Friday 10th April 2026 I went to the Hayward Gallery with my dad, we travelled there on the Elizabeth and Northern lines from Ilford to Waterloo. There were 2 exhibitions at the gallery today, Heart to Heart by Yin Xiuzhen and Threads of Life by Chigaru Shiota
Heart to Heart – Yin Xiuzhen
Yin Xiuzhen is renowned for her use of secondhand clothing, concrete, food and household ephemera in her immersive installations and sculptures.
Drawing on over 30 years of creation, the exhibition brings together a selection of the artist’s seminal projects alongside a number of new commissions, and is the first major UK survey of her work.
Threads of Life – Chigaru Shiota
Chiharu Shiota is best-known for her large-scale installations which engulf ordinary objects – such as shoes, keys, beds, chairs and dresses – within huge web structures made from woollen thread.
The resulting works are immersive and deeply emotive, often drawing from personal experience, which Shiota expands into universal human concerns such as life, death and relationships. Below are some pictures from my day and my Indian tonight, also if you like reading my blog please comment.
Here are my postcards I bought
Wow thats an amazing exhibition love your meal too great time xx
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Very cool art Nathan I really enjoyed the exhibition looks amazing also your chicken tika masala looks yummy , well done Nathan
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Hi Nathan, very interesting blog, great photos as always.
It’s great to see your blogs, you introduce me to places that I never knew existed, this will definitely be on my to do list.
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What an interesting and unusual exhibition. Would like to see it. Like the look of your Indian meal! Thanks for sharing, Nathan. Love from Jean x
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Very good blog Nathan!
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All looks very interesting, hope you enjoyed your curry
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That looks like a very interesting exhibition Nathan! And the Indian looks delicious xx
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Looks like you’ve had another absolutely fantastic day out with your Dad Nathan & I really do love the look of the exhibition you went to see, at first I was looking at the pictures thinking ‘wow the artist must have tiny fingers’ but then as I progressed through I realised there were much bigger pieces so a mixture of both but what an amazing artist this lady is!! Looks like you had an amazing time!! As usual you have had some brilliant photos too! ❤️ To finish it all off you had what looked like some yummy Indian for dinner, what a great ending to a super day! Thank you so much for sharing your superb day out with your Dad & please keep sharing your best days out, I love them XXX ❤️
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Very interesting , what you can make with other peoples rubbish !!!! Just goes to show, good blog .
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Great blog as usual Nathan l really enjoyed looking at all your great pictures looking forward to your next great blog xxx
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What a lovely day out in London we had Nathan thanks
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Great exhibition Nathan glad you enjoyed it, loved seeing all your pictures and your meal looked delicious as well xxx
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Another great blog Nathan.
I would definitely be interested in visiting both exhibition. Amazing pictures as usually thank you for sharing xxxx
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Wow Nathan what an interesting blog! I really enjoyed reading the blog and you took some great photos! The food looks yummy!
Can’t wait for the next blog!xxxxxxx
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The exhibition looks very interesting and I love the graffiti. Is that a giant naan bread I can see looks like you had fun
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This looks like an interesting exhibition Nathan.
Thanks for sharing!
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