Pet Shop Boys at the National Portrait Gallery

It was a couple of weekends ago when we decided to go to the National Portrait Gallery to check out the David Hockney exhibition - viewing the crowds already there on a Saturday afternoon (and the number of middle-class mothers and their children) we decided that Hockney warranted a visit at a time when we could enjoy the work better and with less people around to distract from the work and force you on the the next in your allocated 2 minutes is up kind of way.
So we popped downstairs to see the Pet Shop Boys display, which marks the twentieth anniversary of their first album and coincides with the publication of a major new book, Pet Shop Boys Catalogue (Thames and Hudson), a history of experimentation, re-invention and collaboration with leading artists, film-makers, designers, typographers and photographers including Derek Jarman, Sam Taylor-Wood, Mark Farrow, Bruce Weber and Wolfgang Tillmans. This small diosplay focuses on the work of photographer Eric Watson, who helped create the early and enduring dynamic of the band, and includes both photographs and one monitor with videos displayed. Its a definitely good way to spend half and hour or so in central London.
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/wopetshopboys.asp