13th January 2020
Illuminated River
Walking in…
Illuminated River, 2019, Leo Villareal, LED installations. London Bridge, Cannon Street Bridge, Southwark Bridge and Millennium Bridge.
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26th June 2018
Michael Ayrton ‘Icarus III-variant I’
Walking in …
Michael Ayrton ‘Icarus III- variant I’ 1960-72, sited 1973, bronze, Old Change Court, EC4.
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16th March 2017
Bill Viola at St. Paul’s Cathedral
Further Footsteps…
Two films by the distinguished American artist Bill Viola, have been gifted to Tate and are on permanent loan to St. Paul’s Cathedral. ‘Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water)’ 2014 and ‘Mary’ 2016, video, running times 7:15 and 13:13 minutes respectively. Full of the intensity of all Viola’s work, here a profound level is reached through the subject matter and the setting. Situated at the east end of the cathedral.
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26th June 2016
New Tate Modern
Walking in…
The brave and breathtaking extension to Tate Modern, known as the Switch House is now open. Architects Hertzog and de Meuron’s ten storey brick pyramid rises from the subterranean oil tanks, through galleries of contemporary art to a panoramic pinnacle. Though best experienced than described, one word says it all, awesome.
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