Wednesday, 25 August 2010

The Arts Blog - Isabella Macpherson

We would highly recommend Ed Ruscha: 50 Years of Painting, at the Hayward Gallery until January 10th, John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, at Tate Modern until January 10th, and Anish Kapoor's monumental exhibition at the Royal Academy, until December 11th.

But for something completely different please venture to Primrose Hill, to the corner of Regents Park Road and Sharpleshall Street, London NW1, to the Museum of Everything (open 11:00am/6:30pm, Thursday to Sunday). The UK has never seen anything like this extraordinary collection of work by "the untrained, unintentional and unseen creators of this, our modern world", and to help us contextualise the works, famous contemporary artists and curators have provided a way in, championing individuals in the Museum's opening exhibition, Exhibition 1.

It's a completely new experience, (especially if you see one of the above shows first), walking through this startling collection of works, and all material relating to the Museum is refreshingly quirky and idiosyncratic. We are given (and it feels like a gift) a view into the minds of 95 artists; most of whom we'd never heard of before, but who are intriguing, puzzling and heart-warming.

Bring on Exhibition 2.