Paula Rego: Goya

It's not anywhere near as extravagant as Blackpool's famous seafront illuminations l'll grant you, but when you are at the 'wrong end' of Great Pulteney Street, not even your splendid Grade 1 architectural listing is going to save you from maybe being overlooked by those at the city end of the street. A very good reason why part of Punjabi-British artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman's 'Neon Dreams' museum installation is acting nicely as a very noticeable 'draw' - bringing people down into what was Bath's first public art gallery. 'The Glowing Canopies' is composed of illuminated neon trees, bees and insects and celebrates the power and beauty of our natural environment - transforming the museum's front facade while functioning as a guiding light. Her other neon work - 'My Tiger Janu' is a life-size three-dimensional sculpture you can view inside the building. Both works are on view until January 12th next year so the external display will do very nicely over the festive season. Two 'hits' in one l say. But let's talk about the big event now. Opening today - and running through until January next year - is Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya. Let's quickly deal with the money side of things. General entry tickets include all exhibitions and the Collections Galleries. You can book tickets in advance via https://www.holburne.org/events/uncan... or pay on arrival. Friends and patrons gathered last night for a reception to launch the exhibition and hear more about why it is there and what to see. It was too noisy for me to be able to talk to the Museum's Director, Dr Chris Stephens, so l popped in earlier in the day.