Today I am grateful for a day filled with art, music,sunshine, oysters and Champagne.
This morning we started our day by walking from our London accommodation along the Thames, over the Millenium Bridge to The Tate Modern Gallery.
The Tate Modern is filled with art that I didn’t like. Although I didn’t like it I was definitely challenged, and it has made me consider what I think about art.
Art is defined as
The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
I much prefer to look at art that is beautiful. The art at the Tate Modern was ugly and disturbing. The only pieces I liked were some photographs. Not only did I like the photographs but I liked the didactic that went with them.
I am always interested in how to let the light shine into our lives.
Although I didn’t like the art much I did like the spaces in the building. The building was Bankside Power Station and was converted into a gallery in 1996. The huge machinery was removed and the building was stripped back to its original steel structure and brickwork. The turbine hall became a dramatic entrance and display area and the boiler house became the galleries.
After the Gallery we walked along The Thames and saw more beautiful art than was in the gallery.
We finished up at Covent Garden. It was a perfect morning to sit in the sunshine and listen to fantastic buskers having lunch.
I loved the shops and ambience of Covent Garden and the buskers were amazing.
We then wandered to the iconic shopping destination Harrods. The food hall at Harrods is incredible. We ate again late in the afternoon and had Champagne and Oysters!
Our day finished with Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium. The added bonus was Robbie Williams came on stage and sang Angels.
What an incredible day!
Until next time
