- the haywood gallery has 'Nothing' exhibition - not sure how good, might be silly .
'invisible Art will bring together works from the past half century that explore ideas related to the invisible and the hidden, including work by some of the most important artists of our time as well as younger artists who have expanded on their legacy.' 
Haywood - 'Nothing' - wander round sth bank and it's shops and have lunch in restaurant
list of its latest restaurants:
http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info/shop-eat-drink
- walk along to tate modern - for lunch or exhbition or both - Damien Hirst -minus the live butterflies of course, Munch, and the the new Tanks space has opened for performance art.
Damien Hirst - lunch elsewhere along river
eg Gabriells Wharf restaurants.
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| Munch |
or once parked there we can go anywhere
- take transport/taxi/walk into:
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| National Portrait Gallery - BP Portrait Award |
- trafalgar square galleries:
- - National Portrait Gallery -'BP Portrait' and 'The Queen'
- National Gallery - Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 - Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger in a unique collaboration with The Royal Ballet - here we see the art related to scenery they created for the ballets plus more - including Wallingers room you get to peer in at volunteer nude women taking a bath - related to Titians 3 paintings on show of man peering at goddess bathing and being punished for it by being turned into a stag which is torn apart by dogs - go goddess/bit harsh?
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| Titian |
- Royal Academy the Summer Exhibition (if i ring today/tomorrow i might be able to book 1/2 day parking) or the Impressionism exhbition with possibly Sketch restaurant - 5 in walk behind RA- it is crazy prices for a lot of their meals but the parlous menu has breakfasts from £9, cakes £5.50 and 7 pages of more affordable all day things - attached menu. the RA restaurant has now become more expensive but similar to Waddesdon prices.
or
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| From Paris: A Taster for Impressionism |
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| RA new restaurant |
| Click for Royal Academy Restaurant Menus: http://static.royalacademy.org.uk/files/all-day-menu-14-june-2012-1335.pdf | Click here for Sketch Menus: http://www.sketch.uk.com/menus.php |
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| Sketch - Parlours - not as amazing interiors as it's other restaurant areas but more affordable prices but if you love the other spaces below then you could always share courses. |
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| Sketch - The Glade |
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| Sketch - The Gallery designed by Turner Prize artist Martin Creed |
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| Sketch - The Lecture Room |
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| Sketch - The East Bar |
3 OUT OF TOWN PLACES
- if we leave very early to get back in time for your evening - all about 1 1/2 hours from london: leave 7.30/8 and return by 5 or 6. i need to check traffic cameras today and in morning to see if the roads are still staying empty - we would need to leave no later than 2.30/3pm to get back in case traffic goes crazy.
1. hastings - i have to go to pick up some art i bought some time this week or next - the new Jerwood Gallery - Gary Hume.
see also my post on my recent day out in hastings - galleries and shopping - http://shirleyg-artstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/day-out-at-hastings-gary-hume-at.html
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| Gary Hume - |
2. margate - turner Comtemporary gallery - Tracy Emin, plus the old town, plus go to Whitstable on way there/back
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| Tracy Emin - Turner Comtemorary, Margate |
| Jenny Saville - Modern Art Oxford |
3. Oxford - Modern Art Contemporary & - Jenny Saville exh - need to leave london at 7.30am so i could get one of the disable bays before they fill up after 9am.
'first solo exhibition in a UK public gallery'
see my post about the exhibition - though i would like to go again.
http://shirleyg-artstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/jenny-saville-exhibition-modern-art.html
in conjunction, her 2 large drawings based on masters are next to the master paintings/drawings in the Oxford Ashmolian
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