcher on 09 February, 2023, 09:34:22 am
Not been to, but booked for my wife, the Vermeer in Amsterdam in May.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 09 February, 2023, 11:07:23 am
Not been to, but booked for my wife, the Vermeer in Amsterdam in May.


Jealous.   I might see if I can arrange a trip myself ,   but my favourite Amsterdam cheap flophouse is now a "boutique hotel". 
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 09 February, 2023, 11:09:16 am
Not been either but I have tix for Cezanne at Tate Modern later this month - looking forward to that.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: rafletcher on 09 February, 2023, 12:29:03 pm
Not been to, but booked for my wife, the Vermeer in Amsterdam in May.


Jealous.   I might see if I can arrange a trip myself ,   but my favourite Amsterdam cheap flophouse is now a "boutique hotel".

Yep, it wont be cheap! Except for the exhibition ticket at €30.  I feeel a birthday present whip-round between me and her 2 sons coming up!
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Pedal Castro on 09 February, 2023, 05:30:31 pm
Escher exhibition in Foundling Hospital in Florence was tremendous, found it quite by chance as it was near the bus stop we used to get to the Gino Bartali museum.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Tim Hall on 15 February, 2023, 06:11:52 pm
Not an exhibition as such, but finally got the stars to align so I could manage a trip to Sir John Soane's museum. Blimey, absolutely wonderful.

Then a walk to Tate Modern for a quick glimpse at a couple of pieces: Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope in the Turbine Hall. Go and lie under it.. Found  a bit of Yves Klein Blue, a Picasso or two, Mondrian, Roy Lichtenstein and the brilliant Babel 2001 tower of radios. Couldn't stay long as we've got tickets for Counterpoint at  Broadcasting House.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 25 February, 2023, 05:22:36 pm
Went with the Aussie to see the Cezanne exhibition at the Tate Modern today.
Loved his landscapes.
Still life were a strong runner up.
Portraits I'm happy to give a miss.
Recommended.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: andrewc on 28 February, 2023, 07:26:05 pm
I'm in London Friday & Saturday but the Cezanne is sold out.   The Spanish stuff at the RA then, and Donatello at the V&A in the afternoon.   I might squeeze a visit in to Leighton & Sambourne Houses on the Saturday.  https://www.tatler.com/article/leighton-house-london-reopens-public
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: hellymedic on 13 July, 2023, 03:26:51 pm
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, with Mum and D.
Chanced upon my cousin Philip and wife, Emma, there.
Philip informed us his nephew's partner had exhibit there (846). Seems artist entered this as a joke - has a day job in digital marketing.
Philip is minded to enter a photograph next year and showed us some good pics on his phone.

Gander's cat 'Rest in Pieces' (862) is a very realistic, animated (breathing), somewhat ghoulish, replica of a feline.

Usual eclectic mixture of pretentious tat and variable draughtsmanship.

Fun day out with Mum (87) though. We'd not done that trip since 2019.

ETA The was a school group visiting, the same time as we were, all sporting (but not wearing) fluo yellow and reflective hi-vis tabards, indoors, in midsummer daylight. What does that achieve?
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 15 July, 2023, 12:19:44 pm
Went to Tate Modern this morning to see the Piet Mondrian exhibition.
I've always had a soft spot for Mondrian's work, long before L'Oreal and Look Pedals took it upon themselves to use his work for their corporate branding.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53047493645_5ff7e275b1_4k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHp) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHp)  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53047593458_d8b5b8c958_4k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oPCMoj) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPCMoj)  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53047493675_dc22046cf6_4k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHV) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHV)  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)

Additional entertainment was courtesy of a busker beneath Blackfriars Bridge, who was giving a pretty good rendition of 'What a Wonderful World'. When he reached the refrain he sang '....And I think to myself, Boris Johnson's a c**t".
It made oi larf.

Also, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but Leon is little different to a McDonalds.

Also, Londres Centrale is overrun with f*kin' tourists.
Who knew?


ETA: A month or so ago I went to the Tate Modern to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition.
I urge you to go and see this.
It'll blow your mind and mess with your perception of what is real.
It is on until the end of September.
Tickets only - even for members.
Tickets are released in batches.
They sell out in less than an hour of being released.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: jsabine on 16 July, 2023, 12:44:15 am
The Kusama Mirror Rooms are currently booking till the end of September, but they've been extended until April next year. I went a month or so ago too - got lucky with a ticket for the same day when I happened to look. Definitely worth seeing
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 16 July, 2023, 08:20:43 pm
Went to Tate Modern this morning to see the Piet Mondrian exhibition.
I've always had a soft spot for Mondrian's work, long before L'Oreal and Look Pedals took it upon themselves to use his work for their corporate branding.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53047493645_5ff7e275b1_4k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHp) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHp)  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53047593458_d8b5b8c958_4k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oPCMoj) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPCMoj)  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53047493675_dc22046cf6_4k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHV) (https://flic.kr/p/2oPCgHV)  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurekb/)

Additional entertainment was courtesy of a busker beneath Blackfriars Bridge, who was giving a pretty good rendition of 'What a Wonderful World'. When he reached the refrain he sang '....And I think to myself, Boris Johnson's a c**t".
It made oi larf.

Also, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but Leon is little different to a McDonalds.

Also, Londres Centrale is overrun with f*kin' tourists.
Who knew?


ETA: A month or so ago I went to the Tate Modern to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition.
I urge you to go and see this.
It'll blow your mind and mess with your perception of what is real.
It is on until the end of September.
Tickets only - even for members.
Tickets are released in batches.
They sell out in less than an hour of being released.

Reading more about Mondrian, I was surprised that was no mention of the Bauhaus. His work was chosen to adorn the 1930 Dessau Bauhaus building, and he was associated with Kandinsky and Klee.

In fact the whole idea of the Bauhaus had roots in ‘arts and crafts’: art as inspiration for design. Unfortunately, in spite of William Morris, mainstream English tastes preferred tradition to modernism and let the opportunity slip away in favour of Tudorbethan. In Germany not even nazism was strong enough to suppress the creativity of the Bauhaus which found a welcome in the USA. The influence of the Bauhaus in Central Europe is also very much alive.

(The busker was spot on, except aren’t they all?)
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: Jurek on 16 March, 2024, 03:10:02 pm
Today, in the esteemed company of my favourite Aussie, I went to see the Yoko Ono exhibish at the Tate Modern.
Some thought provoking stuff in there.
Along with some properly barking stuff.
Suffice it to say, you don't generally get one without the other.
Title: Re: What exhibition have you just been to ?
Post by: perpetual dan on 16 March, 2024, 07:24:23 pm
Last weekend, I went to a 100 years of surrealism exhibition in Brussels. Which took a broad view of the movement and themed the groups of (mostly) pictures by ideas from the manifesto (rather than, time or place). Which was interesting. And made for something more varied than melting dreams and fish!

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