Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Places’ Category

Oriel Chambers

The Oriel Chambers by Peter Elis completed in 1864 was the first building anywhere in the world to feature a metal framed glass curtain wall. It and 16 Cook Street are the only known building by Elis.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2015 Teaser (Almost Wordless Wednesday 41)

I’m still working through the pictures I took of this years Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (down to 62 pictures so far). But I like this one so I thought I’d post it today.

Mayas: revelation of an endless time

I went to the excellent, free exhibition Mayas: revelation of an endless time at the World Museum in Liverpool today for a second visit.  There are 385 Mayan artefacts covering the period from 250 to 1250AD.   I needed a second visit having nipped in on a lunch break the week it opened not knowing what […]

Two London Panoramas (Almost Wordless Wednesday 40)

These two panoramas were taken from Tate Modern’s Members Room balcony overlooking the river Thames. The first (top one) was taken 5th July 2014 and the bottom one on 4th July 2015.

What I did on my London Holiday 2015

Annual summary of what I did on my holiday post… Bank of England Building open day & Museum well worth the visit but almost two hours of standing waiting to go in for a thirty minute tour might put off the less determined.  Really interesting to see rooms normally closed to the public and the […]

Almost Wordless Wednesday 39

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Jackson Pollock – Blind Spots

Pollock like Damien Hurst and Mondrian was on my not sure list (which covers most 20th Century artists to be fair to Hurst and Mondrian). Until you’ve seen a variety of their work together I find it’s really hard to know if you’ll like them or not.  So I went to have a look at […]

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