Ai Weiwei, Han Dynasty vases and industrial paint, Lisson Gallery, London
photo by Török Viktória

It was the 7th of July when I arrived to London from the British countryside and decided to visit the Lisson Gallery first. On the way to the exhibition the exit of the Edgware Road tube station was full of people giving some leaflets away. That was the moment when I realised that it was the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in London and the station where I was is one of the places where explosion happened...  It was raining but nobody cared – more and more people arrived to the station from the nearby streets. There were remembrance events across the city.
  Just to make it even more moving I was heading to see the works of Ai Weiwei who was arrested on the 3rd of April this year. Nobody knows what happened to him in those days until the 22nd of June when he was released as the Chinese Prime Minister was heading to Europe (starting with Hungary) and it was too much pressure on him regarding his case.

An artist who is celebrated worldwide but never had an exhibition in his own country...

Graffiti on the wall, next to the Lisson Gallery, London, photo by Török Viktória



I just arrived from London today. Well in the morning when I left London it was around 18 degrees (Celsius) there and when we arrived to Budapest it was 30 degrees. (!!!) Hell, but I don't complain.

In the coming days I will share with you what I visited - for now here you are some of the pictures. And now, I am going to sleep...

"you can cage the singer but not the song - free Ai Weiwei"
as it says on the wall next to the Lisson Gallery where
 the artist is on show. photo by Török Viktória

Tracey Emin is all over the city this summer. Her pop up shop at Selfridges.
All for sale: little mugs, limited edition prints, even wine (?) and her favourite
items from the famous department store. photo by Török Viktória

Miro - Miro - Miro. A real blockbuster at the Tate Modern. photo by Török Viktória

Little, intimate show from Cecily Brown at the Gagosian Gallery in Davies street.
Beautiful colors and strokes on the canvas. Photo by Török Viktória

Tracey Emin show at the Hayward Gallery. Huge. photo by Török Viktória

Colourful. Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.
photo by Török Viktória

And all black by the Serpentine Gallery. Peter Zumthor's Pavilion.
photo by Török Viktória

Articles about Ai Weiwei on the wall of the Lisson Gallery in London.

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The bag everybody wanted to have. Free Ai Weiwei.
Venice Biennale, photo by Török Viktória

The Black Arch by Raja and Shadia Alem,
Saudi Pavilion, Venice Biennale,
Photo by Török Viktória

One of Urs Fischer's life size candles.
Venice Biennale, photo by Török Viktória

Installation view in the Hungarian Pavilion, artist: Hajnal Nemeth,
Venice Biennale, photo by Török Viktória

Karla Black's sculptures, Scottish Pavilion,
Venice Biennale, photo by Török Viktória