Tag Archives: Tate Britain

lovelondonscenes 139 – Christmas lights at Tate Britain

Posted on December 4, 2017 by

The facade at Tate Britain has been lit up for Christmas!

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The Turner Prize 2016, Tate Britain

Posted on December 22, 2016 by

The Tate is a few minutes walk from my office, and I popped down there this lunch time to take a look at the exhibition of the shortlisted artists for this year’s Turner Prize. The prize is for artists under … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes – 87

Posted on January 31, 2015 by

Vauxhall and Albert! A different day to the photo in No 86. This week I hosted a drink at work to mark 5 years in my current job. I’d been down to the Majestic wine warehouse in Vauxhall, under the … Continue reading →

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Art Binge

Posted on January 17, 2015 by

Phew! it’s been a busy first week back at work, with a very excellent Nils Lofgren concert thrown in last night. More of that in due course. But I started the new year nice and chilled with a week off. … Continue reading →

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Rush, rush, rush!

Posted on January 5, 2015 by

I’m taking a week’s leave, taking it easy in London, soaking up a bit of art around the place. Today I went back to Tate Britain for another look at the Late Turner exhibition (of which more in another blog … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes – 80 – A Walk to Work

Posted on December 13, 2014 by

I work in an office in 30 Millbank, just off the monstrous Millbank Tower, which is now a listed sixties building. It’s all near the Thames, which is great. I walk there most days from Pimlico station, about ten minutes … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes – 61

Posted on June 27, 2014 by

I’m working down by Millbank now and walk most days from Pimlico station to the office. Cutting through the courtyard of Chelsea Arts College (not in Chelsea) I come upon this scene, which I rather like.

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Lowry at the Tate Britain

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

L.S.Lowry is an English painter, born in 1887, died 1976, who devoted his life to painting the England – especially Manchester – of the industrial revolution. Most people know him for his townscapes populated by matchstick figures, almost child-like in … Continue reading →

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Picasso and Modern British Art at the Tate Britain

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Been meaning to write about this for a while, having been a couple of times to the exhibition.  It’s a mix of things: partly a collection of Picasso works that have found their way into British hands and partly a … Continue reading →

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