Halcyon days

Posted 23 January 2012

To keep my creative juices flowing I fancied popping to see the Hockey exhibition at the The Royal Academy of Arts. Attempting this on a Saturday proved foolish, the queue resembled a Selfridges Boxing Day sale massacre – Hockney was aborted. Happily I then stumbled upon the Halcyon Gallery while strolling down Bond Street. This fantastic gallery, spread across three beautiful venues on Bond Street and Berkeley Square had a rich mix of artists from Matisse and Warhol to the fantasy worlds created by Chihuly.

The best room in any of the spaces belonged to the Bruton Street venue. Roped off from public view, the room was even more enchanting. Whilst teetering over the barrier I was politely asked to wind my neck in and then informed by very friendly staff that I could enter the room — maybe she thought I was going to purchase a piece..? The room was the office of the galleries director and inside were two Monet's, a Picasso, a Lowry and a Mauro Perucchetti sculpture.

Windows are so 2011.