Why This Is Hell

Full calendar at, I believe, http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=andrewmbutler42%40googlemail.com&ctz=Europe/London


Closes in October 2009

• Fiona Crisp Subterrania 31/7/2009–4/10/2009 Baltic, Gateshead
  
• Edward Burne-Jones: The Perseus Series 28/2/2009 - 4/10/ 2009 Birmingham Museum And Art Gallery
  
• When You’re A Boy: Men’s Fashioned Styled by Simon Foxton 17/7/2009-4/10/2009 Photographers':
  
• * Telling Tales 14/7/2009-18/10/2009 V&A The Porter Gallery Free admission
  
• Jeppe Hein, Appearing Rooms 27/4/2009-23/10/2009 Hayward Gallery Free admission
  
• Paper City: Urban UtopiasPaper City: Urban Utopias 31/7/2009-27/10/2009 Royal Academy of Arts Architecture space FREE
  
  

( Closes after October )

I've been fiddling about with listing of exhibitions, and trying to get a database of these together, ordered by closing date. I know of various other venues not listed here (it is London centric), which I'll add in due course, and it's been a battle to use Mail Merge (I went back to cut and replace). Anyway, I hope to go to some of the following:

1. GSK Contemporary 31/10/2008–19/1/2009 Royal Academy 6 Burlington Gardens London
   
2. Saul Steinberg: Illuminations 26/11/2008–15/2/2009 Dulwich Picture Gallery London
   
3. Sisley in England and Wales 12/11/2008–22/2/2009 National Gallery Sunley Room Free admission London
   
4. Beatrix Potter: The Art of Leaving Out 1/9/2008–27/2/2009 V&A Room 85 Free admission London
   
5. Anthem: William Furlong 24/1/2009–15/3/2009 De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill on Sea
   
6. Videofile: Michael Nyman 24/1/2009–15/3/2009 De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill on Sea
   
7. Byzantium 330-1453 25/10/2008–22/3/2009 Royal Academy London
   
8. The Olympic Stadium Project: Le Corbusier and Baghdad 9/10/2008–29/3/2009 V&A Architecture, Room 128a Free admission London
   
9. Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy 31/1/2009–13/4/2009 Royal Academy In the Main Galleries London
   
10. Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece 10/2/2009–3/5/2009 Dulwich Picture Gallery London
    
11. Exhibition: Treasures of the Black Death 19/2/2009–10/5/2009 Wallace Collection London
    
12. The Booker 40 at the V&A 6/9/2008–17/5/2009 V&A London
    
13. Sickert in Venice 4/3/2009–31/5/2009 Dulwich Picture Gallery London
    
14. Picasso: Challenging the Past 25/2/2009–7/6/2009 National Gallery Admission Charge London
    
15. Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence 4/4/2009–19/7/2009 V&A V&A Exhibitions, Rooms 38, 39 and North Court London
    
16. JW Waterhouse RA 27/6/2009–13/9/2009 Royal Academy Sackler Wing of Galleries London
    
17. Futurism 12/6/2009–20/9/2009 Tate Modern London
    
18. Telling Tales 14/7/2009–18/10/2009 V&A The Porter Gallery Free admission London
    
19. Turner and the Masters 23/9/2009–24/1/2010 Tate Britain London
    
20. Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill 6/3/2010–4/7/2010 V&A London
    
21. Love, Magic and Power 10/9/2011–8/1/2012 V&A London
    
22. Postmodernism 8/10/2011–15/1/2012 V&A Rooms 38 and 39, and North Court London
    
23. Aestheticism: Beauty in Art and Design 1860-1900 4/7/2011–// V&A London
    

And so to the second day of the food festival, which seems to have replaced the British Foodfestival and the Eurofair (£3 for a garlic bulb territory) and launches the festival. Colour me cultured. Neither of the dip men were here, nor were English Heritage, but there were two cheeses - Ashmore and another beginning with w which I'll edit in later. Unpasteurised. Yum. One needs to survive to Christmas. Place your bets. Four stalls selling fudge. Successfully avoided. Several chocolate stalls. Avoided.

Two veg box schemes. To be checked out.


There was the bloody annoying man from local radio with a microphone being bloody annoying.


It was particularly annoying to hear him saying that the pork roast was available over there, when over there was the queue I was stood in and there was no pork roast yet. Or sausages. But bacon if I waited. There were burgers, which were okay. But not to have food at, oh, 1.00pm. Seems short sighted.

Edit: I've ordered a small 1-2 person box for Friday - contents last week were 1/2 cauliflower, red potatoes, red onion, 1lb new potatoes, 1/2 bunch spring onions, leeks, 1/2ln tomatoes, 1/2 red cabbage, sprout top, 1/2 cucumber, yellow pepper, walnuts. I'd say a little expensive but free delivery and it ought to save hassle.