Wait and see!

Queues inside the Roman Baths reception and ticket  area.
Queues inside the Roman Baths reception and ticket area.

A wet Saturday and the first time  this year l have seen queues of people spilling out of the entrance to the Roman Baths and stretching around the corner into the courtyard on the south side of the Abbey.

Queues outside too!
Queues outside too!

Not quite so busy for the first day of the  new Henry Moore exhibition which has opened at the Victoria Art Gallery.

It’s the first touring show – it features sculptures and works on paper – to be subject to admission charges introduced by B&NES. The exhibition runs until June 23rd.

The new ticket/shop/gallery space.
The new ticket/shop/gallery space.

The permanent collection upstairs remains free – as does a collection of paintings and drawings by Charlotte Sorapure  – which shares its space with the new display and counter lay-out for the gallery’s shop and ticket issuing area. It’s a pleasant looking and practical re-fit in a more obvious and eye-catching space.

Another point of view into the new shop/gallery space.
Another point of view into the new shop/gallery space.

Plenty of people in Milsom Street and some tented live music to help celebrate the launch of Bath In Fashion week!

Live music in Milsom Street.
Live music in Milsom Street.

You can buy your tickets on-line for a host of events at bathinfashion.co.uk.

Part of the Norman Parkinson archive on display at the Octagon.
Part of the Norman Parkinson archive on display at the Octagon.

One side attraction which is free to view is an exhibition of the work of  British fashion photographer Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) in what was the Octagon Chapel – a little entrance on the right going up Milsom Street. Do go and look.

More works on display.
More works on display.

It’s a fabulous Georgian setting for some amazing black and white – and a few coloured examples – of photography from one of the country’s most ‘influential and idiosyncratic’ fashion photographers.IMG_3152

Plenty of iconic 20th century iconic fashion images but many photographs not seen before. It’s a unique centenary celebration of work which runs until May 12th.