FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, 2nd September from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Rose Wylie and Savannah Miller in ConversationWestbourne Grove Church, Ledbury Road, W11
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On the occasion of the launch of Twenty8Twelve’s Artist of the Season, we are honoured to have Rose Wylie and Savannah Miller in conversation. Rose Wylie, born 1934, is the UK Representative to Women to Watch 2010 (see ‘Currently at NMWA’ below). Savannah Miller, born 1978, is the designer of fashion line Twenty8Twelve which annually collaborates with a UK artist in its Artist of the Season Programme. (All are invited after the discussion to preview the Twenty8Twelve collection preview at their shop next door).
Wednesday, September 22nd from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Deutsche Bank Art Collection
Winchester House
1 Great Winchester Street
London EC2N 2DB
Join us for a private curator-led visit of the art collection in Deutsche Bank’s London office. With over 56,000 works globally, Deutsche Bank owns one of the largest corporate art collections in the world. In London there is an excellent selection of European contemporary art c1960 to the present day.
Refreshments will be served while a senior curator gives an introductory talk to the collection, after which guests will have a guided tour around the building. The tour will concentrate on the conference areas, receptions and 48 meeting rooms. The art in this building tells the recent history of British and German art from Francis Bacon to life after Damien Hirst.
This event is reserved for subscribers who have renewed for the 2010-2011 subscription year (plus one guest).
6th October, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Victoria & Albert: Art & Love
The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
A talk and curator led private tour of this popular exhibition which was featured on the television by the BBC: ‘Victoria: A Royal Love Story’.
This exhibition is the first ever to focus on Queen Victoria’s enthusiasm for art and which celebrates her delight in collecting and displaying works of art. For Victoria art was an important part of everyday life and a way she expressed her love. Over a third of the objects were commissioned or purchased as gifts.
Queen Victoria was a talented artist herself. Her first drawing lesson took place when she was eight years old and there are several works by her in the exhibition. Music occupied a central place in her life; she had singing lessons from the world famous bass-baritone Louigi Lablache for twenty years and is said to have had a clear soprano voice; she was also an accomplished pianist.
Queen Victoria and Price Albert viewed their roles as patrons of the arts as being part of the public duties of the monarchy. Bringing together more than 400 items from the Royal Collection from paintings to fine china and jewellery this exhibition covers the period from her engagement to Prince Albert in 1839 to his untimely death in 1861. The exhibition challenges the popular view of Victoria – the melancholy widow of 40 years, and reveals her as a passionate and open-minded young woman.
You will also enjoy a glass of wine and a 20% discount in the shop on the evening.
CURRENTLY AT NMWA
in Washington, DC: www.nmwa.org
• Pomp and Power: Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella's Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua. (Until August 22) Twenty-five engravings employing the grand pictorial language of ancient Rome to depict the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismond’s visit to Mantua in 1433.
• Ju-Yeon Kim: The In-Between (sculpture installation) : Until September 13
• June Wayne’s Dorothy Series (lithographs): Until September 13
• The Collaborative Print: Work from SOLO Impression (prints): Until September 13
• Women to Watch 2010: Body of Work: New Perspectives on Figure Painting – includes Rose Wylie, UK painter (July 2-September 12.)
• New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Features four monumental sculptures by French-born artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002).