Chris Beetles

I know about security, but this is ridiculous!
You walk along Bond Street and there are many ‘bespoke’ posh stores that you have to ring the door bell to gain entry?
Well, this gallery locks visitors in just to look at photographs! Not just any photographs, mind you. I happened to walk past Chis Beetles Gallery in Ryder Street, off Piccadilly and it had an impressive display of Bill Brandt’s famous nude pics and others. The nudes are his most recognised works, black and white, often distorted studies of the female body. Each print was going for £2,300, and there were many red dots. I thought there was a recession going on!
To enter the gallery, you have to ring the bell and be let in, once in, the gallery staff locks the door behind you and leaves you to admire the gods, oops, goods. To get out, you will have to catch the attention of a member of staff to unlock the door. Amusing.