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Exhibitions guide
Here we'll give you the latest news about exhibitions around the country and further afield. Do you know of a good show coming up? Let us know.
Here we'll give you the latest news about exhibitions around the country and further afield. Do you know of a good show coming up? Let us know.
Sainsbury Centre exhibitions 2020
Art Deco by the Sea
February 9 - June 14
The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
This is a major new exhibition that explores how the Art Deco style shaped the modern seaside during the 1920s and 30s. In a new age of mass tourism, new coastal resorts were built and existing resorts modernised using the Deco style while the networks of transport – by road, rail, sea and air – met the needs of the modern traveller.
The show celebrates iconic examples of seaside architecture, from hotels and apartment blocks, to piers, cinemas and lidos, and reveals how Art Deco became the key style for pleasure, leisure and entertainment. Through some 130 works including paintings, posters, brochures, drawings, photographs, fashion, furniture, ceramics and textiles, the exhibition explores the sports, activities and amusements of the seaside between the war.
Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams
March 29 - September 13 2020
The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams is a new exhibition to examine the first European style to self-consciously proclaim itself Modern – Art Nouveau was profoundly a product of its age. (Taken from the Sainsbury Centre website)
Art Nouveau was heavily indebted to English art, design, and architecture, all the more interesting given that a substantial Art Nouveau movement didn’t emerge in England. The Europeans openly acknowledged and celebrated the contribution of William Morris, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Aesthetic Movement, to the Art Nouveau aesthetic. The exhibition showcases English masterpieces in avant-garde design during this period to explore its importance and influence on Art Nouveau in key centres across the world.
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Art Deco by the Sea
February 9 - June 14
The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
This is a major new exhibition that explores how the Art Deco style shaped the modern seaside during the 1920s and 30s. In a new age of mass tourism, new coastal resorts were built and existing resorts modernised using the Deco style while the networks of transport – by road, rail, sea and air – met the needs of the modern traveller.
The show celebrates iconic examples of seaside architecture, from hotels and apartment blocks, to piers, cinemas and lidos, and reveals how Art Deco became the key style for pleasure, leisure and entertainment. Through some 130 works including paintings, posters, brochures, drawings, photographs, fashion, furniture, ceramics and textiles, the exhibition explores the sports, activities and amusements of the seaside between the war.
Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams
March 29 - September 13 2020
The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams is a new exhibition to examine the first European style to self-consciously proclaim itself Modern – Art Nouveau was profoundly a product of its age. (Taken from the Sainsbury Centre website)
Art Nouveau was heavily indebted to English art, design, and architecture, all the more interesting given that a substantial Art Nouveau movement didn’t emerge in England. The Europeans openly acknowledged and celebrated the contribution of William Morris, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Aesthetic Movement, to the Art Nouveau aesthetic. The exhibition showcases English masterpieces in avant-garde design during this period to explore its importance and influence on Art Nouveau in key centres across the world.
Visit the Sainsbury Centre website
New exhibitions for 2020 at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London
Out of the Blue: Fifty years of the Designers' Guild
February 14 - June 14 2020
Founded by Tricia Guild, Designers Guild started life in 1970 as a small section of a single shop in Chelsea’s Kings Road. The brand has since evolved and grown into a global enterprise, whose products have changed the way we view colour, pattern and texture in our homes. Offering unique access to Designers Guild’s archive, with never before displayed original designs and art work, Out of the Blue will showcase the story of Designers Guild, in settings that capture the changing tastes in interiors over the past five decades. (Images taken from the FTM website)
Beautiful People: the Boutique in 1960s Counterculture
July 3-October 4 2020
Beautiful People explores fabulous and rare examples from these era-defining stores and designers, examining the shared free spirit of Granny Takes A Trip, Hung On You, Apple, Biba, Mr Fish, Thea Porter, Ossie Clark and more. Clothes worn by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix will be displayed as part of recreations of these iconic boutiques.
Chintz: Cotton in Bloom
October 23 2020-January 24 2021
This exhibition showcases some 150 examples of this treasured textile, originating from all around the world; from mittens to wall hangings and from extravagant 18th-century sun hats to stylish mourning dresses.
Further information from the Fashion and Textile Museum website
Kimono : Kyoto to Catwalk
A new exhibition opens at the V&A in February. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk is Europe’s first major exhibition on a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion, both in Japan and the rest of the world.
With 125 kimono on display, including rare pieces shown for the first time in the UK, discover kimono's sartorial and social significance from the 1600s to the present day. The opening is Saturday February 29, and to judge by the photos on the V&A site it will be another fantastic show.
Take a look at the V&A preview page.
Out of the Blue: Fifty years of the Designers' Guild
February 14 - June 14 2020
Founded by Tricia Guild, Designers Guild started life in 1970 as a small section of a single shop in Chelsea’s Kings Road. The brand has since evolved and grown into a global enterprise, whose products have changed the way we view colour, pattern and texture in our homes. Offering unique access to Designers Guild’s archive, with never before displayed original designs and art work, Out of the Blue will showcase the story of Designers Guild, in settings that capture the changing tastes in interiors over the past five decades. (Images taken from the FTM website)
Beautiful People: the Boutique in 1960s Counterculture
July 3-October 4 2020
Beautiful People explores fabulous and rare examples from these era-defining stores and designers, examining the shared free spirit of Granny Takes A Trip, Hung On You, Apple, Biba, Mr Fish, Thea Porter, Ossie Clark and more. Clothes worn by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix will be displayed as part of recreations of these iconic boutiques.
Chintz: Cotton in Bloom
October 23 2020-January 24 2021
This exhibition showcases some 150 examples of this treasured textile, originating from all around the world; from mittens to wall hangings and from extravagant 18th-century sun hats to stylish mourning dresses.
Further information from the Fashion and Textile Museum website
Kimono : Kyoto to Catwalk
A new exhibition opens at the V&A in February. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk is Europe’s first major exhibition on a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion, both in Japan and the rest of the world.
With 125 kimono on display, including rare pieces shown for the first time in the UK, discover kimono's sartorial and social significance from the 1600s to the present day. The opening is Saturday February 29, and to judge by the photos on the V&A site it will be another fantastic show.
Take a look at the V&A preview page.