Outdoor art in London for free
Last year the National Gallery exhibited masterpieces in various London streets.This year try the same at Tate Modern’s “Street Art’ exhibition”, the centrepiece of which comprises six works painted on to the building’s façade. The Serpentine Pavilion is a wood-and-glass structure designed this year by Frank Gehry. Visit it in Kensington Gardens until October 19 (www.serpentinegallery.org).
Portavilion is a “portable public art project” occupying parks until October 19.
Six international street artists, including Blu from Italy and Sixeart from Barcelona, make work on the external walls of Tate Modern.
Toby Paterson’s “Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion” is at Potters Fields Park; Dan Graham’s “Triangular Pavilion” is in Holland Park; Annika Eriksson’s “Smallest Cinema in the World” will be at various Regent’s Park locations; and Monika Sosnowska’s kite-inspired house is tied down on Primrose Hill.
Various events will take place during the exhibition, including an interactive evening with experimental New York artists Graffiti Research Lab, refacing Tate Modern with graffiti light projections.
Enjoy these and the accompanying ‘Street Art’ tour for free!!!
