Was at my usual North Manchester venue on Sunday afternoon to see the Gerry Tomlinson Trio with trombonists Lee Hallam and Duncan Winfield playing Jay and Kai arrangements. Very listenable stuff!
It's been so long since this thread popped up that I'd forgotten all the things I'd seen. So here goes with a second bite of the cherry. Saw this with a Newcastle friend at the Laing Art Gallery. It's shortly to be unleashed on London. Strongly recommended!
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/thingstoseeanddo/exhibition/2011/03/05/john-martin-heaven-hell/
My most recent one was this magnificent, comprehensive exhibition:
Earlier in the summer I saw R B Kitaj at Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal:
And even earlier in the year, also at Abbot Hall, the Lakeland landscapist, Sheila Fell (1931-79):