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We want you to enjoy your Summer, but it would be great if that included some Cultural enrichment, so how about:
We want you to enjoy your Summer, but it would be great if that included some Cultural enrichment, so how about:
Soaking up some Culture and getting enthused by visiting exhibitions and galleries in London. Have a great day out and visit some of these:
Michael Jackson: On the Wall
A landmark exhibition that explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art.
28 June - 21 October 2018
Tickets with donation from: £17.50 - £22
BP Portrait Award 2018:
The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world and represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting.
14 June – 23 September 2018
Admission Free
14 June – 23 September 2018
Admission Free
TATE MODERN Bankside, London SE1 9TG:
https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
The Shape of Light: Tells the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art.
2 May – 14 October 2018.
£18 / FREE for Members
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a century of painting life. All Too Human celebrates the painters in Britain who strove to represent human figures, their relationships and surroundings in the most intimate of ways.
28 February – 27 August 2018
SAATCHI GALLERY: King's Road, London SW3 4RY
https://www.saatchigallery.com/
Known Unknowns: Selection of work by 17 rising contemporary Fine Artists.
21 MARCH – 12 AUGUST 2018
Admission Free
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART: Piccadilly,London, W1J 0BD
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
250th Summer Exhibition: This summer, Grayson Perry RA coordinates the biggest, brightest and most colourful Summer Exhibition yet, in our 250th annual celebration of “art made now”.
12 June - 19 August
Admission £14/£9 Students and 16-18 year olds with iD
FASHION & TEXTILES MUSEUM:
83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF
http://www.ftmlondon.org/
Orla Kiely, A Life in Pattern: Featuring over 150 patterns and products, as well as collaborations with photographers, film directors and architects, Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern emphasises the role of ornament and colour in our everyday lives.
25May - 23 September 2018
Admission £9.90/£7 Students with iD
V & A MUSEUM: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
https://www.vam.ac.uk/
Fashioned From Nature: The first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day.
21 April 2018 - 27 January 2019
Admission £12/£10 12-17 years or Students with iD
The Future Starts Here: Showcasing 100 Design Projects shaping the world of tomorrow.
12 May - 4 November 2018
Admission £16/£12 12-17 years or Students with iD
Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up: Experience a fresh perspective on Kahlo's compelling life story through her most intimate personal belongings.
Until 4 November 2018
Admission £15/£11 12-17 years or Students with iD
HAYWARD GALLERY: Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery
Lee Bul, Crashing: Brings together more than 100 works from the late 1980s to the present day, including a new sculptural work and a site-specific commission.
1 June - 19 August 2018
Admission £13/£10.50 Students with iD
BARBICAN CENTRE: Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS
https://www.barbican.org.uk/
Dorothea Lange, Vanessa Winship: A double bill of exhibitions featuring pioneering documentary photographer and visual activist, Dorothea Lange, and award-winning contemporary photographer, Vanessa Winship.
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Standard Ticket £13.50
Students with ID and 14-17 year olds: £9.00
DESIGN MUSEUM:
Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG
http://designmuseum.org/
https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern
The Shape of Light: Tells the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art.
2 May – 14 October 2018.
£18 / FREE for Members
Admission £18 (Advance booking £16)
Concession £17 (Advance booking £15)
Concession £17 (Advance booking £15)
Family child 12–18 years £5
Picasso 1932 - Love, Fame, Tragedy: 1932 was an intensely creative period in the life of the 20th century’s most influential artist. This is the first ever solo Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. It will bring you face-to-face with more than 100 paintings, sculptures and drawings, mixed with family photographs and rare glimpses into his personal life.
8 March – 9 September 2018
£22 / FREE for Members
Concession £20 (£22 with donation)
Family child 12–18 years £5
Are you aged 16–25? Register for Tate Collective and get tickets for only £5
TATE BRITAIN Millbank, London SW1P 4RG:
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a century of painting life. All Too Human celebrates the painters in Britain who strove to represent human figures, their relationships and surroundings in the most intimate of ways.
28 February – 27 August 2018
£19.50 (Advance booking £17.00)
Concession £18.50 (Advance booking £16)
FREE for Members
Concession £18.50 (Advance booking £16)
FREE for Members
Family child 12–18 years £5
Aftermath: Art in the wake of World War I. Marking the 100 years since the end of World War One, Aftermath looks at how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe.
5 June – 23 September 2018
£18 / FREE for Members (Advance booking £16)
Concession £17 (Advance booking £15)
Family child 12–18 years £5
SAATCHI GALLERY: King's Road, London SW3 4RY
https://www.saatchigallery.com/
Known Unknowns: Selection of work by 17 rising contemporary Fine Artists.
21 MARCH – 12 AUGUST 2018
Admission Free
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART: Piccadilly,London, W1J 0BD
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
250th Summer Exhibition: This summer, Grayson Perry RA coordinates the biggest, brightest and most colourful Summer Exhibition yet, in our 250th annual celebration of “art made now”.
12 June - 19 August
Admission £14/£9 Students and 16-18 year olds with iD
FASHION & TEXTILES MUSEUM:
83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF
http://www.ftmlondon.org/
Orla Kiely, A Life in Pattern: Featuring over 150 patterns and products, as well as collaborations with photographers, film directors and architects, Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern emphasises the role of ornament and colour in our everyday lives.
25May - 23 September 2018
Admission £9.90/£7 Students with iD
V & A MUSEUM: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
https://www.vam.ac.uk/
Fashioned From Nature: The first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day.
21 April 2018 - 27 January 2019
Admission £12/£10 12-17 years or Students with iD
The Future Starts Here: Showcasing 100 Design Projects shaping the world of tomorrow.
12 May - 4 November 2018
Admission £16/£12 12-17 years or Students with iD
Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up: Experience a fresh perspective on Kahlo's compelling life story through her most intimate personal belongings.
Until 4 November 2018
Admission £15/£11 12-17 years or Students with iD
HAYWARD GALLERY: Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery
Lee Bul, Crashing: Brings together more than 100 works from the late 1980s to the present day, including a new sculptural work and a site-specific commission.
1 June - 19 August 2018
Admission £13/£10.50 Students with iD
BARBICAN CENTRE: Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS
https://www.barbican.org.uk/
Dorothea Lange, Vanessa Winship: A double bill of exhibitions featuring pioneering documentary photographer and visual activist, Dorothea Lange, and award-winning contemporary photographer, Vanessa Winship.
—
Standard Ticket £13.50
Students with ID and 14-17 year olds: £9.00
DESIGN MUSEUM:
Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG
http://designmuseum.org/
Azzadine Alaia, The Couturier: Celebrate ‘couture’s rebellious outsider’ in the first UK solo exhibition of his work.
Until 7 October 2018
Admission £14.50/£10.75 Students with iD
Hope to Nope, Graphics and Politics 2008 - 2018: Discover how graphic design has played a pivotal role in dictating and reacting to the major political moments of our times.
Until 12 August 2018
Admission £10.90/£8.20 Students with iD
Combined Student ticket (Alaia + Hope to Nope) £17.50
Until 7 October 2018
Admission £14.50/£10.75 Students with iD
Hope to Nope, Graphics and Politics 2008 - 2018: Discover how graphic design has played a pivotal role in dictating and reacting to the major political moments of our times.
Until 12 August 2018
Admission £10.90/£8.20 Students with iD
Combined Student ticket (Alaia + Hope to Nope) £17.50
SERPENTINE GALLERY:
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The London Mastaba. New floating installation by the veteran large scale practitioner. Plus retrospective of works in the gallery.
18 Jun 2018 to 23 Sep 2018
http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The London Mastaba. New floating installation by the veteran large scale practitioner. Plus retrospective of works in the gallery.
18 Jun 2018 to 23 Sep 2018
If you really can’t get up to London…
Then do something else to extend your knowledge of contemporary Art:
Contribute: If you produce a fantastic creative piece of your own over the Summer, then photograph it and use the #iamartataltoncollege to add it to our Instagram page www.instagram.com/iamartataltoncollege
Deadline: Ensure you’ve Read, Visited or Contributed something before term starts on 10th September, even better do all three!
