Some years ago, I started to love
art and specially paintings. As everybody know London has wonderful museums and
art galleries where you can see pieces of the universal art history.
These days I have visited
National Gallery and Tate Modern, both with a really interesting collection. The
first, wich is located in Trafalgar Square, is one of the most important
museums in the city. I could stand in front of La Venus del espejo by Velázquez all the afternoon, actually you
can do it every afternoon if you fancy because admission is free (as usual in
London´s museums)
In Tate Modern, which its
industrial building is amazing, you can find two temporary exhibitions: Paul
Klee and Richard Hamilton. As well as all artwork, you can enjoy the beautiful
view of the city from the bar on
the 7th floor. You can´t miss it!
A few weeks ago I went to the Tate Modern and bought a ticket for the Paul Klee exhibition. I entered the exhibition and was really surprised to see a lot of different paintings. Klee used a variety of techniques which I wasn`t aware of before. I had pigeon-holed him as a ´normal` impressionist but after enjoying his works of art I had to open my mind. I can really recommend this exhibition. It`s amazing. Cheers Eve
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info about the Richard Hamilton and Paul Klee exhibitions, I've heard good things about both and I'm hoping to go and see them at some point. The walk along the Southbank is a favourite of mine, and walking over the wobbly bridge up to St Pauls makes me feel proud to be a Londoner :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I respect this kind of art but I don't have interesting in it, but this time I decide to visit this museum maybe in this week end>
ReplyDeleteYou'll have the opportunity to visit the British Museum tomorrow! Maybe you'll change your mind about not being interested in art galleries or museums!
DeleteI'd love to tank you about the wonderful visit to British museum, I really had nice time. I'm glad now because I Know what's going on.
DeleteI'm really pleased that you were open-minded enough to come along to the British Museum and that you enjoyed it!
DeleteThe National Gallery is one of my thing to see list in London. I am still thinking of visit the Tate Modern, maybe i could go for the view of the city. But i am definitely going to the National Gallery because i love painting and drawing pieces which i hardly perform maybe because of that why i admire the arty person.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's awesome, but i've not been there, not yet. On wednesday i visited the british museum (which is actually just about two blocks from international house). It was amazing, and of course, it was huge. Actually, i didn´t watch all the exhibits, nevertheless, it was great. There are impressive collections from every part of the world. Also, i went to the the victoria & albert museum (obviously not the same day, it would be impossible, both have so many things to be seen). In spite of being smaller than the B. museum, it´s fantastic too. Some friends told me that the Tate is actually, well let's not say better, but there're new stuff there you know "modern" things. Personally, i don't think that just because of that it's better, but i understand that we are all more familiar with classic art, i mean we've always seen it at school, documentaries... i mean everywhere, it can get boring. Long comment i know, i just didn't want to write a whole post... see you!
ReplyDeleteHey Alessio ! I'm impressed that you've already visited the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in your first week here! The Tate Modern is great too, your friends are right that it is completely different from the others. The building used to be a power station, so it has a totally unique atmosphere - the huge open spaces are perfect for some of the more unusual installations that they sometimes have there. When you go, check out the Richard Deacon exhibition (or at least look at the photos on the website) - his "sculptures" are really weird but very beautiful.
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