Busman's holiday, mochas and kids' films

We went to Tate Liverpool yesterday to see the Klimt exhibition. As someone who works part of the week in an art gallery, you might consider this to be a bit of a busman's holiday, but I was looking forward to it, partly because my partner really likes Klimt's work and partly because I had it in my head that The Kiss was in the exhibition.

No such luck. No Kiss. And a relatively small proportion of Klimt. It was as much about the Viennese Succession (one of those inevitable breakaway artists' groups - usually that have broken away from an earlier breakaway group [much like most branches of Christianity, come to think of it]) and design around the turn of the 20th century. I was actually quite disappointed by it. There was a Klimt lake scene I enjoyed, and a couple of quite stunning portraits which really depicted the essence of the sitters, but otherwise it was... well, a bit dull. Sadly, it kind of confirms my suspicion that paid exhibitions often aren't worth the money you spend on them.

Before I sound like too much of a grumpy old man, I should point out that I really enjoyed the two floors of 20th century art. I was especially pleased to see an Yves Klein blue (IKB79) which I'd last seen in the Tate Modern a few years back, as well as Jackson Pollocks, a Craig-Martin and a whole range of other imaginative work.

And before anyone suggests that yesterday was a 'culture vulture' day, I should point out that in the morning we took my friends' two boys to see Wall-E (the film was fine, if possibly more adult in some respects than I'd imagined - the queueing for 25 minutes to get tickets not so great) and we had lunch at Debenhams in Liverpool (it was nearby and we were hungry - nice deli sandwiches, worst mocha I've ever drunk [all the chocolate syrup glooped at the bottom]).

Leak update: the handyman is bemused by its continuing presence, so we've now (at his request) removed the halogen light until he can come and have a look. It, for some unknown reason, now only drips every other day after we've showered...