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So far, I've only been talking about places that I have an undisputed and passionate bias towards and the Victoria Miro is no exception. On a desolate road on the Hackney-Islington border and perilously close to McDonalds, it's the last place you'd expect to find a paragon of aesthetic brilliance until you walk in. Boasting the likes of Chris Ofili, Grayson Perry and Isaac Julien on its roster (who also happen to be three of my favourite artists - if they exhibited Jake and Dinos Chapman too I'd move into the place), it is now hosting a jaw dropping show by Elmgreen and Dragset, in which visitors are met by a total transformation of the gallery's interior architecture via several new interconnecting large-scale installations. You will walk through what is described as a party that's already over: lights are still blinking and the disco ball sadly spinning, but there's no-one on the dance floor, and the last round has been served long ago.
If you're lucky enough in future to get into one of the previews (for that try First Thursday, or just get onto their mailing list; mere mortals are allowed - you don't have to be the next Charles Saatchi or anything) you'll also get to relax, drink wine and pretend to be intellectual on their gorgeous venranda, which has a paradoxically not-so-gorgeous view of weeds, a pond backing onto some old warehouse. The show ends on the 15th so best hurry on down!