Tag Archives: Tate Modern

Books in Bunkers

Pip and I made an impromptu visit to the Tate Modern on Bankside. We were both intrigued by the latest art installation to fill the Turbine Hall. French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s ‘TH.2058′ consists of two hundred yellow and blue bunk bed frames. There are giant animal sculptures tacked on for good measure, including the spider […]

The Art of Destruction

As I was walking over the Millennium Bridge this morning I noticed work being performed on the outside of Tate Modern. At long last the gigantic pieces of childish art that have adorned the exterior of the former power station are being removed.
The Graffiti Busters were on site with their ladders, sprays, special solutions for […]

Tate’s Front

No, I am not talking about Doctor Who’s Catherine Tate, you naughty people.
Recently, there have appeared a collection of bizarre artistic apparitions on the frontage of the Tate Modern, on London’s South Bank. These gigantic paintings stretch from the tip of the building to its very bottom. It must be a mammoth task to paint […]

Ashes to Slashes

The BBC is on the brink of broadcasting its new series Ashes to Ashes. It stars Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt (total Hunt). It will be set in the 1980s and the present day. I am really looking forward to it. I loved the previous two series […]