ART IN THE PARK! (Serpentine Gallery (London))

Member Name: Parsley

Product:	Serpentine Gallery (London)
Date:	03/10/00 (44 review reads)
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Advantages: Free entry, interesting material, a nice walk through a beautiful park to get there

Disadvantages: none

The Serpentine is a small art gallery in the middle of Hyde Park, near to the Kensington Gardens end. If you consult the park maps its fairly easy to find. It's hard to say which is the nearest tube as you have to walk through the park. I would probably pick Queensway but you will still have about a 15-20 min stroll through the park to get there. The 52 bus may go closer (Kensington Gore side).

This gallery is great, even though it may be small, it's very light and modern and I've seen a lot of very interesting stuff there. They change the material regularly so you need to consult "Hot Tickets" or "Time Out" magazines to check what's there when you go, but if you turn up anyway, you won't be disappointed.
I have seen one of Louise Bourgeois' spiders there, I have seen art by a muslim woman including short films and drawings relating to her culture, I have seen the floor covered in sliver wrapped sweets where you are invited to take one and many other different and unusual pieces. Even if you're not a great art lover and don't normally visit art galleries, you will still usually find something of interest. I seen quite a number of exhibitions here, I can't recall all the artists off hand, but this is definitely a gallery that I would recommend a visit to, you don't have to pay for entry and you also get a lovely stroll in Hyde park thrown in for free. It also has baby change and disabled facilities available if you need them.

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