so got the car parked and with minimal winging, i made it up the hill to the castle.
why do those things have to be so high up  anyway? pfft
anyhoo, really liked it. quite nice.
did the little tour which was fun and saw the memorial.
tried to look for the last recorded soldier in the books present but i only found one from 2006 - there must be more ( Read more... )

i am going to this tomorrow.
Thursday nights the Barbican remains open until 10pm and also hosts a series of happenings and films.
Anyone wanna go? i have a membership but not sure if my discount applies to ppl going with me - though maybe if i book tix online beforehand.

At 7pm, on 15 January, the featured talk in association with the War exhibition ( Read more... )

I have one day to see this
October 21 (arriving from vienna on 20th, flying to San Francisco on 22nd)
Anyone want to go with?

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This Is War! Robert Capa at Work
Gerda Taro
On the Subject of War
Barbican Art Gallery reflects on conflict and its visual representation.
17 October 2008 - 25 January ( Read more... )

dammit. i had today off and according to craigclare  robert capa has a show in london.
well, he does, but not until later this month.
i'll have to catch it on my return.

New Photos Shed Light on Robert Capa’s Falling Soldier
LONDON-A 70-year debate over the authenticity of a Robert Capa photograph dating back to the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) may have been ( Read more... )

hmm.

might go check it out

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Drawing Restraint

KUNSTHALLE wien, hall 2
March 07th - June 08th, 2008


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so i have a couple of free days while in london
heading to the Imperial War Museum to check out 2 new exhibitions (one is a bit late in my stay but i can try to make it on the weekend):


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Martin Munkácsi. Budapest - Berlin - New York
Retrospective of the Great Photographer
Venue: Martin-Gropius-Bau
5 August - 6 November 2006
linkOrganizer ( Read more... )

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back from the Tate Britan
really worth it
oh yes...
seeing them online doesn't quite have the same effect tho

This print reproduces Reynolds’ painting of the imprisonment of Count Ugolino de Gherardeschi (d.1288), from Dante’s Inferno (1319-21). Thrown into prison after a political intrigue, Ugolino was left to starve along with two of his sons ( Read more... )