DrupalCon London 2011 - Art

Dulwich picture gallery

JBI — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:08:48 +0000

Address:

Dulwich Picture Gallery,
Gallery Road,
London,
SE21 7AD

A very fine museum the first collection was commissioned by Stanislaus Augustus, King of Poland, to form from scratch a Royal Collection & National Gallery.

Portraits by Reynolds and Gainsborough
Raphael and Veronese, Poussin and Claude etc....

Victoria Station - West Dulwich Station (the Orpington line, Travelcard Zone 3) - 13 minutes
• Trains leave approximately every 15 minutes (call 08457 484950 or visit their website to plan your journey).

External URL:

http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

Opening Times

Monday to Friday:

(All day)

Saturday:

(All day)

Sunday:

(All day)

The Book Club

hedley — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:17:50 +0000

Address:

100 - 106 Leonard Street
EC2A 4RH

"The Book Club fuses lively, creative events and late night drinking seven days a week with an alternative menu of brain-teasing and mind-expanding thought for food in the form of workshops, talks, cultural showcases, parties, ping pong, pool and the best in new music."

A great place and well worth a visit at any hour of the day. There's plenty of other great bars / clubs / things to do around the Shoreditch area as well.

External URL:

http://www.wearetbc.com/

Opening Times

Sunday:

(All day)

V & A Reading rooms

lewisnyman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:35:53 +0000

Address:

8 Exhibition Road,
London
SW7 2HF
020 7225 0594

The V&A Reading Rooms is a completely new concept. A stand alone, off-site bookshop, which also incorporates a wine bar.

A constantly changing range of over 1,000 titles is available, with new categories including biography, fiction and history, in addition to the V&A’s established strengths in design, fashion and art. Out of print, vintage and early editions are also for sale along with the V&A’s own list of over 120 art and design books.

External URL:

http://www.vandareadingrooms.co.uk/

Opening Times

Monday to Friday:

(All day)

Saturday:

(All day)

Sunday:

(All day)

Tate Modern

Julia Beatty — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:17:21 +0000

Address:

Park Street,
London
SE1 9TG
020 78878888

Tate Modern is an art gallery in the former Bankside Power Station. The place is worth a visit because of it's spectacular location and the size of Turbine Hall space.
The Tate Collection is on display on levels three and five of the building, while level four houses large temporary exhibitions and a small exhibition space on level two houses work by contemporary artists.
Friday and Saturday are opened-till-late days when gallery is open from 10 am. till 10 pm. The latest admission to the special exhibitions is at 9.15 pm. The is no entrance fee to see the Tate Collection, it is always free.

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The largest space in London filled with British and international modern and contemporary art and no entrance fee.

External URL:

http://www.tate.org.uk