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I think the assembly at Stowuplands school was a success – introducing the students to a range of ideas, the work of artists and the very idea of art as a career – we shall see who wants to be part of the project. https://www.slideshare.net/l.bicknell/assembly-revisedpptx A Day of breathing in - first up Gagosian - with Hirst playing with dead animals and then having fun with dioramas but maybe a little lost. The Science Museum - to check out mathematic models but the space has been sanitized and they have been sadly removed in favour of a cafe! The Serpentine gallery - has a VR experience by Dominique Gonzalez -Foerster and Aliens which was ok. Larry Bell at Hauser and Wirth had a sense of futuristic set design about it but the work was lost as the details were missed – cutting glass on angles is obviously a challenge. Frith Street gallery has some interesting yet slightly disturbing ceramic and glass heads by Thomas Schutte. Jeff Wall's hauntingly disturbing photos are at White Cube, Mason's Yard. The small works by Ettore Spalletti at Marian Goodman were just so beautiful, the book structures giving up nothing but timelessness. I loved the powder blue installation that was created by him at their old space, especially the inclusion of the white pencil. Somerset House had a community project and that along with the Radio Ballads, the work in The North space of The Serpentine Gallery were instructive, providing a way to move forward with a project I'm working on - not quite a solution more of a direction. Bond Street was as ever a space of otherness – the Louis Vuitton shop had an amazing window display – the kinetic sculptures by William Darrell were truly amazing. Onto screens - Chaos Walking has an interesting premise the visualisation of which is cleverly impressive. Welcome to Eden takes a while to get to its point.