I always love going to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. Nothing better than seeing the walls crammed full of art, a bar to obtain a gin & tonic on hand and the prospect (sometimes) of a meal at the Wolseley or a quick dash to Fortnum & Mason for a £6 jar of marmalade.
Sadly, no pop-up bar this time round, and of course it’s had to be relabelled as the Winter Exhibition, but otherwise, it felt pretty typical. Last year there were lots of angry depressed themes about Brexit and life in general; this tear the tones were more optimistic or crowd-pleasing, which is just as well given the global situation. The last thing most of us want is challenging nihilistic perspectives – if I wanted that I’d just look out the window, ho ho.
Nice bit of kintsugi 
Little Red Dog. £195. I was tempted! 
Pink glass and Lemon. £455. 
Good and angry, but cheerfully so, I sense. 
Always love this “human document” pieces by Tom Philips. Never enough to drop £500 on, mind you. 
really nice landscapey type things 
and some more, even some pretty flowers. Aaah.
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