Museums & Gallery’s I’d like to visit…

Victoria & Albert Museum.
The  V&A in London is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, it was founded in 1852, and has since grown to now cover over 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5000 years of art, from ancient times to the [...]

Saatchi Gallery

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/index.htm
On my first visit to London in 2003 I also visited the Saatchi Gallery. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit as I especially liked its collection of quirky artists. Its collection of contemporary art usually consists of largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.
The audience for exhibitions of [...]

Tate Britain and the Turner Prize…

Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art. Located in London, it is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. The other three galleries are Tate Modern, also in London, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St Ives, in Cornwall. The entire Tate Collection is available online.
Tate Britain is [...]

Henry Moore

 
Henry Moore was one of the 20th century’s leading sculptors and his monumental carved and bronze sculptures can be seen in galleries and museums around the world. Moore was born in 1898, in Castleford. Henry Moore often referred to the influence of the West Yorkshire landscape on his development as a young artist.
This changing display [...]

The Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009 Shortlist (Architecture & Graphic’s)

Here are the nominees for the Architects and Graphic Designers put up for this coming Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009. The exhibition opens 12 February until 14 June 2009, the category winners will be announced on 24 February and the overall winner will be awarded at the Awards Dinner on 18 March at the Design Museum London, so [...]

Ffotogallery

The Ffotogallery is a photography gallery in Penarth, Cardiff. I first visited it last year with my friend, a photo art student. Although I did enjoy my visit I became more intrigued when I heard they were having a Book Arts Fayre this year.
 

As part of the celebration of the Artists Book, the Ffotogallery hosted it’s first Book [...]

Tate Modern.

Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art. Located in London, it is one of the family of four Tate galleries which display selections from the Tate Collection. The Collection comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and of international modern art. 
Created in the year [...]

Design Museum.

During the first year London trip we were encouraged to visit the Design Museum. This year, without even thinking about what exhibitions would be showing, I knew I would defiantly be paying it a visit.
The Design Museum was the first museum in the world to promote everyday design and design classics together by placing them in their social and cultural [...]

Herzog & de Meuron

When asked ‘Who are my top ten architects?’ one of the first to come to mind is, Herzog & de Meuron.
This year was the year of the Olympic Games at Beijing, China as your most likely aware of and these are the guys that designed the Main National Stadium. It is the most striking of [...]

The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising.

It’s an unexpected reunion with your past! The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, featuring over 12,000 original items from the Robert Opie Collection. This history of consumer culture is revealed decade by decade in the “time tunnel”, from Victorian times to the present day. Discover the trends of daily life, the revolution in shopping habits [...]