Saatchi Gallery — Attraction in London

Went to see "Sweet Harmony" exhibition which was about the history of rave in the UK. The gallery is in lovely surroundings very close to Sloane Square. We were met by a lovely young lady (with brightly coloured hair) who was very smiley and chatty (🙂very apt!) . I asked if the admission price of £10 included a free pill ? She got the joke - not sure anyone else did ! So I asked for my complimentary glow sticks - still no joy but she laughed anyway. Well done you ! One lady taking the entry money looked as if she'd been slapped by a fish (big fish or a little one ?) Lots of photographs and a few installations of light effects etc. Old flyers from the days where you had to phone a number to try and find out where the next rave was. We did it in about an hour and that was stretching it out. A few examples of electronic samplers and beat generators and some screens which appeared to be connected to spotify. One girl was looking for Taylor Swift tracks, I was ready to stop her had she succeeded ! The last room was a set up for a DJ booth - very arty - and having been asked by a young woman if I had a ticket ?? I showed her the stamp on my arm and shrugged my shoulders - even she thought that it was a bit of a pointless question considering we were at the end of the exhibition ! I think If I had replied " I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners- Acciiidddd !"her brain would have exploded. The final exhibit had 2 Pioneer CDJ Nexus decks and a mixer just sitting there, all plugged in and just begging to have something played on them loudly! Something hypnotic and recognizable to give a taste of what a rave is like for those who weren't born when it all started, but no - you could almost hear them crying and saying to themselves "Has it come to this, sitting here waiting to be turned on ?" I was so tempted to jump in and fire them up. Surely at least one room needed to have some music on....LOUD !! It's the history of the RAVE movement for Pete's sake ! The shop at the end is...

Although I loved, loved the exhibition I went there to see (Tutankhamen's treasure) I only awarded 4 stars because the organisation of the event was a bit lacking in organisation!

After being sent an email the day before asking us to arrive 30 minutes before our entry time, we arrived 30 minutes earlier, as requested. We were sent away and asked to come back in about 15-20 minutes - so we did. When we got back, the same person approached us and said that we were too early again, to which we responded that she was the one who told us to come back now, despite the email that requested is to arrive early due to how busy it was. She then told us that we must have read the email wrong and didn't understand it! My mum then took the email she had printed out of her bag and tried to show the woman who was now trying to backtrack saying that she knew nothing about an email and we wouldn't be scanned in to see the exhibition if we didn't go away and come back later! She said if anyone wanted to make a complaint she would give us a contact. I said I would complain, but I'll write an honest recount of our experience.

We eventually went back and there was another lady with her scanning the visitors in. We were queued in lines; the people in line next to us were allowed in first, quite rightly, they were there first. Their line emptied and then our line was let in - up to us. The usher replaced the barrier and waited, then let more people in, from the first queue, who hadn't actually queued! A very angry man came charging down to him stating what we were all thinking; why was he letting them in when we had waited, and they'd just arrived? He called for help and the lady who was a bit unhelpful with us, refused to come and help him. The usher then decided to continue letting our line through.

After all that palaver, the exhibition itself was amazing and honestly overshadowed the disorganisation at the beginning. If you can get tickets to see this, you won't be...

We visited the Saatchi Gallery to view the Tutankhamen Exhibition. Firstly the gallery itself is just 5-8 minute walk away from Sloan Square tube station. If you come out of the tube station and look for the Hugo Boss store then walk past the store with it to your left then you will come to the Gallery on your left. There are security checks at the entrance where your bags will be searched. There is no food or drinks allowed to be taken inside but if you have a bottle of water closed then they just say you can take it in as long as you don't drink it inside. There is also no flash photography or videos allowed to be taken. I just turned off my flash which is better anyway. As it would just reflect of the glass. There is a cloakroom at the entrance but they charge between £1-3. There is a cafe and toilets inside also on the ground floor. The exhibition is amazing and well worth the money. There are over 150 artifacts from Tutankhamen's Tomb displayed in the exhibition. So amazing to see these along with the photographs from when Carter discovered the tomb. I would recommend going here to see the artifacts which are in beautiful condition. As they will all be in the new museum in Ciro later in the year. I have taken loads of pictures of the exhibits and descriptions. So you can have a taste of what to expect. I have probably gone a bit trigger happy and took pictures of most of the exhibition.

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