London Hospitality Exchange: Tate Modern Museum

Building on the trip to the Modernism exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum a few days earlier, I visited the Tate Modern yesterday. There were two exhibits focused on three 20th century artists. I was unimpressed with all three. And aside from two beautiful Picassos, a Monet and a room full of Rothkos, the permanent exhibition was also a disappointment. It's currently being rehung for the first time since the former power plant was first turned into a modern art mecca, which may explain the lackluster scene. The redone galleries will open in May. My favorite part was located on the edge of the permanent exhibit where a dark room full of doodads from the Freud museum were on display in boxes with description related to the content. Hard to describe but worth seeking out.

The real highlight of the excursion was walking across the Millennium Bridge. Despite the diagonal rain, it was a nice walk and the first time I was able to do it. When I lived in London a few years earlier, the bridge --referred to at the time as the Wobbly Bridge-- was closed because it shook so much. Even in the wind yesterday, it held steady.