Archive: No rest for an Arttart 06 Oct 04

Amid the ever nearing hum that is the artfair extravaganza, artarts to the ready for what is going to be a blow away of openings, artparty mingling, canapé chomping and champers glugging couple of weeks.

Now the night before last, I was lucky enough to be at the opening night of Faust at the Royal Opera House. What an adventure we had, we were shuffled up the Royal box staircase like true Arttart fugitives to find solace in the grand tier of our tres expensive (please adopt a bad French accent) seats and lapped up the 3 hour operatic delight.

So yesterday there was the monkey tea party weather to accompany the pleasure of Doug Fishbone's installation of banana's a plenty, 30,000 to be precise in Trafalgar square, now traditional outside spaces are becoming the new white cube.

Then last night at Tate M, although slightly lacking on the canapé front; it would seem that your local pub snack that is the peanut, is the new black or rather all the Tate could rustle up for the Time Zones pv. But the show way out shone the poor bar snacks, definitely make a bee line through the incredibly well curated space to the wet dog video by Fiona Tan, my heart wept for the poor mut!, With Nick Serota looking rather lost, probably too many young scally's for his liking, TM made up for it with stunner Stuart Comer. While green eyes looked on, the recently Vic Miro nabbed Conrad Shawcross was admired from afar, girls you know who you are!

This rest of this week kicks off tonight with Eyes, Lies and Illusions at the, we did have a face lift, not just a paint job, honest, Hayward . Tomorrow there is Giles Round and Seb Patane's (to name but a few) show at Redux with an afterparty or maybe you would rather flashing lights boy, Martin Creed at Hauser and Wirth or lets push the boat out for some now legal paint action at Inspired down Portobello -way. And the day after tomorrow, why not pop by to see Sarah Baker at 1 000 000 MPH and skip into the weekend with laboured draughtsman, Tim Noble at Interim Art.

Now if that just isn't enough for you, I suggest you save your energy for next week's gargantuan torrent of events. Just to wet your appetite, we have Bruce Nauman, Sadie Coles promised to be Arttartfantabulous party, the opening of Frieze, Expander, sketch breakie and the art duo phenomenon of Payne and Relph. Gosh am Arttarted out from just thinking about it.

Lots of love my Arttartlets