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.
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.
Sensing Spaces At The Royal Academy
Today was a preview day for Sensing Spaces at the Royal Academy.
What was unusual about the exhibition was that the taking of pictures was encouraged.
We need more of this. Obviously, under the control of a tasteful set of rules. Like no flash, not getting in the way of other visitors and not taking pictures of the visitors. Almost like the rules on the London Underground, where I’ve heard that drivers get fed up of the camera flashes, as they drive trains into the station.
One installation even allowed me to take a reflected selfie.
Go and see the exhibition. But make sure you take a camera that is good in low light, with the flash switched off!
I suspect too, it would be best to go,when there are a shortage of walk-on extras.
To Australia Before Breakfast
The Royal Academy had a special show of their Australia exhibition for Friends from 08:30 to 10:00 this morning.
As my boiler is in the process of being changed and my house was extremely cold, I decided to go and took a 38 bus through the rain.
The exhibition was well worth a visit and for me, the paintings of the desert, brought back happy memories of an amazing holiday some years back, where I hired a light aircraft and flew us both round a lot of Eastern Australia.
But as there were few visitors, at that time in the morning, it was almost like your own private view.
This should be done more often.
Imagine being able to walk round an important gallery like that showing the Turners at the Tate Britain by yourself.
I don’t need to imagine, as I did that last night.
Richard Rogers At The Royal Academy
I went to see the Richard Rogers exhibition at the Royal Academy yesterday.
It was really worth visiting, with lots of drawings, models and quotes from the architect, of the Pompidou Centre, the Lloyds Building, the Millennium Dome and many others.
They also had a wall for ideas, about what you would like to see done to improve London. I couldn’t resist adding my four pennyworth about my plan to reduce chaos in Oxford Street, by building a first floor level walkway above the buses and traffic.
I also followed someone else in moaning about the lack of public clocks in London. Especially when you compare it with Liverpool.
But one particular idea occurred to me. Why not give all those who live in London, who don’t drive or who have returned their driving licence, a Freedom Pass?
It is definitely, a must-see exhibition.
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