Henry Moore Institute

When I visited the Henry Moore Institute, they had a large exhibition of three artists my age exploring fragmentation and decay sculpturally and a smaller exhibition on landscape art. I loved to be in the space with these large sculptures made by people who had experienced the world at the same time as me, without any barriers to divide me as the viewer from the art -- no ropes or glass or decades of scholarship and canonised interpretations. It was so easy to move around the exhibition in my powerchair. There was always enough space to see the sculptures from all sides without having to worry about knocking into anything. The atmosphere was calm but not oppressive or strict and it felt very easy to have conversations with the staff about the works and the exhibition. The main exhibition space has quite tall ceilings, so sounds can carry. The exhibition on landscape art was in the Study Gallery, a much smaller space. The door into it is not automatic, but another visitor held the door for me and there is a gallery assistant in the space as well that could help. Most of the exhibits were easy for me to see from a seating position, except for some in the further reaches of a large flatlay display case. Most importantly, I got to see some Andy Goldsworthy sculptures in person! Day made. I did not have much time to spend in the gift shop, but I would have loved to. It was very stylish and had lots of colourful things on the shelves.