We’re really spoilt here in London when it comes to museums and art galleries. Not only do we have some of the finest and interesting collections, but many of them are free to the public for viewing as well. One of the museums I haven’t been to until quite recently was the Tate Britain, although I’ve run past it many times during my jogging route around the Thames. Located much further away from many of the other museums, it felt like this one was visited by those who really wanted to go.
One of their current exhibitions is the Henry Moore exhibit, an English sculptor and artist. Although this was one of their paid for exhibits, we managed to score some free tickets. The exhibit takes you through all of Moore’s work, including many of his drawings and massive sculptures.
I liked a lot of his work, although I did find the repeated theme of disfigured, or stretched body shapes, particularly focused around the mother and son theme slightly disturbing given the number of times it appeared.
I think I’d need to be a fan to have paid for the tickets, but it’s a great display and well laid out exhibit.