So with face mask firmly in place I made my way to the Marian Goodman Gallery in London's Mayfair area. I had a timed appointment to visit, so before going in I locked my bike to a lamppost and sat in a fairly deserted Golden Square enjoying a coffee and soaking up the … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: EXHIBITIONS
Bridget Riley: Studies: 1984-1997
As galleries begin to open again this week I decided to check out two exhibitions currently on display at David Zwirner in Grafton Street. I booked ahead and … Continue Reading ››
Crushed, Cast, Constructed
As commercial galleries gradually begin to reopen in London, I booked an appointment to visit the sculpture exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill.
After donning a face mask and rubbing my hands together with a healthy blob of antibacterial hand-gloop, … Continue Reading ››
No realm of thought…No field of vision
For the first time since early March (nearly four months ago) I've visited an art gallery. There were several differences to the usual experience. (1) I had to pre-book a timeslot. (2) I had to wear a face mask - which made … Continue Reading ››
Men Without Masks
There's an extraordinary exhibition at Hauser & Wirth London (until 28 July 2018) dedicated to the German photographer August Sander. Titled Men Without Masks, the display features an extensive selection of portraits made between 1910 and 1931 representing the socio-economic landscape in the years leading up to and through the Weimar Republic.
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Exhibitions, Museums & Galleries Visited in 2015
- Snowdon: A Life in View, NPG
- Colour, Light, Texture: Portraits by Matthew Smith and Frank Dobson, NPG
- Henry Tonks: Studies of the Artist, NPG
- Artists and Sitters: 1960-2000, NPG
- Face to Face: British Prints from the Clifford Chance Collection, Sir John Soane’s Museum
- Hogarth’s London, Cartoon Museum
- Chris Stein/Negative: Me, Blondie, and The Advent … Continue Reading ››
Kent-ish Town
William Kent (1685-1748) was the leading architect and designer of early Georgian Britain. A polymath, he turned his hand to everything from painting to designing sculpture, architecture, interior decoration, furniture, metalwork, book illustration and landscape gardens. Kent's life coincided with … Continue Reading ››
The Eastenders that time forgot
Last year David Buckman published his extensive research on the East London Group of Artists in his fascinating book From Bow to Biennale: Artists of the East London Group. Now here's the exhibition to accompany the book - and it's a corker.
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Exhibitions, Galleries & Museums Visited in 2014
- Whistler and the Thames, Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Masterpieces of Chinese Painting, V&A
- Pearls, V&A
- Turner and the Sea, National Maritime Museum
- Yinka Shonibare MBE at Greenwich, National Maritime Museum
- Painting Now: Five contemporary artists, Tate Britain
- Art Under Attack, Tate Britain
- Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr, Science Museum
- Daumier: 1808-1879 Visions of Paris, Royal Academy
- Picasso Linocuts, British Museum
- Paul … Continue Reading ››
Getting up close to Mondrian
This is from the exhibition Mondrian and Cubism: Paris 1912-1914 at the Gemeente Museum den Haag. You can hear me talking about Mondrian and discussing the exhibition on Episode 11 of the Serendipitous Compendium.