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Picture This –
Writers' Talks in The Courtauld Gallery
4, 19 & 25 October 2011
North Wing£12.50/£11 concessions Girl With a Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier and Iain Sinclair kick off our writers’ talks next week; Frances Spalding and Marina Warner join us on 19 Oct, and on Tues 25 Oct, Geoff Dyer and Blake Morrison. Each author will talk about their favourite painting in The Courtauld Gallery. You can catch our Twitter interview with Tracy at 11.00 tomorrow (Fri 31 Sep), where she will be answering your questions about her work, Picture This and social media and literature. To view the interview or submit your questions in advance, use the hashtag #ChevalierQA and follow @SomersetHouse.
> Book now and find out about the other talks
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Real Venice
11 October – 11 December 2011 Embankment Galleries, South Wing £5/£4 For centuries, Venice has inspired intellectuals, writers and artists with its ravishing beauty, riches and strangeness. Now, in a major exhibition, fourteen internationally renowned artists have created a series of meaningful and original photographic images of Venice, perhaps the most photographed but seriously threatened city in the world. The resulting images show Venice in all its beauty, but also in all its paradoxes and contrasts. |
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Forgotten Spaces 20 October 2011 - 29 January 2012 Great Arch Lobby and Lightwells, South Wing Free Admission Forgotten Spaces is about looking at the future development of our cities differently. Based on an open ideas competition run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), architects, engineers, students and designers of all kinds were invited to submit proposals for overlooked spaces across Greater London, the exhibition showcases a range of imaginative proposals from all over the capital and explores alternative ways to use and interact with urban space. > more |
Tiffany & Co. presents Skate at Somerset House
Don't forget to book early for our glamorous ice rink; popular pre-Christmas sessions plus Club Nights with LoveBox and Ministry of Sound. |
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MORE OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS
Coming Soon: Amazon 2 November – 4 December 2011 East Wing Galleries, East Wing Free Admission Two remarkable, distinct bodies of work by renowned photographers Sebastião Salgado and Per Anders Pettersson will highlight the plight of the Amazonian rainforest and the people living within it. Sebastião Salgado will present previously unseen work from his ongoing photographic essay 'Genesis' – portraying landscapes in their most pristine state, and the communities still living in them; Per Anders Pettersson presents photographs from a recent visit to Brazil with actress Gemma Arterton, illustrating the stark reality and level of devastation caused by deforestation and showcasing the work which aims to tackle it. > moreComing Soon: 20 Years of Dazed & Confused Magazine - Making It Up As We Go Along 4 November 2011 - 29 January 2012 Terrace Rooms, South Wing Free Admission Dazed & Confused has been a go-to reference for style and culture since its explosive launch in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and renowned photographer Rankin. This multi-layered exhibition, curated by Jefferson Hack and Emma Reeves in collaboration with Somerset House, immortalises the magazine's most infamous visual stories, featuring legendary photoshoots, iconic covers, controversial editorial content and artwork from influential photographers, designers, and artists. > moreComing soon: The Spanish Line: Drawings from Ribera to Picasso 13 October 2011 – 15 January 2012 The Courtauld Gallery, North Wing This exhibition explores the rich tradition of drawing in Spain from the 16th to the 20th century. Artworks have been carefully selected from The Courtauld's outstanding collection of Spanish drawings, featuring some of Spain's most celebrated artists: Ribera, Murillo, Goya and Picasso. > more
Studio Days for 13-18s and Mini Make Believe for Under 5s
Learning Centre, South Wing13-18 year olds, come join us on Tues 25 Oct for our Urban Reformers Studio Day. From fashion to 3D design, make your own innovative prototypes suited to life in the city. On Thurs 27 Oct, there's another autumn Studio Day The Frozen Image where you can explore early forms of photography. Make your own camera obscura before discovering how to take haunting and atmospheric digital images inspired by the past. For under 5s, our special half-term Mini Make Believe Hubble Bubble is sure to amuse, with spooky Halloween songs and games for the little ones. > more Free Guided Tours Thursdays and Saturdays Discover the fascinating history of Somerset House on a Free Guided Tour. Regular tours explore the people and events that have shaped Somerset House, from the original Tudor Palace to William Chambers' 17th century design, and from Napoleon to the Royal Societies.
From our friends at the 55th BFI London Film Festival 12-27 October 2011 Every year the BFI London Film Festival brings the best new films to the capital as one of Europe's leading public film events. Visit www.bfi.org.uk/lff to see this year's exciting programme of films and book tickets. |
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