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April 23 2005, Saturday,
10am-12pm
Today a long
list of commercial art galleries will help to celebrate Cork Street
(since 1925) – and, no doubt, St George’s Day and Shakespeare’s presumed
birthday – with a “Spring Breakfast.” What this entails is anyone’s
guess, but we presume it will be a morning of refreshments, together
with the opportunity to view a large variety of interesting artworks,
which celebrate the season of Spring. Well…okay, probably not just
Spring, but the other seasons and many other subject as well! The Adam
Gallery, which specialises in 20th Century works of Art and contemporary
paintings, will have paintings and information on several of the
artists, whose works they exhibit. These include Gail Harvey, Henry
Moore, Barbara Rae (whose exhibition opens this coming Tuesday) and
William Selby. The Alan Cristea Gallery will be showing screenprints, by
Josef Albers and Patrick Caulfield. Those of you who would like to hire
a gallery, to maybe display your own works of art, might like to pop in
to the Arndean Gallery, where hire charges start from £3,900 +VAT per
six-day week (Monday 10am to Saturday 12am). If you are interested in
artists from Scotland and South Africa, you might like to climb the
stairs to Art First, where there will be an interesting selection of
works on show. Photography enthusiasts will probably head first to Beaux
Arts, where photographer Andy Summers’ “City Like This” exhibition of
B&W photographs, which include scenes from Denmark, New York’s Times
Square and London’s Chinatown & Covent Garden will be on show. Another
gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts – which we have yet to visit, will have
works by Lucio Fontana on show while the Bernard Jacobson Gallery will
exhibit – for one last day, their five-week exhibition of paintings and
works on paper by Lee Krasner. Browse & Darby is a gallery strong on
late 19th and 20th century English and French artists. Likewise,
Messum’s will have wonderful artworks by English artists from the late
19th century to the present day. Two doors along – and passing by the
stairs, which would bring one up to the previously mentioned, “Art
First” gallery, is Petley Fine Art. Petley will be exhibiting
impressionistic works by Russian artist, Yuri Krotov. Redfern Gallery
will have works by artists, Eileen Agar, Jo Self, Norman Stevens and
Rowland Suddaby on show. Enthusiasts of French drawings, paintings and
sculpture should - after visiting the already mentioned Browse & Darby
gallery – head for Stoppenbach & Delestre, and see what they have on
offer.
The large
Waddington Galleries usually has an eclectic mix of fine painted works
along with quite large sculptured works by, ‘20th Century Masters,’ from
America and Europe. But, if you are looking for an artwork – produced
earlier than the 20th century - you might like to try Waterhouse & Dodd.
Waterhouse & Dodd is a gallery with varied artworks, from as far back as
the mid 19th century. As for other galleries, taking part in this
wonderfully thought-up, “Spring Breakfast,” event, they are: Flowers
Central; Houldsworth; Mayor Gallery; Medici Gallery and Robert Sandelson.
So, do go along… enjoy breakfast and take in a Spring morning of art, as
well as Summers’ photography! Afterwards, you can always head towards
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, on London’s Bankside, where there will be
an Open Day to celebrate the Bard’s presumed birthday. The Globe Theatre
Open Day will be on until 5.30pm, with the added incentive that
admission is free all day!
MENU A: Free
B: 8, 9, 14, 19, 22 or 38
E: (see individual websites)
L: Cork Street, London, W1
T: Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly & Victoria lines)
W:
http://www.adamgallery.com/ (Adam Gallery)
http://www.alancristea.com/ (Alan Cristea Gallery)
http://www.arndeangallery.com/ (Arndean Gallery)
http://www.artfirst.co.uk/ (Art First)
http://www.beauxartslondon.co.uk/ (Beaux Arts)
http://www.benbrownfinearts.com/ (Ben Brown Fine Arts)
http://www.jacobsongallery.com/ (Bernard Jacobson Gallery)
http://www.browseanddarby.co.uk/ (Browse & Darby)
http://www.flowerseast.com/ (Flowers Central)
http://www.houldsworth.co.uk/ (Houldsworth)
http://www.mayorgallery.com/ (Mayor Gallery)
http://www.medicigalleries.co.uk/ (Medici Gallery)
http://www.messums.com/ (Messum’s)
http://www.petleys.com/ (Petley Fine Art)
http://www.redfern-gallery.com/ (Redfern Gallery)
http://www.robertsandelson.com/ (Robert Sandelson)
http://www.artfrancais.com/ (Stoppenbach & Delestre)
http://www.waddington-galleries.com/ (Waddington Galleries)
http://www.european-paintings.com/ (Waterhouse & Dodd)
http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/ (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre)
X:
http://www.howtoenjoy.co.uk/interests/breakfasts.htm
http://www.howtoenjoy.info/interests/springs.htm
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