A viewing of the Matisse cutouts with Judith and Francis – such a treat to be able to see them without too many people there. They are wonderfully joyful – sets you up for the […]
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expose the young
The Martin Creed was such fun we decided to take Ricky. He loved MOTHERS, thought the explanation was very funny: ‘when you’re small your mother is always big. So it seemed like a good reason […]
girls’ day out
Jane R and I went to the Martin Creed at the Hayward, and then on to Brindisa for lunch. The exhibition was such fun – a huge rotating metal beam so big that they had […]
art with a view
Exploits in Istanbul 6.1 After a morning of useful things – doing the washing and buying stringy cheese and artichoke hearts (but not Turkish waiters’ trays, as although the tray bit comes off, the tripod […]
gallivanting 3
The Jerwood Gallery in Hastings is a lovely building, although they clearly haven’t quite worked out what to do about the seagull guano streaks on the glazed black tiles. It works really well with the […]
new stairs, new hang
Ali and Debra and I finally got to meet up at Tate Britain to see the refurb and the new hang. The staircases are spectacular – very fine indeed. And the new hang, of which […]
foreign travels
With weather set to be fairly foul again, and the knee in need of a quietish day, we drove down to Dulwich to see the Hockney prints, which are as wonderful as they ever were. […]
textiles and fashion
Unmistakable head-shot at the opening of a lovely show at the Fashion & Textile Museum, courtesy Judith. As well as Artist Textiles (Picasso to Warhol) there was a whole room of Sarah Campbell’s work – […]
day of science and art (3)
The new knee finally installed, there was another hour to kill, so off to the Wellcome Collection. Two exhibitions there – on the top floor a lovely show of work coming out of health/art community […]
day of science and art (2)
It rained and it rained and the knee was still blunting saws, so I went to the Grant Museum of Zoology, a place I’d always meant to visit. Skeletons of pythons, wax models of foetuses […]