Matisse Museum

During a trip to Nice this year I visited the Matisse Museum. The location of the museum and its grounds really attributes to the work as you can see where Matisse got his inspiration from and it rounds off the whole experience, there is also a huge collection of his works presented in a great building.

Street & Studio

Street and Studio - An Urban History of Photography is currently shown at the Tate Modern and I would recommend a trip there. It presents a vast history of photographic portraiture taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio, looking at the differences between these two key locations in which photographers work. It brings out the contrast between the photos taken in the carefully managed studio, and images captured in the changing and uncontrollable street, whilst highlighting the crossovers between the genres and their influence on each other.

The depth of the exhibition is fascinating, mostly taken in busy cities from the late 1800's onwards it encompasses many styles and stories including some of the worlds best photographers.

Face of fashion

www.npg.org.uk/fashion/

An exhibition definately worth seeing, especially those interested in photography and art direction, although I think it finishes soon. Mario Sorrentis work is amazing, particularly the Sharon Stone protrait. The few featured artists show so much varation the exhibition could provide a lot of inspiration! Alot of these works have been featured in the 'super glossy' magazine Pop, which if you like these images is definately worth a buy.