Cathy's Art Diary

Charming exhibition at the Wallace Collection of photographs of the Queen and her corgis. In just ten pictures they told the story of her love of the breed from an image of her with the first two dogs her parents owned to the two who joined the crowds lining the route of her funeral cortège on its way to Windsor. It explained how all her dogs were descended from the first one she owned, Susan, and included a family tree of them. I loved the sweet, gold silhouettes of the dogs round the edge of the room. I particularly loved this show as my father bred Corgis, albeit it Cardigan Corgis not the Pembrokes favoured by the Queen, so I grew up surrounded by these dogs and will always have a soft spot for them.  Closes 6 August 2023 Review Telegraph  

Fun sculpture trail around Westminster of decorated corgis to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. If you follow my blog you’ll know I love a sculpture trail what you might not know is that my father bred Cardigan Corgis and we always had at least one and sometimes five around the house. This trail was therefore made for me! I spent a happy afternoon tracking down about half the 19 corgis and I had already found four on the east side of Trafalgar Square a few days earlier. Some had a London theme but others were inspired by the places the Queen has travelled and the outfits she has worn. They were all designed by contemporary artists and designers and named after the Queen's own dogs.  I liked the London ones best although I admit they were a bit of a cliché but you need a cliché for Jubilee year. My favourite though was one which just looked like a giant corgi by Miya Tsuruda-Behan outside Westminster Cathedral but when you got up close you could see the paint strokes and rea...