London Exploring: Tate Modern
If no visit to London is complete without going to St. Paul’s Cathedral, no visit to St. Paul’s is complete without doing the Tate Modern as well. This is my favorite “2fer” combo, where I spend the morning at St. Paul’s and then walk down to the much-maligned Millennium Bridge to cross the river over to the Tate where I’ll spend the rest of the afternoon at the museum.
Despite being closed for most of the pandemic, it still managed to be the third most visited museum in the world last year. I love that it is in a converted power station. I’m a big fan of museums that are pieces of art themselves – the Guggenheim in New York, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, the Broad in LA… its industrial aesthetic of concrete, steel and glass is an appropriate home for works of modern art.
Lucky for me, there was a Rodin exhibit on during my visit and I couldn’t wait to book my ticket as soon as possible. I took my Day 5 COVID Test to Release on Friday; anticipating that I would pass it, I booked my ticket for that Saturday. I couldn’t wait to go back.
I went to the Rodin exhibit first before checking out the rest of the art in the Natalie Bell Building. Then headed over to the Blavatnik Building where there was more art but better than that, the more interesting architecture in the whole place. I even went down into the tanks which I had not explored before.
Every now and then, I’d pass by a window with some kind of awesome view, whether it’s looking out the river, spotting St. Paul’s up on the hill, or the Boomerang building. Everywhere you turn, there’s something interesting to look at.
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