Victoria Miro
Stunning contemporary art
The first time I went to the Victoria Miro I thought I was lost. It’s not on a main street, and for the most part it isn’t obviously advertised, either. If there wasn’t a queue going outside the door I would have missed it entirely. To be sure, I felt quite awkward standing in this queue when I wasn’t entirely certain that it was the gallery that I was after. Thankfully I had spared myself from going alone, so I had a friend with me should it turn out that the queuing was for naught – or at least to laugh about how ridiculous we were. Instead we found where we were looking for.
The staff were very efficient, informative, and friendly, and everyone in the queue was very respectful of each other. Of course you had the “serious” art types that thought the rest of us were just tourists – you know, the ones who would scoff when you took pictures instead of just enjoy the work for what it is, but they didn’t detract from the experience at all.
The entire gallery was filled with work, and the space itself is beautiful – the ceiling was almost an art piece itself. I certainly took enough photos of it. Exposed wooden beams and skylights that brought in natural light. It made the entire room light and airy – or at least it gave me, a photographer, something to take pictures of while I waited for my turn into one of Yayoi Kusama’s infamous mirror rooms. The gallery, and the one next door, were beautiful artworks in and of themselves; all clean lines and geometric shapes. It’s the perfect space to display art, and the garden installation outside is a nice touch.
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