Alice Neel

One of the many joys of London is that having time to burn is often a blessing, as I found last week while waiting for a friend to finish work.  Nearby was the Victoria Miro Gallery and a retrospective of American painter Alice Neel's work. What a great show - full of life and vibrancy. Neel sounds like she was a pretty fab, painting and living in New York with her children and long term latino lover, her work focusing on local subjects.

Alice Childress, 1950

Girl with Pink Flower, 1940s

Anselmo, 1962

Victoria Miro

16 Wharf Road N1 7RW

On until 29th July 2017

Friday

Once again Rosa and I became culture vultures for the day last week

and visited the Victoria Miro gallery in East London. Doug Aitken was the main artist on show, with his film Black Mirror kind of stealing the spotlight. I was dubious if I'd like the film because of Chloe Sevigny's starring role - not really a fan of her. But it was good!

Stills from Black Mirror

The best bit about the film was probably the actual black mirrors that reflected the film over and over like a kaleidoscope.

These wall hangings were quite good too, but I kind of felt like I was in a super cool version of Habitat.
We found the canal afterwards, and accidentally walked to Angel

And then back again to East London, although we somehow got really, really lost. We had earned the bagels by the time we gobbled them.