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THE MILLENNIUM BRIDGE
The first bridge to be built across the Thames since Tower Bridge opened in 1894, the sleek,
stainless-steel
Millennium Bridge
is London's sole pedestrian-only crossing. A suspension
bridge of innovative design - the high-profile triumvirate responsible were sculptor Anthony
Caro, architect Norman Foster and engineers Ove Arup - it famously bounced up and down
when it first opened in 2000 and had to be closed for another two years for repairs. It still
wobbles a bit, but most people are too busy enjoying the spectacular views across to St Paul's
Cathedral and Tate Modern to notice.
The Tate owns works from every period of
Picasso
's life, including
Weeping Woman
,
which is both a portrait of his lover Dora Maar and a heartfelt response to the Spanish
Civil War. Throughout Tate Modern, you'll also find quite a bit of overlap with Tate
Britain, with works by British artists like
Stanley Spencer
, whose unique Biblical
visions and domestic scenes are all set in and around his home village of Cookham.
Level 3
In
Transformed Visions
, the emphasis is on the postwar decades, so there's a fairly wide
selection of abstract expressionist works, with the charge led by
Jackson Pollock
. It's
here, too, that you can catch perennial Tate favourites like
Mark Rothko
's abstract
“Seagram Murals”. Commissioned by the swanky
Four Seasons
restaurant in New York,
they were withheld by Rothko, who decided he didn't wish his art to be a mere
backdrop to the recreation of the wealthy. There's a wonderfully gloomy seascape by
Emil Nolde and surprising new acquisitions such as Dia al-Azzawi's Guernica-like
depiction of the Sabra and Shatila massacres. Like Rothko,
Gerhard Richter
gets an
entire room in which to display his six, rather more upbeat, abstract “John Cage”
ACCOMMODATION
Bankside House
Citizen M Bankside
Ibis Styles London
Southwark Rose
London Bridge Hotel
St Christopher's Inn
St Christopher's Oasis
St Christopher's Village Inn
RESTAURANT
The Table
SHOPS
Borough Market
Brindisa
Neal's Yard Dairy
PUBS AND BARS
The Anchor
George Inn
Market Porter
The Rake
The Southwark Tavern
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Tower of London
Tower Pier
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City Pier
London Bridge
Experience
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The
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Unicorn
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