Art review: Serpentine pavilion
Hyde Park
Three Stars
From above it looks like a half masticated piece of bubblegum spat out by a thirsty giant in between slurps from the Serpentine Lake. A chaos of colourful plastic given structure by higgledy metal frames, the temporary pavilion was designed by Selgas Cano, a husband and wife team relatively unknown beyond their native Spain. Already the edifice is dividing opinion: welcome injection of fun into genteel Kensington Gardens, or unbearably hot sweatbox uninhabitable under the summer sun? We’ll see in August when temperatures climb above 30.