Out and about London.

After I been to the Manet exhibition decided to go and have a cup of coffee. As we were near the Burlington's Arcade we decided to go to the lovely cafe on the corner called Laduree. Where we had macaroons, coffee and hot chocolate and have to say they were delicious if a little expensive!

Looking out of the arcade.

 That rose macaroon was very nice as you can see by the look on my face.

 Looking into the arcade filled with  shops  selling
very expensive jewellery, clothes and shoes but it was very nice just looking.

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My sister-in-law and I  decided we had to walk off the macaroons.  So we walked onto Bond Street to  do some window-shopping.  The images below are some of the shops windows we passed.

The above images have been taken from the windows
of  Victoria"s Secret. These costumes looked like a
work of art in their own right. I had to photograph them
because they are stunning.

 As I was passing this gallery I took a quick photograph

and photographed the image above who is by Abelardo.

 I photographed this image because I liked the picture,

as simple as that.  I don't particularly like Madonna but

I thought this was a very good image of her. I also photographed 

the artist name and details as well.

 This is a photograph of another gallery on Bond Street.

 Here we are at Butler and Wilson shop. This is a fantastic
shop full of very unusual and showy jewellery and
accessories. They also stock vintage dresses.

One of the windows.

In the shop.

How's this for a necklace !

Another window full of goodies.

Whitworth Art Gallery.

   

            Another visit to the Whitworth Gallery to see: Callum Innes and Beryl Korot.

I was very impressed with Callum Innes work. The way he works
his canvases with paint, turps and paint again. This gives the effect of fabric.

Beryl Korot  work was more interesting to read about
than look at. Maybe I am being a bit harsh or may be
the colours are a bit drab for me. But I do understand her idea and inspiration
she had by the punchcard system of the jacquard loom.




 These were the only exhibitions that I had not seen before at the Whitworth Art Gallery. I have seen Richard Long, Michael Landy, John Piper and the textile displays on the ground floor. 

Portobello Road.

Well my favourite place, Portobello Road and how busy it was!

 I thought this photograph of piles of freshwater pearls
is beautiful the lustre from the beads.

Tate modern gallery.

My next stop is the Tate modern gallery to see Roy Lichtenstein but unfortunately it is not to be! I  arrived about  at 1:30pm in the afternoon and was informed that I couldn't get in to see the exhibition until 5:30pm that day so I decided to have a look round the gallery anyway. Below you will see the photographs I have taken at the Tate modern. You will see some very famous works of art and views
taken from Tate modern.

 The visit to take modern was a very short one because I decided to across London

 to visit Portobello Road.

The Victoria and Albert Gallery.

The next up in London was a visit to Victorian Albert Gallery to see Tudors, Stuarts and The Russian
Tsars. This is an embroidered piece of silk is in the exhibition. This piece of work is very delicately
stitched using silks and gold thread.

The V&A is one of my favourite galleries I could spend a whole week
visiting the various  exhibits.

 Inside the reception area of the V&A.

 A  photograph of the fantastic glass chandelier that hangs
over the booking desks.

 One of the rooms.

  The ceiling in the cafe.

 Another picture  Of the cafe from a distance.

 This is a photograph of the wall in the cafe.

The walls  in the V&A cafe are all decorated
with these decorative boards.

 I was very fortunate to be able to buy
the book that went with the Tudors, Stuarts and
the Russian Tsars exhibition and the images below
are photographs I have taken from this book.

 The V&A cafe is so beautiful so decorative
that I could spend all day just looking at it all.

 These embroidered items were also in the exhibition.

 This is Tsar  Mikhail Romanov.
unknown artist. Oil on canvas.
1675 – 85

 This was the armoured suit made for Henry VIII
which he wore in his younger days.


 This was the first day of the exhibition and was very busy and there was a lot to see. Again all the
 pictures, medals and wall hangings were hung against a dark grey background this again enhance them . The armour was displayed in glass cabinets. There was a lot of plated gold on silver vessels
and plates all belonging to this era. The exhibition had very low lights on to protect all the exhibits.
I found the exhibition very exciting and interesting as it covered a lot of our history and I think is an exhibition that is well worth seeing.