Tag Archives: Tate Modern

lovelondonscenes 170 – Back to the heart of London

Posted on June 22, 2020 by

Last Monday I took a train for the first time in three months to central London, and some of my favourite locations down by the river. I stayed away from the tube and caught a near-empty train at Brentford to … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes 153 – London at nightfall from the Millenium Bridge

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

Yesterday I spent a few hours at the Tate Modern working on the follow up novel to “The Decision”. Afterwards, around 4.30, I walked over the Millenium Bridge en route to Mansion House tube station. The views of the City … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes 151 – Tate Modern turbine hall in black and white

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Music and colour at the Tate Modern

Posted on October 14, 2017 by

There has been a great exhibition at the Tate Modern, which is just coming to an end. “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.” A fascinating account of, mainly, art in the 60s and 70s by … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes 135 – The swings at Tate Modern

Posted on October 13, 2017 by

The latest attraction in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern is a load of swings. Brought back the child in people, and was nice for the children – probably more fun than looking at abstract art with their parents! … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes 121 – Tate Modern

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

Went to the Tate Modern yesterday to see The “Radical Eye” (Elton John’s early C20 collection of modernist photos) and Rauschenberg exhibitions. Liked the photos – Man Ray the highlight. Rauschenberg a mixed bag – liked the collages; the rest … 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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lovelondonscenes – 84

Posted on January 9, 2015 by

I went to the Sigmar Polke exhibition to the Tate Modern yesterday. Took this shot out of one of the windows on a gloomy, rainy morning. The Millenium Bridge and St Paul’s centre ground. Treated a bit on iPhotos for … Continue reading →

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Matisse and Malevich at the Tate Modern

Posted on August 29, 2014 by

Over the last week I’ve been to see a couple of really interesting and enjoyable exhibitions at the Tate Modern: the art of Kazimir Malevich and Henri Matisse’s “Cut Outs”. Malevich is a 20th century Russian artist, although he was … Continue reading →

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Roy Lichtenstein at the Tate Modern

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

I hopped over to the Tate Modern last Friday after a visit to my optician in the City, when I finally succumbed to the need for multi-focal glasses. Age: can’t read the newsprint these days without taking the glasses off. … Continue reading →

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