'How to Look at Paintings' Andrew Graham Dixon

A great Monday to begin my week! The Art Department in my school has provided us tickets to attend the one and only Andrew Graham Dixon lecture, 'How to Look at Paintings'. It was my first lecture and i'm glad to say DEFINITELY not my last. Although it was far from being related to architecture, it was a learning opportunity for me to learn about a few artists history. I did some pre-learning before attending his lecture by watching a documentary on the Medici Family history. Personally, I'm not great with the subject History however, Graham captured the stories and told them in visual ways that made me feel as if I was there right in front of the artist during that era. Today, was such a significant day as I discovered a new nature to myself, which was learning about the 'History of Art'. Finally, I feel motivated to pick up my book, 'The Story of Art Book' - E.H Gombrich, I ordered of Amazon and start reading it!

This was one journey I will remember, it started of rough with our pre-ordered taxis not arriving on time... then our train from Brighton Station to London, Victoria was cancelled and our ticket was only for Thameslink, so our Art Teacher had to queue in a 10 minute line. We eventually got onto the direct train! Everyone had a little nap, an hour later we got off and RAN to the exit only to find out the Underground tube station was temporarily not working with a large crowd standing by. With 20 minutes on the clock we weaved our wave through the crowd and zoomed straight for the black cab at the taxi stand. Luckily, the taxi driver knew his way around the hectic city as we arrived at the lecture at 1800 on the dot. From that point onwards we sat in the auditorium excited for Andrew to come up and all that rush from running pain off as we enjoyed a lecture full of knowledge, laughter and learning. We managed to catch an impromptu Gatwick Express train and arrived back at school at 9:15pm which was an hour ahead of schedule.

So in the end, everything turned out well and it was an experience worth rushing for. I would most certainly do it again!

First Art Lecture at The Royal Institution of Great Britain

With Andrew Graham Dixon himself! Mrs Strachan asked Mr Graham if we could take a little "selfie"!

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