And Traveling the World
I spent last week immersed in art. From the Frieze Art Fair to the Serpentine Gallery and the Tates—yes, both of them—I looked at more art in three days’ time than I’ve ever seen in my entire life. And it wasn’t just traditional art, either. Every aspect of those three days was a careful work of art or design.
Today I’m coming to you from a hotel on Piccadilly in London. You may be wondering why I’m staying at a hotel in my own city. The answer is simple: London’s annual Frieze Art Fair. Still confused?
London has been graced with great art exhibitions this year. From the Damien Hirst retrospective at Tate Modern to the beautiful Ballgowns exhibition at the V&A and the excellent From Paris: A Taste for Impressionism at the Royal Academy, Londoners have been spoiled for choice. And today we’re even more spoiled. Why? Because the Art of Change: New Directions from China exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in the Southbank Centre opens.
One of the best things about living in London is that world-class art comes through the city. One year it was the da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery. This year it’s the Damien Hirst exhibition at Tate Modern. Le Meridien Piccadilly hotel invited me to spend a night and enjoy a private after-hours tour of the Damien Hirst exhibition with the curator himself.
