I tried to go to the BM's Vikings exhibition but the place was packed, with all the day's tickets sold by 2pm. Another time, on advance ticket.
NPG exhibs: Janey Morris: Pre-Raphaelite Muse, Hans Holbein Remade and the current blockbuster, David Bailey's Stardust, which is huge and an odd mix of the usual celebs (LOTS of Mick Jagger) plus more serious photojournalism of less fortunate people.
Tate Modern exhibs: Richard Hamilton, a comprehensive retrospective. I tend to like his Pop Art era stuff, which is only a small part of this. Inverted House was odd, like most stuff shown in the Project Space.
Tate Britain exhibs: Ruin Lust and Richard Deacon. Ruin Lust is a comprehensive survey of a fascinating strand in art, covering more than the Romantic/Picturesque period, and there's an excellent little book of the exhib. The Richard Deacon exhib has rooms of his various constructions, which are interesting in terms of the How, the Why was far from clear.
Rather than the usual train journey, I took a rambling trip via bus 3 from TrafSq. through Lambeth and Dulwich to Dulwich Picture Gallery The route goes past (for instance) the IWM and Brockwell Lido. I had time to see something of Dulwich Park before Hockney Printmaker, which was an interesting exploration of a lesser-known aspect of the artist.
I had another walk around Clerkenwell including the Farmiloe Building in St Johns Street, currently the Grand Budapest Hotel, with purple-suited doormen roaming around. Nearby is The Longroom, a huge brick cavern where I tried Franklin's Grumpy Govenor, one of the 3 real ales (+1 cider) available. No doubt achingly trendy, like the Pelt Trader I tried during my January London weekend.
The weekend highlight was to see Angela Lansbury and a fine cast in Blithe Spirit.
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