An Impressive Structure In Dresden
It may only be a shelter for a number of lines at a tram interchange in Dresden, but I like it.
We should create more structures like this that combine engineering, art, beauty and practicality in suitable proportions.
Street Art In Fitzrovia
Traffic light control boxes are being used as canvases for art in Fitzrovia.
There’s more in this article on the BBC web site.
Everybody Razzle Dazzle
I took these pictures of the Mersey Ferry; Snowdrop, which has been given a razzle-dazzle colour scheme by Sir Peter Blake.
I like it.
Poetry In Walthamstow Bus Station
I was greeted by these poems and words on the shelters in Walthamstow bus station.
They are simple and different and even the supervisor was enthusiastic.
Transport for London now need to get the closely related Walthamstow Central station up to a similar standard.
Rubens Has Arrived At The Royal Academy
As it was Friends Preview Day, I went to see the new Rubens exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Rubens Has Arrived At The Royal Academy
I was a bit underwhelmed and as The Times gave it only two stars out of five, I don’t think my views are out of line.
I much preferred the Allen Jones exhibition, which ends in a few days.
A Gallery I Wish I’d Missed
I regretted going to the Musee D’Orsay, as I was tired after my walk and it wasn’t a gallery that was easy to visit, if you were in your sixties and showing the odd sign of wear and tear.
Compared to the Louvre, it was very second rate, with no working lifts and no escalators, and steps everywhere, which would make it probably a no-go for many.
In some ways if your compare it to the Louvre, the four Tates, the Royal Academy and the Louvre, the layout is very 1980s and the Musee D’Orsay desperately needs an update to bring it up to modern standards.
It also annoyed me that photography is not allowed, so I was unable to take pictures of the building, which was one of my reasons for going.
I also felt that the Sade exhibition was rather pretentious, long winded, cramped into a too small exhibition space and badly presented.
It certainly wasn’t good value at I think eleven euros with no senior discount.
The Crystal Reindeer
This Christmas art was at the back of Broadgate.
Strangely, there was no details of the artist.
Bus Art
This is the first I’ve seen, but there are several over London.
This one was by the Bank of England
There is more about the sculpture trails here.
Allen Jones At The Royal Academy
It was Friends Day for the Allen Jones retrospective at the Royal Academy today.
Allen Jones At The Royal Academy
Some may not like Allen Jones‘s art such as Hat Stand, Table and Chair, but I like its forthright and almost jokey touch, which reminds me so much of good times with C, in the sixties and seventies.
I remember once seeing with C, a table inspired by Jones at Heals in Tottenham Court Road in probably the mid-seventies. She liked it, but the price was way above the level we could afford.
I pretty much know, that if she’d been there with me today, we’d have enjoyed it together.
But isn’t art meant to both amuse and make you think?
The BBC’s report certainly says it does that.
A Good Helping Of Turner
Yesterday, I went to see the Late Turner at the Tate Britain. I followed it up by seeing the film, Mr. Turner at the Barbican Cinema.
It was a good idea and I would recommend both the exhibition and the film to everyone.
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