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AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 9
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Sunday 9 August
Installation: James Richards selects from the V-A-C collectionPlace: Whitechapel Art Gallery
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AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 8
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Saturday 8 August
Exhibition: From Figurative to Abstract (8 Arab Artists)Place: British Museum
Figurative a [...]
AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 7
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Friday 7 August
Exhibition: Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2015 Place: Piano Nobile, King’s Place
A self- [...]
AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 6
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Thursday 6 August
Exhibit: Crossroads of Curiosity by David NormalPlace: British Library Piazza
A portmante [...]
AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 5
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Wednesday 5 August
Exhibit: The Great Gallery Place: The Wallace Collection
The Great Gallery was added t [...]
AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 4
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Tuesday 4 August
Exhibition: Gabriel OroczoPlace: Marian Goodman Gallery, London
These new works by the Mex [...]
THE AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 3
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Monday 3 August
Exhibition: Cornelius Johnson, Charles I’s Forgotten PainterPlace: National Portrait Gallery
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THE AUGUST CHALLENGE DAY 2
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exhibition on every day of the month and blogging about it.
Sunday 2 AugustExhibit: Christine Mackie: the filtersPlace: Tate Britain
Even as the doors of Tate Britain s [...]
The August challenge
For the Silly Season I've set myself the challenge of visiting a different art exh bition on every day of the month and posting a blog about it. The shows will be chosen in a reasonably ad hoc way from public and commercial galleries, as well as p [...]
Crisis in Greece
In the second canto of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Byron agonises over the enslavement of Greece. The hero arrives there at carnival time....But midst the throng of merry masqueradeLurk there no hearts that throb with secret pain,Even through the clo [...]