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 in 2019? 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 in 2019? Let us know.
Kaffe Fassett - Quilts in America
16 March – 3 November 2019 at the American Museum, Bath
As part of the American Museum and Gardens' special exhibition programme, it will be showcasing 20 new quilts designed by Kaffe Fassett. These artworks have been inspired by the museum’s world-renowned collection of antique American quilts. The exhibition will provide a unique opportunity to see the old and the new alongside one another.
Find out more on the American Museum and Gardens website
Image copyright Kaffe Fassett.
16 March – 3 November 2019 at the American Museum, Bath
As part of the American Museum and Gardens' special exhibition programme, it will be showcasing 20 new quilts designed by Kaffe Fassett. These artworks have been inspired by the museum’s world-renowned collection of antique American quilts. The exhibition will provide a unique opportunity to see the old and the new alongside one another.
Find out more on the American Museum and Gardens website
Image copyright Kaffe Fassett.
The Embroidered Home
From now until August at the Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace.
The new exhibition reflects how homes have historically been decorated with embroidered pieces and features over 100 pieces from the RSN’s unique Collection. The exhibits are worked in a variety of techniques and include bedspreads, sheets, tablecloths, cushion covers, fire screens as well as smaller items such as letter holders and table mats. The exhibition embodies a fascinating social history from the 19th and 20th centuries with many pieces evoking memories and telling stories of their own.
RSN website
Glove Stories
From 2 March 2019 at the Fashion Museum, Bath
One of the best collections of gloves in the world, Glove Stories will showcase the breadth and depth of The Glove Collection of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London, cared for and housed at the Fashion Museum in Bath.
Visitors will see exquisite examples of historical gloves from the past 400 years, many of which have never been displayed to the public before. Highlights include beautiful embroidered gauntlet gloves from the 1600s and a curious pair of gloves in a walnut shell from the 1830s. The exhibition also touches on outer space with a Soviet cosmonaut’s glove and a costume glove from the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back.
Museum website
Swinging London: a lifestyle revolution
Until June 2 2019 at the Fashion Museum, Bermondsey Street, London
Swinging London: A Lifestyle Revolution will present the fashion, design and art of the Chelsea Set; a group of radical young architects, designers, photographers and artists who were redefining the concept of youth and challenging the established order in 1950s London. At the forefront of this group of young revolutionaries were Mary Quant and Terence Conran.
Museum website
From now until August at the Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court Palace.
The new exhibition reflects how homes have historically been decorated with embroidered pieces and features over 100 pieces from the RSN’s unique Collection. The exhibits are worked in a variety of techniques and include bedspreads, sheets, tablecloths, cushion covers, fire screens as well as smaller items such as letter holders and table mats. The exhibition embodies a fascinating social history from the 19th and 20th centuries with many pieces evoking memories and telling stories of their own.
RSN website
Glove Stories
From 2 March 2019 at the Fashion Museum, Bath
One of the best collections of gloves in the world, Glove Stories will showcase the breadth and depth of The Glove Collection of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London, cared for and housed at the Fashion Museum in Bath.
Visitors will see exquisite examples of historical gloves from the past 400 years, many of which have never been displayed to the public before. Highlights include beautiful embroidered gauntlet gloves from the 1600s and a curious pair of gloves in a walnut shell from the 1830s. The exhibition also touches on outer space with a Soviet cosmonaut’s glove and a costume glove from the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back.
Museum website
Swinging London: a lifestyle revolution
Until June 2 2019 at the Fashion Museum, Bermondsey Street, London
Swinging London: A Lifestyle Revolution will present the fashion, design and art of the Chelsea Set; a group of radical young architects, designers, photographers and artists who were redefining the concept of youth and challenging the established order in 1950s London. At the forefront of this group of young revolutionaries were Mary Quant and Terence Conran.
Museum website