I have three rules for visiting a city: 1) never take the underground, 2) when you see a queue for a restaurant, join it and 3) visit the museum for modern art. Last week, when I visited London to speak at a journalism conference, I had a hard time abiding the first rule, but the third one didn’t meant any trouble at all, since I visited the Tate Modern for the first time in my life.
To give you a taste of the current displays of its collection, I’ll share the paintings I’ve found most impressing.
(click on the image for more information on the Tate’s website)
While exiting through the gift shop, I picked up a copy of Austin Kleons new book ‘Show your Work‘. Expect a review soon.
Update: here’s the review (in Dutch)