I remember John saying in his excellent Thoughts from Places video on the vlogbrothers channel: "Soon there will be an art trip London video that will be like this one, except much better." I can't help but agree (maybe without the "much", in appreciation of his vlog). These videos are just incredible. Thank you.
Thank you! Yeah ,I told John I was purposefully holding back on discussing the art experiences while we were there, for fear he would steal my ideas ;).
I was lucky enough to do a study abroad to London two summers ago, and omg this made me miss it so much. I got to see the big blue cock, I sat with my class while we ate breakfast and people watched as others looked at it, or took selfies with it. We got see Matisse's cut out show in the Tate modern, and I love that building to death. The white chapel gallery is amazing! I spent so much time in that neighborhood, and bought way to many clothes!And we got to see / interact with Maria Abramovic works in the serpentine gallery. The modern building next to is amazing, and has an amazing story. I could spend years in the national portrait gallery! I went back 3 times just to see the self portrait made of blood. And regents park is where I loved to hang out when I wasn't in a gallery. Ugh and the science museum is so much fun! Thank you for reminding me of these fun times, and really making me want to go back
I actually thought there'd be an assignment at the end of the video!! Impressed with how much you packed into a few days in London... London is always too much, I find. But I'm still here. All the art...I can't leave it...
I really enjoyed this and I love how different this is to John's Thoughts From Places (which I also loved). I can imagine while Sarah was shooting these art scenes, John was off just shooting footage of fancy clocks that tell the wrong time. :D
I loved this video! I am from London and I am so glad to see all my wonderful city has to offer appreciated :) I must get to all these exhibitions!! would also recommend to anyone reading kenwood house and leighton house; kenwood is in hampstead and is a georgian house full of wonderful old master works, it's a lot like the borghese in rome or the frick in new york, and leighton house is the home of frederic leighton in kensington, decorated in an Orientalist style and full of lots of drawings by he and his contemporaries.
Great video! I feel exhausted after just watching the whole thing, so I can't imagine how you felt after three days of actually doing the walking and looking.
I was there with my family from Friday to Sunday (my 18th birthday). We didn't have the time to see everything so I'm glad to see you uploading this video :)
As a Brit one of the main attractions of London is it's art! Hopefully one day I can afford to live close enough to day trip. I'd love to visit the Tate every time it changes it's hanger space~
Must have been a truly exhausting trip, but such a wonderful report to watch and a meditation on the complexities of art! Can't wait for the Lygia Pape retrospective at the Met in March!
It’s great to see the wonderful, vibrant, diverse art London has to offer. Makes me wonder why you felt the need to rip on Abstract Expressionism (your reluctant praise of the work seemed beside the point). The political history of the time was unfair and underrepresented huge numbers of people from many backgrounds, but this is STILL great art made in a historically tight time and space. In order to understand it deeply we need to see how these artists influenced each other. This show was not an attack on diversity; it’s a detailed study of a movement without which most of the other art you enjoyed would not exist.
Thanks for informing me the Tate Modern gives equal billing to women artists and artists across the globe. I agree with your perspective that the photographs you showed in the National Portrait Gallery were more expressive than the recent Royal portraiture. When I visited Summer 2017 there was a good exhibition of recent painted portraits, the one of Norman Lamb MP sticks in my head.
i was curious about ceilia hampton's 'chatrandom from that brief look. seems like a pretty interesting take on women's interaction with men online. not something i'd typically think about as a subject for art.
There are a number of articles online about the body of work. If you are interested, here is a piece published in conjunction with the fair: frieze.com/article/focus-celia-hempton. And here is an interview with the artist: purple.fr/magazine/ss-2015-issue-23/celia-hempton/.
In Trafalgar square is the National Gallery ,one of the best and biggest art galleries in the world . You never visited !!! Tate Britain can be reached from Tate Modern by a boat ride along the river. You need to return.
Amusingly I just saw Bjarke Ingles in an interview/lecture at City Arts a couple of days ago. :) I really like their work, and I'd've loved to have gotten a chance to experience his Serpentine pavilion! TTeia 1C also seemed delightfully spatial, and must have been very grand to walk around as the spaces formed shifted in and out of existence...
I totally enjoyed this art full immersion, and I appreciate not spending precious video time on food! Having said that, there was a shocking lack of AFC Wimbledon footage! :)
Hah! I did choose to omit the AFC Wimbledon match we attended, and also the very many Pret a Manger meals we had. There is wonderful food in London, but we were so busy seeing art that we did not prioritize it.
I wish this video had have come out before the Guerrilla Girls Frieze Art Fair video. I think this video had some important context for it that was missing from the Guerrilla Girls video. Or that that video had and introduction explaining how the art fair worked and how much it cost to even visit.
Art Assignment videos are always something to look forward to! I really like the music near the end of the video. What may I search for in order to hear it in it's entirety? Or was this specially crafted for this video?
What I love about London is that there are so many free museums. I've been there two times, for only a few days, and the amount of art I've seen was overwhelming. But this video definitely gave me some ideas of where I want to go when I visit the city again in the future. Are you going on an Art Trip to Kassel in Germany next year for the Documenta 14? It's my home town and even though it's still about half a year until the official beginning, it feels like the city is going crazy with the preparations.
We are definitely going to try to make it to Germany next summer for Documenta, and also catch Skulptur Projekt Munster, then swoop down to Italy for the Venice Biennale. That's the dream, at least!
Serena Vessella I recommend The National Gallery ,art from the renaissance to end of the19 th century .Then for all things modern Tate Modern. As you walk around the city be sure to look around at at the architecture.
Okay. I found the art in this video interesting and intriguing. Want to see more. Know absolutely nothing about art. Going to London in September. Where should I go? ~polite request for help!~
Hi im a cardboard artist yes from Nashville Tn. i have done the skylines here of nashville mostly from my memories and so i want to meet someone if there interested in purchasing some of my cardboard art of cities. This is a great era for reuse and recycle and environment so let me know
It's funny that you invoke Brexit in Trafalgar Square - when I was there in July, the statue of Geroge IV had been adorned with a European flag in protest.
'One that hasn't yet been told' - status-obsessed mainstream curators just aren't that interested in unknowns- fortunately as you found there are the venues that cater to new/alternate thought and expression - art for arts sake.
In defense of the AbEx show, there is always a new generation of people seeing these works for the first time, so the re-appearance of a familiar art historical group is not familiar to everyone.
You are very correct. In fact, I think the show touted that it had been SIX DECADES since there had been a major AbEx show in London. So more than one generation.
Hatred for portraiture. Antagonistic relationship with photography.. and you dissed portraiture just because you cannot find your new revolutionary subject behind it. seems like postmodern "reactionism" that is blind and uncritical of "theory" that curators so much love(and acts like power that excludes other subjects these days) So would they be accepted only if they depicted marginalized subjects? Ok granted. But dissing them as artworks and saying why do they still exist is exclusionary at least.
The 4th Plinth is actually planned to house the statue of Queen Elizabeth II after she dies. Which will be underwhelming as it had house great scupltures
Oh the places I want to see. Thank you for going to the places I cannot.
Xenolilly more London love 💕 th-cam.com/video/e_TM8TghjMU/w-d-xo.html
I am really loving these art trip videos. They're immersive and interesting and I love learning about these places from an art perspective.
Would anyone else LOVE to see a Tokyo art trip??!!?
I WOULD.
The Art Assignment 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🎉🎉🎉
Viv H yes that would be so cool
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I remember John saying in his excellent Thoughts from Places video on the vlogbrothers channel: "Soon there will be an art trip London video that will be like this one, except much better." I can't help but agree (maybe without the "much", in appreciation of his vlog). These videos are just incredible. Thank you.
Thank you! Yeah ,I told John I was purposefully holding back on discussing the art experiences while we were there, for fear he would steal my ideas ;).
Yeah, last time he did that he won a Printz Award. ;)
thank you, I really enjoy this channel but as I'm from England I found the other places unreachable. This is exactly what I needed.
You are very welcome. Hope we can explore more things in your neighborhood soon.
This episode really confirms to me how lucky I am to live in London, with access to such amazing art.
You are indeed very, very lucky. Take advantage of it for the rest of us, please!
Well, I did not expect to be teary eyed at the end of this video.
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I was lucky enough to do a study abroad to London two summers ago, and omg this made me miss it so much. I got to see the big blue cock, I sat with my class while we ate breakfast and people watched as others looked at it, or took selfies with it. We got see Matisse's cut out show in the Tate modern, and I love that building to death. The white chapel gallery is amazing! I spent so much time in that neighborhood, and bought way to many clothes!And we got to see / interact with Maria Abramovic works in the serpentine gallery. The modern building next to is amazing, and has an amazing story. I could spend years in the national portrait gallery! I went back 3 times just to see the self portrait made of blood. And regents park is where I loved to hang out when I wasn't in a gallery. Ugh and the science museum is so much fun! Thank you for reminding me of these fun times, and really making me want to go back
I actually thought there'd be an assignment at the end of the video!!
Impressed with how much you packed into a few days in London... London is always too much, I find. But I'm still here. All the art...I can't leave it...
I really enjoyed this and I love how different this is to John's Thoughts From Places (which I also loved). I can imagine while Sarah was shooting these art scenes, John was off just shooting footage of fancy clocks that tell the wrong time. :D
And trying to find a rare Pokemon.
The Tteia 1C made me think of fiber optics. Cables filled with light and information but hidden away usually in dark forgotten places.
Oooh, yes. That is a great comparison and one that I count on you to bring up.
I enjoyed your tour so much. Thank you!
Oh man i love this channel. So well written, such interesting and informative and entertaining content
11:30 "Oh and artists" Loved the sass in that commentary
I love Lygia Pape's installation so much! I did spend hours looking at it! 💜💜
I loved this video! I am from London and I am so glad to see all my wonderful city has to offer appreciated :) I must get to all these exhibitions!!
would also recommend to anyone reading kenwood house and leighton house; kenwood is in hampstead and is a georgian house full of wonderful old master works, it's a lot like the borghese in rome or the frick in new york, and leighton house is the home of frederic leighton in kensington, decorated in an Orientalist style and full of lots of drawings by he and his contemporaries.
yes to both!!! I LOVE Leighton House especially. LoveLOVElove it. Go see it. Do.
I've been looking forward to this one since john's thoughts from places video!!! I was not let down! :)
You are living the life I want and need.
I should visit that Courtauld institute sometime, masterpiece overload
Great video! I feel exhausted after just watching the whole thing, so I can't imagine how you felt after three days of actually doing the walking and looking.
9:45 - 9:47 Whoa! What did I just see? Heads flying around.
I was there with my family from Friday to Sunday (my 18th birthday). We didn't have the time to see everything so I'm glad to see you uploading this video :)
I love this!! I need to visit more art gallerys
As a Brit one of the main attractions of London is it's art! Hopefully one day I can afford to live close enough to day trip. I'd love to visit the Tate every time it changes it's hanger space~
Must have been a truly exhausting trip, but such a wonderful report to watch and a meditation on the complexities of art! Can't wait for the Lygia Pape retrospective at the Met in March!
It’s great to see the wonderful, vibrant, diverse art London has to offer. Makes me wonder why you felt the need to rip on Abstract Expressionism (your reluctant praise of the work seemed beside the point). The political history of the time was unfair and underrepresented huge numbers of people from many backgrounds, but this is STILL great art made in a historically tight time and space. In order to understand it deeply we need to see how these artists influenced each other. This show was not an attack on diversity; it’s a detailed study of a movement without which most of the other art you enjoyed would not exist.
Lovely, thank you for this tour.
William Kentridge is a human treasure. I recommend doing a search on TH-cam to see some of his video work and the documentaries made about him.
You seem to have been there when the weather was unnaturally good making all the art look 20x better
joshuwa Some more London love with good weather :) th-cam.com/video/e_TM8TghjMU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for informing me the Tate Modern gives equal billing to women artists and artists across the globe. I agree with your perspective that the photographs you showed in the National Portrait Gallery were more expressive than the recent Royal portraiture. When I visited Summer 2017 there was a good exhibition of recent painted portraits, the one of Norman Lamb MP sticks in my head.
i was curious about ceilia hampton's 'chatrandom from that brief look. seems like a pretty interesting take on women's interaction with men online. not something i'd typically think about as a subject for art.
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There are a number of articles online about the body of work. If you are interested, here is a piece published in conjunction with the fair: frieze.com/article/focus-celia-hempton. And here is an interview with the artist: purple.fr/magazine/ss-2015-issue-23/celia-hempton/.
thank you so much!
YES YES YES! God I love London
My favorite kind of video! thanks art assignment!
In Trafalgar square is the National Gallery ,one of the best and biggest art galleries in the world . You never visited !!! Tate Britain can be reached from Tate Modern by a boat ride along the river. You need to return.
Amusingly I just saw Bjarke Ingles in an interview/lecture at City Arts a couple of days ago. :) I really like their work, and I'd've loved to have gotten a chance to experience his Serpentine pavilion! TTeia 1C also seemed delightfully spatial, and must have been very grand to walk around as the spaces formed shifted in and out of existence...
I have been to many museums and the Tate Modern is my favorite!
Some great spatial works on this one.
I totally enjoyed this art full immersion, and I appreciate not spending precious video time on food! Having said that, there was a shocking lack of AFC Wimbledon footage! :)
Hah! I did choose to omit the AFC Wimbledon match we attended, and also the very many Pret a Manger meals we had. There is wonderful food in London, but we were so busy seeing art that we did not prioritize it.
National Portrait Gallery looks really fascinating (◕ᴗ◕✿) Greeting from Toronto
watching these videos make me want to become an artiest
William Eggleston is my new obsession, thanks for the heads up.
I wish this video had have come out before the Guerrilla Girls Frieze Art Fair video. I think this video had some important context for it that was missing from the Guerrilla Girls video. Or that that video had and introduction explaining how the art fair worked and how much it cost to even visit.
Pretty funny how you putted yourself in the frame like that at 9:57. It's like "What?" xD
Too much indeed. Need a year or two to comprehend everything in Londres
Art Assignment videos are always something to look forward to!
I really like the music near the end of the video. What may I search for in order to hear it in it's entirety? Or was this specially crafted for this video?
What I love about London is that there are so many free museums. I've been there two times, for only a few days, and the amount of art I've seen was overwhelming. But this video definitely gave me some ideas of where I want to go when I visit the city again in the future. Are you going on an Art Trip to Kassel in Germany next year for the Documenta 14? It's my home town and even though it's still about half a year until the official beginning, it feels like the city is going crazy with the preparations.
We are definitely going to try to make it to Germany next summer for Documenta, and also catch Skulptur Projekt Munster, then swoop down to Italy for the Venice Biennale. That's the dream, at least!
TheLuluTrue some more London tip: th-cam.com/video/e_TM8TghjMU/w-d-xo.html
I'm visiting all these places soon
Art makes me happy. :D
Yay! New video!!
I'm visiting London soon and what's wondering if there are any things that you have seen which are worth visiting?
Serena Vessella I recommend The National Gallery ,art from the renaissance to end of the19 th century .Then for all things modern Tate Modern. As you walk around the city be sure to look around at at the architecture.
Serena Vessella More London Love 💕: th-cam.com/video/e_TM8TghjMU/w-d-xo.html
Okay. I found the art in this video interesting and intriguing. Want to see more. Know absolutely nothing about art. Going to London in September. Where should I go? ~polite request for help!~
I was in the video. Wow!!!
Great video!
Amazing
do all vertical works of art really have to be considered phalluses?
Really Good.
Is everything that’s long and cylindrical intended to be phallic?
No. Normal people also don't think that way.
get it sarah!
Hi im a cardboard artist yes from Nashville Tn. i have done the skylines here of nashville mostly from my memories and so i want to meet someone if there interested in purchasing some of my cardboard art of cities. This is a great era for reuse and recycle and environment so let me know
Come to Houston! Come to Houston! Come to Houston! I will be your guide. It will be wonderful. I promise.
We are! Soon! Please email me to discuss: theartassignment@gmail.com.
Will you go to TEFAF?
It's funny that you invoke Brexit in Trafalgar Square - when I was there in July, the statue of Geroge IV had been adorned with a European flag in protest.
what is it?
'One that hasn't yet been told' - status-obsessed mainstream curators just aren't that interested in unknowns- fortunately as you found there are the venues that cater to new/alternate thought and expression - art for arts sake.
It seems like you had a lot of fun tho ! Keep with the goood shit !
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Ceilia Hampton's work has me so conflicted.
10:06 LOL
god, she speaks quickly
Reinhardt?! OVERWATCH
Rosianna said "really good", lol
She sure did :)
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In defense of the AbEx show, there is always a new generation of people seeing these works for the first time, so the re-appearance of a familiar art historical group is not familiar to everyone.
You are very correct. In fact, I think the show touted that it had been SIX DECADES since there had been a major AbEx show in London. So more than one generation.
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My art teacher sent me here😑 mr elswick
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Wait wait wait. You mean YOU DIDN'T go into Somerset house. What a missed opportunity. Seriously stupid move
Sarah...sloooooow down a little. Please! ; )
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Rosianna :D
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Hatred for portraiture. Antagonistic relationship with photography.. and you dissed portraiture just because you cannot find your new revolutionary subject behind it. seems like postmodern "reactionism" that is blind and uncritical of "theory" that curators so much love(and acts like power that excludes other subjects these days) So would they be accepted only if they depicted marginalized subjects? Ok granted. But dissing them as artworks and saying why do they still exist is exclusionary at least.
The 4th Plinth is actually planned to house the statue of Queen Elizabeth II after she dies. Which will be underwhelming as it had house great scupltures
Mostly white men artists... blah blah blah. Woke was alive and well in 2016 too.
I think great artists do art as a kind of therapy ,crappy artists do it to make money ,that's why you see so much crappy art .
Oh my god!! Why does this channel have to be so pc?
I thought this visit a waste of time, too many works at a glance. Artists and never visit such crowded and keep busy exhibitions.
SAY THE WOMAN NAME: Joan Mitchell. Dont say "a woman name" PBS should a shame.
ABSTRACT ART IS BORING AND REQUIRES NO TALENT OR THINKING
WHY ARE YOU YELLING?
All fake.....
Sexism against men. Boring.