mima

The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art may be better known for hosting an edition of Top Gear than for its works of art, unfairly on the basis of this, my first, visit which took in the soon to close exhibition of Alex Katz paintings, watercolours by local-born and internationally renowned William Tillyer, and a celebration of the 20^th anniversary of the adjacent Bottle of Notes sculpture; I am no art buff (“but I know what I like”) so it’s mainly a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours looking at Katz’s bold canvasses, admiring Tillyer’s coloured swirls, and learning the genesis of the Bottle, before finishing off with a cup of tea and a cheese scone (the latter a work of art itself).