April M. Smith. Art & Design Report from London, UK

The question of ‘What is art? ’ has confounded some people for many years, but an answer seems simple to me: It’s how humankind expresses ourselves, in a vast array of methods. And that is what I will be writing about, examples of art and design expressed in the world.
Last year, I had the opportunity to travel to London, England and while there, visit some truly wonderful museums, galleries, and other sites with wonderful examples of Artwork.

It includes reviews of The Victoria and Albert Museum: Their website ( http://www.vam.ac.uk/) proclaims itself the “Worlds greatest museum of art and design” and I’m here to say, in an era of advertising overload, that description is 100% accurate! As a working designer and artist, I have never seen such a wonderful collection of art and design in one place, and that’s including New York and Boston. The fact that it includes true design as well as fine art is a testament to the breadth of items in the collection.

The Cortauld Gallery, ( http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/index.shtml ) is a small (as compared to huge ones like the also lovely National Gallery) wonderful gallery,

The Churchill War Rooms (http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms) sounded intriguing and lived up to our expectation.

The London Transport Museum http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/ The examples of past Subway art and posters was very fun to see.

Of course, the National Gallery (http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/ ) and National Portrait Gallery (http://www.npg.org.uk/ were both wonderful.