Art With A Bang

The Serpentine Gallery will transform a former munitions depot in Kensington Gardens, west London, into a new gallery for "modern" art. Groan! Award-winning architect Zaha Hadid has the job of turning the Grade II-listed Magazine building (1765) into an exhibition space to house the rubbish the Serpentine Gallery will show there. Many years ago I visited the Serpentine Gallery. Once. Never again. Its modern-art junk was appalling.