From the Archive: Art Edition
Another sporadic Friday post, in which we've consolidated our favourite art themed recs.
Welcome back to another sporadic Friday post, in which we consolidate our favourite recs by theme. This week, it’s art.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: ART EDITION
Nº 38: Seb Summers
☞ VISITING: London Museum Late Openings - Generally these aren’t busy and you often have the place to yourself - obviously you pay for some exhibitions but for the most part they are either free displays or a quiet opportunity to explore the permanent collection.
Most people don’t have enough time to visit shows that are on during the week or weekend - late openings hours offer a way round this post-work - can fit these in pre/post something else, have no plans and can help keep your weekends free.
General hours - Somerset House is open 10-7pm everyday, The Hayward 11-7pm Thu-Sat and the Barbican 10-7pm Thu-Sat.
Wednesday: 10-7pm - Pitzhanger Manor (Ealing); 11-9pm - Hayward Gallery (Southbank); 11-9pm - South London Gallery (Camberwell)
Thursday: 10-9pm - Camden Art Centre (Hampstead); 10-8pm - Wellcome Collection (Euston); 10-9pm - Whitechapel Gallery (Aldgate)
Friday: 10-9pm - The National Gallery (Trafalgar Sq); Friday & Saturday: 10-9pm - The Design Museum (High St Kensington)
Nº 55: Henry Tudor Pole
☞ THE LETTERS OF VINCENT VAN GOGH: These letters dispel the myths around van Gogh and reveal a man of astonishing depth and integrity, who was also a brilliant writer. In turn, this helps you to see the paintings afresh and realise, again, just how good they can be. The Penguin selection by Ronald de Leeuw is great because it keeps each letter intact, preserving the rhythm of Vincent’s impassioned correspondence with his brother Theo.
Nº 24: Grove Collective: Jacob & Ella
☞ SHOCK OF THE NOW NEWSLETTER: Hector Campbell, all-time good guy in London's art world, runs a great newsletter that we regularly use to keep up with what's going on. He's also a stellar writer and behind many of London's exhibition texts, so much as that famous line in Whit Stillman's Metropolitan, we can read them and know both what they're about and what to think of them.
Nº 5: Kimberley Cookey-Gam
☞ TWO TEMPLE PLACE: Clearly I love a location based recommendation but this part mansion, part gallery space is an incredible hidden gem in London, owned and crafted by the 2nd richest man in the world in 1980. Located near The Strand – 1 minute away from Temple tube station – it is a gorgeous place to spend the day.
Nº 13: Ernesto Renda
☞ GINNY ON FREDRICK: My sweet friend Freddie has an art gallery called Ginny on Frederick in London, go check it out!
Nº 9: Ted Mair
☞ UBUWEB: A treasure trove of video art and art film. Any obscure thing you read about will be available here. My favourite is a film of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty from above.
Nº 23: Sam Harris
☞ THE BUNKER: A fantastic art bookshop hidden away in the depths of the Barbican. Lot’s of great second hand books and ephemera to rummage through. Arnaud who started the shop also runs The Everyday Press who publish the work of great artists such as Ian Whittlesea and Simon Popper.
Nº 54: Irene Pouliassi
☞ COUPS CONTEMPORARY: An absolute MUST! The gallery just opened this September and has already given us four cutting edge shows marking a great start of an exquisite line- up of London based and international artists. Go up to the 3rd Floor of 53 Great Portland Street.
Nº46: Preslav Rostov
☞ ART OF DARKNESS: There’s nothing better than finding the cheeky details about artists personal lives away from their professional image. The deep dive into Francis Bacon’s life story. All gossip and no painting on the ingredients list.
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