Friday 31 March 2017

Somerset House - What's On April

Now Play This
NOW PLAY THIS &
GAME CHANGERS
Now Play This coincides with the city-wide London Games Festival and showcases the wider possibilities of games - the peculiar, the beautiful and the deeply experimental. It's a place for games that challenges us to play in new and wonderful ways, whether that's in groups, on our own, outside, inside, on or underneath tables. There are games that send us running across courtyards, on screens and games that take place entirely in our heads.
Running alongside there's a month-long, free exhibition titled Game Changerswhich provides an in-depth look at the creative process behind game design. Discover how traditional forms of chess, billiards and mazes continue to influence designers making new games today. 
7 - 9 APR & 7 APR - 7 MAY 2017
NEW WING & TERRACE ROOMS, SOUTH WING 
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SHUTTERS DOWN!
Shutters Down! Curated by LoneLady - Somerset House Studios
Shutters Down! curated by LoneLady, commissioned by Somerset House Studios,  Sat 25 Feb 2017
Last month LoneLady brought her experimental club night Shutters Down! from Manchester to London as part of her residency at Somerset House Studios. Rarely accessible to the public, The Deadhouse is a subterranean space beneath The Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court. The event featured LoneLady (DJ and visuals), avant-noise band Vanishing (live) and John Doran, founder of The Quietus (DJ). Here's a short film that captures Shutters Down! in The Deadhouse.
DISMANTLE YOURSELF
CURATED BY
GRAHAM DUNNING
Graham Dunning live at Raw Power, photo by Jose Ramon Caamño
Continuing Somerset House Studio’s late night series of guest curations deep inside The Deadhouse, Associate Artist Graham Dunning deconstructs the rave with Dismantle Yourself, a night of experimental dancefloor focused electronic music featuring Ewa JustkaAlgobabezdtub and Alien Jams (NTS). Please note this is an 18+ event.
15 APRIL 2017
20.00 - 01.00

THE DEADHOUSE, SOUTH WING
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© Martin Parr, Magnum Photos, Rocket Gallery
Featuring rich and fascinating photographic stories from key figures and emerging talent of the photography scene today, this year's tenth anniversary edition includes a special exhibition of rarely seen work by British photographer Martin Parr, recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Prize.
21 APR - 7 MAY 2017
OPEN DAILY, 10.00 - 18.00
WEST & EAST WINGS
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READING DRAWINGS
SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS & MARTIN PARR
2017 EXHIBITION
Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli (ca. 1506 – 1563), ‘Studies of antique sculptures’,  ©  The Courtauld Gallery, London
Discover the intriguing variety of inscriptions that can be found on drawings, from artist signatures to casual notes and records of ownership. Featuring works by Canaletto, Corot, Signac and others, this selection reveals how such annotations can shed light on the purpose, history and use of drawings.
 
UNTIL 4 JUN 2017
OPEN DAILY, 10.00 - 18.00
THE COURTAULD GALLERY, NORTH WING
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FROM OUR FRIENDS...
RICHARD MOSSE: INCOMING

 
Richard Mosse, Incoming installation view at the Curve Gallery
Prize-winning conceptual documentary photographer Richard Mosse showcases a multi-channel video installation across three, eight-metre wide screens in the Curve's unique gallery space, creating an immersive artwork around the unfolding migration crisis across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
UNTIL 23 APR 2017
FREE ADMISSION

THE CURVE GALLERY, BARBICAN

 
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Victoria and Albert Museum - April at the V&A

Victoria and Albert Museum
April at the V&A 
Coming Soon
The Pink Floyd Exhibition:
Their Mortal Remains
13 May – 1 October 2017
Presented by the V&A, Pink Floyd and Iconic Entertainment Studios
Sound Experience by Sennheiser

Just over one month to go until The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains opens! This is the first international retrospective of one of the world's most influential bands and will include instruments, original designs, hand-written lyrics and much more. 

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
EXHIBITION \\ LAST CHANCE
Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London
Closes 2 April 2017
Supported by the Friends of the V&A

Don’t miss your very last chance to see #LockwoodKipling this weekend!  Revealing the untold story of this Arts and Crafts pioneer and father to the renowned Rudyard Kipling, the exhibition traces his life, work and dedication to the preservation of the traditional crafts across India and Pakistan.

Free Admission 
EXHIBITION \\ COMING SOON
Prix Pictet
6 – 28 May 2017
                                     
                                     
Discover Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize for photography. This year's theme for the award is 'Space' in relation to issues of sustainability and the environment.  
Come and see the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers exhibited in the V&A’s Porter Gallery.
                                   
                                
                                 
             
Free Admission



                               
EVENING TALK
Great Dixter: History, House, and Garden
Tuesday 11 April, 19.00  20.45     
   
To celebrate the publication of his book, join Great Dixter vegetable gardener and cook, Aaron Bertelsen, for an exploration of the historic house and garden from 1450 to the present day.

Includes wine reception
SEMINAR 
Post War Textiles and Wallpapers
Saturday 8 April, 14.00 – 17.00

Explore textiles and wallpapers from the Festival of Britain to today and learn about British creativity and innovation.
Family Art Fun:
Easter Holiday
Saturday 8 – Monday 17 April
10.30 – 17.00

Celebrate the season across the Museum with creative activities for the whole family. Make your own piece of paper art, enjoy an interactive and playful pop-up performance, create a postcard souvenir or transport yourself into paintings of nature with green screen photography.


MORE EVENTS
SPECIAL EVENT
V&A Performance Festival
Friday 21 – Sunday 30 April 

Join us for our annual festival celebrating theatre and performance in all their forms. Take part in special study days, pop-up performances and free film screenings exploring the relationship between European and British performance. 
EVENING EVENT
Stand Up at the V&A: Carry on Curating
Friday 21 April, 19.00  20.45

Celebrate the Museum’s recent acquisition of the Tommy Cooper Collection by joining us for a unique evening of comedy, as a special line up of comedians bring their own unique brands of humour to the V&A. Performers include John Lloyd, Harriet Braine, Nish Kumar and more to be announced.

Part of the V&A Performance Festival
EVENING TALK
Tom Dyckhoff and the Age of Spectacle
Monday 24 April, 19.00 – 20.45
  
Renowned architectural critic Tom Dyckhoff will be in conversation with V&A Director Tristram Hunt as he traces the story of urban life from joyless mass housing developments, empty designer homes and soulless shopping centres to brash corporate architecture.

Includes wine reception
V&A MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD
Rachel Whiteread
Place (Village)
         
Rachel Whiteread’s celebrated artwork Place (Village) is now on permanent display. This sculptural work features a ‘community’ of around 150 dolls’ houses which were collected by Whiteread over 20 years.
Become a Member and see all V&A Exhibitions First
This spring Members will enjoy exclusive previews of both The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains and Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion. They’ll also enjoy unlimited free entry to all exhibitions, the V&A Magazine, Members’ events programme and the Members’ Room.
  

Becoming Henry Moore at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
14 April – 22 October 2017

Discover how Henry Moore developed from a promising schoolboy into Britain’s foremost modern sculptor. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to see his early works alongside the artists who inspired him.

The exhibition is held at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire