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newsletter 8: July 2019
it’s summer! hurrah. The art and museum world will now wind down for a few weeks, but as any good PR knows, this is a great time to get some of the more quirky stories out there, so expect to see lots of fun museum news ahead. For now though, let’s dive in
catch up: all the news
It's that time of year; all the big players announce their 2020 exhibitions. At the V&A, it'll be shows on Alice in Wonderland, the history of Iran, and, er, bags! Evening Standard
At the Royal Academy, they'll be pulling out the big guns with a major show of Picasso and his work on paper. Evening Standard
Fire up Skyscanner. Berlin's Museum Island has it's first new building in a century, designed by starchitect David Chipperfield. designboom
Pride saw the British Museum team up with Stonewall and more to launch rainbow replicas of one of its most iconic objects. Pink News
The Mona Lisa is leaving it's home at the Louvre for the past 14 years....to go next door. What does it take to move her? BBC News
It's second time lucky for art by the seaside, as the new Hastings Contemporary gallery opens. ITV News
The "magical" St Fagans has been named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019, the first Welsh winner of the award in 14 years. WalesOnline
The Imperial War Museum London has opened a new exhibition celebrating musicians who have risked their lives for their craft. London Live
Yay! The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is now on the UNESCO World Heritage list alongside the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal. It's Nice That
Curators at the National Maritime Museum in London are seeking any moonstruck memories of those who recall the Apollo 11 moon rock tour. Press and Journal
The Pride Cups alongside the Warren Cup at a launch event at the British Museum. Photo: @maxwellmuseums
weigh up
review roundup
OLAFUR ELIASSON: IN REAL LIFE at Tate Modern (until 05 January 2020) tate.org.uk
"This is epic environmentalism and, yes, it’s sublime". Time Out London
"There’s a whiff of metaphysics in all this, and a suspicion that what isn’t all smoke and mirrors, is all talk". The Guardian
"It disrupts our senses but also creates a consciousness of visual processing; a profound conversation between mind and body." Evening Standard
THE TIDE on Greenwich Peninsula, London. Website
"they somehow managed to find a sizeable wodge of cash to build this superfluous viewing platform, a redundant green garnish to join the peninsula’s infrastructural vanity projects." The Guardian
"The Tide is an expensive, heavily monitored add-on to a meretricious corporate development, possessing little in the way of either function or charm." CityLab
ME! Posing in Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life at Tate Modern. Photo: @larawardle_art
get up: what's new
These brand new exhibitions should be on your radar, and in your diary
The Moon at the National Maritime Museum, London - Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Queen Victoria's Palace at Buckingham Palace - The story of how the young queen transformed Buckingham Palace from a private house into a working royal residence
Last Supper in Pompeii at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford - This major exhibition will tell the story of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii’s love affair with food and wine
ARTIST ROOMS: Roy Lichtenstein at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool - the work of the pop art icon comes to the seaside
and finally
Get through the week by dreaming about these 7 new museums worth planning trips around according to Condé Nast Traveler. Happy reading.
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