10-8-2015 London
Up early as usual. Weather was fine with a few clouds, which was good for my trip to the Tate Modern. I took the Tube and no real transport problems. Turned left where I was supposed to and found the Millennium Bridge, which crossed the river to the monolithic Tate Modern. I went to all the free Galleries first then paid to see the Agnes Martin collection.
An eclectic mix of contemporary art with even a "mandatory" Andy Wharhol, Marilyn Munroe, painting. It was a case of the good, the bad, and the ugly, depending on your tastes. Contemporary art is "all things to all men". The Agnes Martin works were my stand-out on the day; regular gridded patterns on canvas in muted colours. The pencil line grids vibrated across the underlying painted surface. The notes said she struggled with schizophrenia but you could see definite signs of obsessive compulsive disorder in the rigid repeated patterns.
I ate a Booths sandwich lunch in the river view area of the Gallery but had returned to Pembridge Hall by 3.o pm. The holiday crowds finally defeated me as there was almost no quiet, contemplative, spaces. I wrote up the visit in the blog and journal then had a proper meal at 5.0 oc.
After dinner I checked on the route I would need to take to get to the Eurostar station (St Pancras International) next Sunday. The Victoria Line was being repaired/updated so I will need to sort out a Bus route, rather than take the Tube. Two Busses and one change, should get me there but given I will have a suitcase I will definitely start early. [Strike is off so an alternate Tube route as an all weather option is more likely]
We have a group of USA teenagers staying now which complicates watching TV. They stay up even later than me!!
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