Friday 22 May 2015

Summer Events at Leighton House Museum

ARTISTS HOUSES WEEKEND: HOLLAND PARK CIRCLE

ARTISTS HOUSES WEEKEND: HOLLAND PARK CIRCLE
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June 2015. 11am
£15 - tickets include visit to Leighton House Museum
This summer, Leighton House Museum will host a new series of walks and guided tours to exploring the history behind the artistic community which lived and worked in Holland Park during the late 19th century. Victorian artists including Val Prinsep, G.F. Watts, Luke Fildes, Marcus Stone and Leighton himself commissioned grand studio-houses from some of the leading architects of the day and formed the so-called ‘Holland Park Circle’
The Artists Houses Weekend, on 27 and 28 June, will include morning guided tours around the unique group of studio-houses built by Leighton and his contemporaries on Holland Park Road and Melbury Road. Each house has a fascinating story to tell and the walk includes exclusive access to some of the private gardens of the houses and free entry to Leighton House Museum and its garden at the end of the tour.
Artists' Homes: Luke Fildes

RAED YASSIN CONCERT
Monday 13 July 2015. 8:30pm - 10pm
£10
Remixing classic popular Arabic music with playful nostalgia and cheeky irreverence, Yassin’s music will inject a mesmeric and haunting soundscape into London’s most orientalist building. Like his visual art, his music draws from personal narratives within a collective history, seen through the lens of consumer culture and mass production.
Artist, turntablist and all-round musician Raed Yassin creates a special electronic and turntabling set for the unique surroundings of Leighton House and his exhibition, Kissing Amnesia (13 July - 23 August), as part of the Shubbak Festival.
Raed Yassin Concert
MUSEUM GUIDED TOURS
Every Wednesday and Sunday at 3pm
FREE (Museum admission applies)
Join us for free guided tours to the House and the Museum permanent collection which give visitors the chance to enjoy and learn more about this unique studio-house and the life and work of Frederic, Lord Leighton.
Booking is not necessary however large groups will be not permitted so if your party size exceeds six people, please contact the Museum to arrange a Private Tour.