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.
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.Didn't know about that – destination!
Rather good, along with the talk from a member of one of the families used as inspiration.
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.
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).
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.
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).
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.
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).
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 :(
Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.
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).
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 :(
I had it wrapped in just under 1 hour - including sitting through 3 short films.Prototyping in Tokyo, at Japan House, Kensington High St (until 16/3/19)I think that's my day-out sorted for this weekend. Ta.
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).
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.
An hour would suffice.I'd figured as much.
The sake tasting must have been a one-off event, I struck lucky :)
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.
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.
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.
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
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.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)
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.
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.
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://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.
Indeed. Went to her gallery in a Berlin a couple of years ago.
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
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.
Andrew, is the bottom one of Dylan Thomas?
ANDREW!
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, is the bottom one of Dylan Thomas?
Whoever he was…
:-D
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.
Not been to, but booked for my wife, the Vermeer in Amsterdam in May.
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".
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.
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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.
Saw the hanging today, of an exhibition that starts tomorrow - of my photos of gigs at our local venue.That must be really exciting! (and nerve wracking)
Saw the hanging today, of an exhibition that starts tomorrow - of my photos of gigs at our local venue.That must be really exciting! (and nerve wracking)