The Museum of Modern Art > Reviews

Advantages: Great selection, presentation and location
Disadvantages: Not so great shop and restauant prices, and children

Dancing festivals may not seem the most normal place to start increasing your vocabulary, but believe it or not, it was during one of these long drawn out affairs, whilst sitting in pink church in Blackpool in costume with full stage make up waiting to go on stage that I learnt a thing or two. In dancing festivals you have categories for style, as well as for age and level, so you might find “Baby Ballet” or “C Tap”. On this ... Read review

Advantages: Great for viewing modern art.
Disadvantages: Some of the curates are a bit sandoffish and not nice to talk to.

The Museum of Morden Art is great for a visit, but wear comfortable shoes and be prepared for the wired as well as wonderful. I visited this museum on a recent trip to New York and found the art works facinating. The ground floor houses the more main stream works by people like Monet, Picasso and the like As you pass though the five upper floors the art work becomes more detached and post-modern. The museum houses permenant and touring pieces ... Read review

Advantages: dada and surrealism is very interesting
Disadvantages: none

...came about mainly because of the atrocities and insanity of World War 1, and it tried to find and experiment with new forms of art in an attempt to refresh the creative act. After the end of the war in 1918, Dada spread to Germany, (Berlin, Cologne, Hanover), where it was to rebel against fascist policies of the up-and-coming far right movements, as shown by the rise to power of the Nazi party. Dada was important in Art history as it paved the ... Read review

Advantages: something to do on a bored Saturday
Disadvantages: not that entertaining

Am I the only one these days that thinks Modern Art has gotten completely out of hand? Whereas I used to get thrills from the prospect of visiting various “hipper” museums a few years ago, now I just shudder at the thought of being faced with unimaginative, and let’s just say it, perfectly ordinary things. I was flipping through the Evening Standard’s Metro Life magazine tonight, and was almost appalled at what caught my attention in the Art section. ... Read review