Watercolour at Tate Britain

A visit to Tate Britain (as opposed to Tate Modern) for the first time to see this glorious exhibition called ‘Watercolour’. The exhibition covers watercolur from illuminated manuscripts, maps and botanical illustrations to modern paintings by Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor. So it covers a lot  – the history of watercolour in Britain – but [...]

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Anna Miles and two Tates for me…

www.annamilesgallery.com and Darren Glass exhibition opening Wedensday 24th August. Tomorrow I’m off to two Tates if I can – Tate Britain for the Watercolour exhibition, and Tate Modern for the Miro exhibition. The Watercolour one ends Sunday so I am doing that first – if I can handle another one in the same day I [...]

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Acccommodation in London booked!

Hard to find accommodation as apparently I am landing right in Wimbledom and Trooping of the Colour time so tourists galore. But I’ve found a great B&B close to the River Thames, and they have a study and desk where I can work away on my laptop. So I’ll spend the time working, walking around [...]

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Okay I’m now nervous but still excited.

I have my flights all booked and now trying to tee up the accommodation! My Auckland studio maybe sub-let in a subtle way while I ‘m away so all is good – will be good if someone makes good use of it. Laxmi Jhunjhnuwala is having her first solo show at Mairangi Art Centre, opens [...]

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Oh to be in England!

I’ve just taken a glance at The Telegrapgh online and their Arts page – and I am just hankering to be back there and see some art..take a look at this selection: Henry Moore at Tate Britain Michelangelo’s Dream at the Courtauld Gallery Paul Nash at Dulwich Picture Gallery Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective at Tate [...]

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