Welcome to Wednesday Wishes.
This week a Swedish and Dutch artist active at the same time who never met each other but with very similar trajectories at Tate Modern. Bay Luhrmann and AI creation at the Design Museum. Georgian fashion at the Queen’s Gallery. Shakepseare’s first folio and home through a Vietnamese lens at the Museum of the Home.
Can I confess that I love the Elizabeth Line. I especially like that way that her platforms are right next to the trains at Paddington meaning the days of getting lost in the labyrinth of Paddington tube station are over for me. Other things I love about the Elizabeth Line are that areas of central London that have been cordoned off whilst building work was in progress have reemerged and mostly much improved. I particularly like the new look Hanover Square, now pedestrianised on one and half sides and with imaginative planting in the square itself. This week a new sculpture by Sean Scully has been unveiled as the finishing touch to the new look square. Do pop by the next time you are in the West End and let me know what you think.
It is Late week at Tate Modern this week. On Friday the new Hilma Af Klint and Piet Mondrian exhibition will be the focus of the late with DJ sets, talks and hands on activities alone offer. All activities are free but some require tickets, if you want to see the exhibition itself you will need a paid for ticket.
Did you know that there is an Operating Theatre hidden above a church in the shadow of the Shard? The Old Operating Theatre is London’s oldest operating theatre and reopens after work on its roof this Friday. To celebrate entry will be free on Friday. If you can’t get there on Friday a paid for visit is well worth while another time.
Happy Culturing
Catherine