The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the first retrospective in France dedicated to Mark Rothko (1903-1970) since the exhibition held at the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1999. I’m a huge fan.
The early years. Urban scenes, subways and portraits.
Multiforms and early classic paintings.
The 1950s and the Seagram murals.
Today, my travels took me by Uber, ferry and foot. I have walked no less than seven or eight miles per day since I arrived in London. Phew. The weather has cooperated for the most part. Today was museum day and was also supposed to include the National Gallery, but there was a lot of activity in Trafalgar Square for the Pro-Palestine protests so we opted to skip. I’m a tad disappointed but totally understand.
10AM meeting my guide at the Tate Britain. At Tate Britain we saw works by David Hockney, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, John Singer Sargent, Joseph Mallord William Turner and his exquisite self portrait, John Constable and Mark Rothko, who I love. What a glorious morning.
The day continued to be terrific and exciting at Tate Modern. Here we saw works by Pablo Picasso, Jenny Holzer, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Eileen Agar. Gosh, so many; too many to mention!
These are pictures taken during my walk back to the hotel. It was such a beautiful afternoon, I decided to walk the just over three miles. Almost the entire walk was along the River Thames.
Off to Paris tomorrow. Eurostar—can’t wait. And I am looking forward to seeing my niece, Erika! Stay tuned; next stop, Paris.
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