If you spent Easter on a chocolate sugar-high then you might not have had time to fit in a dose of art and culture; I want to help you find the ideal remedy this weekend – how about these events in London?:
WEAR your best hat to an exhibition of over 300 hats from history at the V&A.
LEARN about Stalin’s Great Terror in the Theatre adaptation of the classic Russian film Burnt by the Sun.
FOLLOW surreal psychological stories told through a duet of contemporary dance and contact improvisation in a performance called Blue Case at the Blue Elephant Theatre.
HEAR about Hell on Earth at Shakespeare’s Globe; female writers and journalists who have worked in conflict areas share their stories with Peter Beaumont, Foreign Affairs Editor at the Observer.
And for those of you not in London or the UK, here are a few events that might be closer to your home:
Dublin
MEET a contemporary of Andy Warhol, Artist James Rizzi, in Dublin at the Gallery Number One. Rizzi’s work can be seen all over New York City and his paintings have featured on Seinfeld – this weekend he’ll be in Dublin for you to meet.
New York
SADDLE-UP like John Wayne at Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. This new exhibition examines how photography has pictured the idea of the American West from 1850 to present.
San Francisco
UNDERSTAND the past through the medium of Dance with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in San Francisco. Commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, this program uses movement, spoken word and documentary soundscape to examine the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust and more recent atrocities in places like Bosnia and Rwanda.
Sydney
DISCOVER a budding artist in Sydney at the ARTEXPRESS 2009 exhibition in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A selection of outstanding student artworks will be showcasing a broad range of approaches and expressive forms, including ceramics, collection of works, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video.
If you make it along to any of these suggestions then I’d love to hear about it – drop me a comment!
Enjoy your weekend!
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