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lovelondonscenes 139 – Christmas lights at Tate Britain
The facade at Tate Britain has been lit up for Christmas!
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Tagged London, Photography, photos, Tate Britain
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The Turner Prize 2016, Tate Britain
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
Posted in Art, books, theatre, cinema, London
Tagged Anthea Hamilton, Art, Helen Marten, Josephine Pryde, London, Michael Dean, Photography, photos, Tate Britain, Turner Prize
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lovelondonscenes – 87
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
Art Binge
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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Tagged Art, Blondie, Chris Stein, Constable, Guy Bourdin, London, National Gallery, Photography, Polke, Rembrandt, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Turner, Victoria and Albert museum
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Rush, rush, rush!
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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Tagged JMV Turner, London, Tate Britain, The tube
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lovelondonscenes – 80 – A Walk to Work
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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Tagged London, Millbank, Photography, photos, Pimlico, Shard, Tate Britain
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lovelondonscenes – 61
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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Tagged London, Millbank, Photography, photos, Pimlico, Tate Britain
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Lowry at the Tate Britain
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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Tagged Art, L.S.Lowry, Lowry, Pieter Bruegel, Tate, Tate Britain, Valette
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Picasso and Modern British Art at the Tate Britain
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