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Petersham Nurseries January Workshops

Petersham Nurseries are starting the year with a slew of new workshops that all sound very appealing. Book in and fill a dark January evening with a pasta masterclass in the Deli (16 and 30 January and 6, 13, 20 and 27 February, 6.30pm – 8.00pm, £65) or a Wine Tasting hosted by the Petersham Cellar where you’ll learn all about Italian wines (17 and 24 January and 7, 14, 21 February, 6.30pm – 8.00pm, £35).

There are also a new series of Mindfulness Events with happiness expert Palma Michel. Taking place in the morning, there’s Nourish Your Senses on 17 January 10-11.30am (£45), Introduction to Mindfulness on 12 February 8-9am (£30) and Come To Centre on 28 March 10-11.30am (£45). These all include a light breakfast.

Later in the spring the Urban School of Gardening Inspiration will open, with spring flower arranging, wreath-making and terrariums, and there will also be Tea Tastings at The Petersham. Book ahead.

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A Little Bird Book Club

It’s a new year, and rather than a whole heap of resolutions we’re starting just one new shiny thing: A Little Bird Book Club. Each month we’ll choose a new title and we hope you’ll read along with us before we review it four weeks later. The Club will be led by journalist and long-term A Little Bird contributor Alex Peake-Tomkinson, (you can read her book reviews and author interviews for The Economist, The Spectator, Toast, The Times Literary Supplement and many more here). We’ll have copies of each title to give away, and we do hope you’ll engage with us and leave your own thoughts and comments beneath our review posts every month.

January Book Club: Educated by Tara Westover

On the highway below, the school bus rolls past without stopping. I am only seven, but I understand that it is this fact, more than any other, that makes my family different: we do not go to school.

Memoir is having a moment and we’re delighted that the first book in our Club will be Tara Westover’s Educated. Born into a survivalist family in a Mormon pocket of Idaho, Tara Westover didn’t set foot in a classroom until she was 17, before going on to study at Harvard and Cambridge. Charting her incredible story about identity, belonging and what an education really offers, the book has topped bestseller lists for months on end and has been lauded by critics, as well as loved by Barack Obama who called Westover personally to tell her he’d put her book on his Summer Reading list in 2018. We loved Elizabeth Day’s interview with the author that you can find on her podcast How To Fail.

We’ll be reviewing the book in our newsletter on Thursday 7 February. Please read with us so that you can add to the conversation, or enter our competition to win a copy here:

 

 

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Romola Garai, Rhys Ifans and Juliet Stevenson at the Poetry Gala 2019

Book your tickets now to hear top actors reciting the world’s favourite poems at this Poetry Gala from Platform Presents. The event at the Playhouse Theatre will raise funds for a new Playwright’s Prize. Readers include Juliet Stevenson, Rhys Ifans, Denise Gough, Jason Watkins, Romola Garai, Tobias Menzies, Kyle Soller, Lindsay Duncan, James Massiah, Phoebe Fox, Danny Kirrane, Adrianna Bertola, Dougray Scott, Genevieve O’Reilly, John Standing, Jaime Winstone, Nicholas Pinnock, Gala Gordon, Paapa Essiedu, George Mackay, Emily Berrington, Sebastian de Souza and many more.

 

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The Favourite review

Olivia Colman’s Golden Globe win on Sunday night may have alerted you to the fact that her performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite is very special indeed. If you feel you can’t stomach another chocolate-box period drama then fear not because The Favourite is anything but. Olivia Colman is Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714, but has not heretofore seemed ripe for drama in the way that monarchs such as Queen Victoria or George III have. In an inspired script by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, we can see just how wrong this misapprehension was.

Colman’s Anne is mercurial, corpulent and gout-ridden. She is often monstrous but Colman is beady enough to locate the tragedy in her character as well as displaying her generosity and appealing sense of mischief. She owns 17 rabbits, each one a symbol of her 17 pregnancies (“Some were born as blood, some without breath, and some were with me a very brief time”).

Anne is not a canny ruler and relies on the utterly capable Lady Sarah Churchill, played by Rachel Weisz, her friend and lover. Sarah tells Anne when her maquillage makes her look like a badger, tends the sores on her legs by massaging them and advises her on matters of state as well as joining her in the royal four-poster bed.

Sarah’s impoverished cousin Abigail Hill, played by Emma Stone, soon arrives at court face down in dirt and this is when the fun really begins. Nicholas Hoult, as leader of the Opposition in a preposterous wig, tells Abigail “Favour is a breeze that shifts all the time” and the newcomer and her cousin are soon engaged in a battle for the queen’s affections. Men are only ever a sideshow in a film that absolutely romps through the Bechdel Test – the women in this film so far from talking about men, only talk about each other unless they are discussing the war with France or the land tax. The sheer brio of the three lead performers is staggering and one can’t help but notice how much more fun Weisz seems to be having than in the recent Disobedience where her lesbian love affair was of a far gloomier kind.

There is a kind of Alice in Wonderland quality to The Favourite, enhanced by a terrifically off-kilter soundtrack of Handel and Elton John, as well as Robbie Ryan’s wide-angled, dizzying cinematography. There hasn’t been a costume drama like it since Peter Greenaway’s The Draughtsman’s Contract. The three women are dressed in monochrome throughout by the brilliant costume designer Sandy Powell. When Abigail first attends the Queen in her bedchamber, she is seen in a white nightgown but as she gains ascendance and the triumvirate engage in a power triangle, they all wear mixed black and white outfits. The rabbits, incidentally, also conform to this monochrome palette. If all this sounds ridiculous well, it partly is, but it also manages to be rivetingly entertaining and surprisingly moving. And who, after all, could fail to love a film that lists a cast member as “Nude Pomegranate Tory”?

Do leave a comment below and let us know what you thought of The Favourite, we’d love to hear from you.

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Our Favourite Brunch Spots

Make plans for a lazy brunch at the weekend with this guide to London’s best:

Best for Anything on Toast: Brick House 

Dulwich and Peckham-ites will be familiar with Brick House, the award-winning bakery renowned for its San Francisco sourdough. As of last summer they also do a roaring brunch trade at their two bakeries from 8am in East Dulwich and 9am in Peckham Rye. There’s a tasty menu but it’s hard to beat the simple toast with butter and their seasonal Brick House jam. brickhousebread.com

Best Newcomer: Rovi

Ottolenghi’s new Fitzrovia restaurant is on everyone’s radar, but many people don’t know they serve the most delicious breakfast menu too. Similar to NOPI, there’s a middle-eastern slant on the dishes that include Iranian Fritters and poached eggs that come sitting on a bed of butternut hummus, tomato and chilli and can be scooped up with a warm za’atar flatbread – completely delicious. Sit close to the wood fire and watch aubergines smoking and the chefs doing their thing in the kitchen. Plus, for anyone doing dry January the drinks menu includes delicious juices, kombucha and an alcohol-free G & Teetotal house cocktail made with juniper tincture, citrus, light tonic water. 8.30-11am Monday – Friday, 9-11.30am weekends. ottolenghi.co.uk/rovi

Best for January: Bombay Bustle Wellness Brunch

Dishoom have to be credited for bringing the Indian take on brunch to London, and their legendary bacon naan is still hard to beat. This January Bombay Bustle are getting a foot in with the launch of their new Wellness Brunch which combines a yoga class at The Ady Centre with a healthy brunch afterwards which features dishes like Tandoor Spiced Halloumi and warm lentil salad. Every Saturday from 12 Jan – 23 Feb, yoga 9-10am. It is possible to just join for brunch at 10am-12pm, £28 including yoga. bombaybustle.com

Best Classic: 45 Jermyn Street 

For glamour in the heart of Mayfair head to 45 Jermyn Street that has transformed Fortnum’s former Fountain tearoom into a chic and buzzy restaurant. The interiors are luxurious – marble counter-tops and red banquette seating – and the menu is classic British breakfast. Order the Orkney Kipper with Lemon or the Marmite Crumpets with Eggs and a cup of tea – Fortnum’s finest loose-leaf of course. 45jermynst.com

Best for Porridge: 26 Grains

Proper porridge topped with all kinds of delicious things like Blood Orange Curd, Sesame Brittle, Yoghurt and Nordic Pear and Cacao Crumbles. It’s not just porridge either – try the sourdough topped with seasonal winter stew and crème fraîche and look out for weekend specials. The Neal’s Yard location makes it irresistibly pretty too. Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, Sat 9am-4pm and Sun 10am-4pm, 26grains.com

Best for Groups: Hoppers St Christopher’s Place

It’s notoriously difficult to get a table at Hoppers’ tiny strip of a restaurant in Soho. Get the Sri Lankan experience at their St. Christopher’s Place restaurant instead where they’ve just launched a Sunday family-style brunch. The whole table shares lots of little dishes, things like devilled chicken sausage and punchy green peppercorn squid and their classic egg hoppers washed down with Arrack punch. Sunday’s only from 12pm, brunch must be ordered by the entire table to share. hopperslondon.com

Best for Pastries: Jolene

For a perfectly flaky and buttery croissant, a pilgrimage to East London’s Jolene is in order. Opening last September the hipster bakery and restaurant focusses entirely on grains. Whilst the restaurant is open in the evening, the best time of day to visit is first thing for all sorts of pastries including pain au chocolate, almond croissants, cinnamon buns, financiers and madeleines. From 9am (10am Sunday’s) jolenen16.com

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This Much I Know

If there is one Instagram feed you need to follow this year, it’s This Much I know.  Set up by our former Vogue colleague, Emily Sheffield, a longtime journalist (she currently writes a column for The Evening Standard and is a commentator for Sky News), who spotted a gap in the news provider market.   If you’ve ever felt guilty at the time spent scrolling through your Insta feed, This Much I Know will help you keep you up to date on important news, providing a daily briefing with 5 top need-to-know stories by 9am, plus special reports, deep dives, culture and news quizzes. Here Emily tells us more about the feed and why she set it up.

What did you do before you set up TMIK?

Before TMIK, I was the Deputy Editor and Digital Director of British Vogue, plus Acting Editor in Chief. I have twenty five years journalistic experience and began my career at The Guardian aged 22 as a columnist and Features Assistant.

Why did you set it up?

I set TMIK up because of my own frustrations with main stream media. I felt many big brands just didn’t speak to me anymore; they lacked the dynamism we were seeing elsewhere on social media. They (ie mainstream media) weren’t talking enough about topics I care and others care about – the environment etc and they talked down to millennials, writing them off as snowflakes. Plus the main stream brands felt overwhelmingly middle-aged and white, with nearly all media companies still edited and overseen by men, with women in a secondary position.

I also felt that the way some of the great conversations I was seeing happening on Instagram, at fashion sites like Man Repeller, were pulling their followers into a community and they were really compelling.  I imagined applying that to news.

Also, we lost the Brexit Vote and I think that was partly because Remainers did not manage to reach young Millennials and that the older Brexit dominated news outlets like the Daily Mail won the day because their middle-aged audience was effectively messaged.

At the moment it is only on Instagram, what are you hoping to do next?

We want to build an audience on Instagram, it also means I don’t have to raise so much money in the beginning but we are looking to move to an App in the future, which reflects some of what live reporting Stories on Instagram can achieve, plus lots of live talks and debates. But the goals move so fast, we don’t want to promise exactly what we will be doing in three years because we want to remain nimble. Even tomorrow, a new invention for telling stories may sweep everything aside. With all media, the challenge is persuading people you are worth paying for, as media needs money for good journalism and advertising is not a safe model for news companies anymore. Journalists need paying. It is vital for society.

How can readers get in involved with TMIK?

Readers can get involved by following us on Instagram @thismuchiknowglobal and as an organisation we consistently ask your opinion, for feedback and for what stories you want more information on. Many of our followers put me in touch with people who help us, they are extremely engaged and I hope that is because we are not talking down to our readers but saying this is a conversation – our approach is more humble; hence the title, This Much I Know. None of us are all-knowing. We can only try and sift through facts and form opinion on knowledge and experience. And the more voices in that conversation, the better!

Which websites do you look at everyday?

I don’t look at many websites, except if Twitter or a newsletter takes me there. I largely look at Apps I have on my phone and I am signed up to many emails, from media organisations around the world, from the Atlantic, to CNN, to Skimm, Business of Fashion and Al Jazeera.

Which Instagram accounts do you like?

@ManRepeller; @PaperMagazine; @Politico; @TheEconomist; @JessicaYellin (former CNN Chief White House Correspondent); Also @Betches because it’s so funny; @JulieAdenuga (amazing Apple Music presenter on Beats Radio; @GalDemzine and @ABCNews…. I’m also on twitter a lot but it can be a very aggressive place and I have increasingly noticed how many Bots are operating on my feed.

What were the last 3 favourite books that you read?

I am reading now and have read Joan Dideon’s South and West, stories from her early journalism, Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for a 21st Century because it’s important to think about the bigger picture (though I think he is a little negative) and Haruki Murakami’s new book, Killing Commendatore, which I bought in hard back (from my local book store) as the cover design is so beautiful and I have always treasured beautiful hardback books as works of art.

Why do you think it’s so important that TMIK involves women talking to women?

The site is not aimed at just women but it is aimed at having global conversations and activating female voices around the globe. I think we often fall into spirals of our own lives because that is what is reflected in the media all around us. There are huge changes here in the UK benefitting women and I do sometimes think that activists for change spin too hard on details here in the West, ignoring the VAST challenges women are still facing around the globe. And it is turning women and men off the feminist message – we need to activate more voices globally and try and help make changes around the world too. Then people remember the fight is far from over for equality. Only recently, Dr Denis Mugwege received a Nobel prize for his work helping women who have been brutally raped in war, as rape is still used as a weapon in wars all around the world. He lamented only recently that the world media and world leaders did so little to help. And if we think how much news was given to Weinstein. It deserved attention and change but there are also many other horrendous attacks on women around the world and it is our job in the media to keep those stories in the news to help force change.

What are you looking forward to this year?

Raising the funding for TMIK so I can start employing the many great voices I know out there to start changing the way we tell the news, share the news and activate meaningful conversation and change.

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Modicum Skincare

Vegan, organic, sustainably-packaged. These tags have become the must-have’s for any beauty brand launching in 2019. Yet at Modicum (meaning a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable) the ‘natural’ credentials run deep, right into the very ethos of the brand. A small company based in 1000 Islands, Upstate New York, Modicum has slowly gathered a cult following (GOOP and US Vogue were early fans) with its range of just 6 products all made from plant extracts. The ingredients sound wonderful and include birch sap, aloe vera leaf juice, sea water, black cumin seed oil and rose dimiscus, but do they actually work?

With very sensitive skin I’m often hesitant to try new beauty products but was reassured by Modicum’s passionate founder, Monica, that these would be healing and calming rather than abrasive. When the package arrives it feel luxurious and medicinal in equal measure; the small glass vials held neatly in a white muslin bag. I trialled the Essential Cleanser, Essential Exfoliant (satisfying to use), the Birch Tree Water Spritz and the Essential Serum that can be used instead of a moisturiser. All of these are unisex, including the smell which is like a fresh spritz of the forest. Straight away my skin felt peachy clean, but the benefits really became clear after a few weeks, with less redness and an overall healthy glow.

Out of all these the wonder product is definitely the Birch Tree Water Spritz, which not only feels incredibly refreshing but contains Astaxanthin (Red Algae) to protect against UV exposure and environmental pollution. It is also one of the strongest antioxidants – 6000 times stronger than Vitamin C, 550 times stronger than Vitamin E and 800 times stronger than CoQ10 so your skin appears more youthful and radiant. You can spritz it 2-3 times a day, for an instant boost.

The company launched in the US last year, but have just become available in the UK via amazon. A Travel Kit containing the Cleanser, Exfoliant and Serum costs £65, with our wonder product, the Birch Tree Spritz £22 for 30ml.

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Win Tickets to Hear Malala Yousafzai at the Barbican

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai scarcely needs an introduction. After speaking out against the Taliban and advocating publicly for girls’ education Malala survived a brutal attack aged just 15. Thankfully she made a full recovery, continuing her fight, co-founding the Malala Fund, a charity building a global movement of support for girls’ education. This January 11th, Malala will be live on stage at the Barbican speaking about her new book, We Are Displaced and sharing the stories of some of the refugees and displaced girls and women in the book. The book also draws on her own childhood experiences of displacement as an Internally Displaced Person in Pakistan.

The evening talk in association with Guardian Live has already sold out, but we have a pair of tickets plus two copies of the book We are Displaced to give away to one lucky A Little Bird reader. To enter fill simply fill in the form below and the winner will be chosen at random by 5pm on 7 January 2019.  Please note that the tickets and books will be available to pick up directly from The Barbican.

 

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Scribble & Daub Personalised Christmas Cards at the Conran Shop

Illustrator Caroline Kent, founder of Scribble & Daub will be at The Conran Shop, Marylebone on Thursday 13 December from 4-7pm painting and personalising Christmas cards. Each card costs £6 with all profits being given to Help Refugees. Find out more here.

There are also plenty of wonderful pre-designed Christmas cards available to buy including the festive collection in collaboration with Le Bon Marché at the Scribble & Daub online shop until 16th December while stocks last. Use code ‘ALITTLEBIRD’ at the checkout to get a 5th card entirely free when you order 4 or more.

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Christmas Baking: Panettone Cake and Mince Pie Brownies

Here we share two Christmas recipes, the first comes from one of our favourite cookbooks of the year, Skye McAlpine’s A Table in Venice:

Torta di Panettone e Crema di Mascarpone e Mandorle

This is what you might call gilding the proverbial lily – but then a lot of that has gone on in Venice over the centuries. In truth, a really good panettone, light, airy and fresh from the baker, should be eaten as it is with a glass of dessert wine.

More often than not, though, the panettone we buy in boxes could do with a little extra something.

This is a wonderful way to make use of a slightly stale panettone. You simply layer it with a thick almond and mascarpone buttercream, then decorate it like a cake. Once iced, it should really be eaten within a day.

For 10

250g salted butter, softened 500g icing sugar

320g mascarpone, at room temperature

100g ground almonds

1 panettone (about 1kg)

3 glacé cherries, to decorate a small handful of bayleaves, to decorate

Beat the butter with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Sift in half the icing sugar and be at until well combined. Add the remaining icing sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in the mascarpone until just combined, taking care not to overbeat or the mixture will become grainy and lumpy. Stir in the ground almonds.

Using a bread knife, slice off the ‘muffin top’ from the panettone to create a level surface; discard the trimmings (if I don’t gobble them up there and then, I cut them into small fingers to serve for breakfast or afternoon tea). Peel away the wrapping around the sides of the panettone, then cut horizontally through the middle with the bread knife to create 2 or 3 tiers of cake. How many will depend on the height of your panettone; some are a little taller and comfortably allow for 3 layers, while others are more squat and allow for 2.

Place the bottom layer of panettone on a cake stand or serving dish and spread a generous dollop of the mascarpone and almond cream on top. Top with the second layer of panettone (and repeat with a third layer, if you have one). Spread the last of the cream over the top and sides, then decorate with the glacé cherries and bayleaves.

A Table in Venice: Recipes from my Home by Skye McAlpine (Bloomsbury, £26) is out now.

The second Christmas recipe for mince pie brownies comes straight from Tom De Keyser, head chef at The Coach, Marlow:

Mince Pie Brownies

These are a fun alternative to mince pies as they are quicker and easier to make.

300g 70% Dark Chocolate

250g Diced Unsalted Butter

400g Caster Sugar

150g Plain Flour

50g Cocoa Powder

5x Whole Eggs

½ tsp Baking Powder

¼ tsp Salt

4 tbsp Mincemeat

Melt the chocolate and the diced butter together, allow to cool slightly.

Whilst this is cooling beat your sugar and eggs together in a separate bowl, until pale and fluffy.

Beat in your chocolate butter to your bowl of eggs and sugar. Sift in the flour and cocoa powder, add your salt and baking powder. Fold in the mincemeat. Spoon into a tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180/160 fan/Gas mark 4.

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Our Favourite Winter Walks and Pubs with Open Fires

London at Christmas is blissfully quiet; make the most of the empty city by getting outdoors for a wintry walk followed by a Bloody Mary at the pub. These are our favourites:

Primrose Hill and The Queens 

There’s no beating the view from the top of Primrose Hill. Stomp off all those calories and then head to newly re-furbed The Queen’s for a mulled wine by the fire. Open every day 11am-11pm including Christmas day (noon-5pm only) and Boxing day (noon-11pm). thequeensprimrosehill.co.uk

Coal Drops Yard to Little Venice and the Warwick Castle 

If you’re feeling really sprightly, you could start the day with breakfast at the new Coal Drops Yard in Kings Cross and then follow the Regent’s Canal towpath all the way up past Camden Lock, past London Zoo and along the top of Regent’s Park and down to Little Venice. The Warwick Castle with its large working fireplace is the place to recover. warwickcastlemaidavale.com

Ravenscourt Park and the Angelsea Arms

Ravenscourt Park is perfect for those with children, with four different adventure play areas that vary by age group. There’s also a small lake for feeding the ducks. The nearby Angelsea Arms is cosy and welcoming with a roaring fire. As well as their usual opening hours they’ll be open for lunch too from 10-31 December. Booking ahead advised. angleseaarmspub.co.uk

Kensington Gardens and the Churchill Arms 

Peek through the gates of Kensington Palace, do a lap of the Round Pond and end up at the Churchill Arms on Kensington Church Street. No fire, but this is the pub that goes all-out with its flowers in the summer and turns to Christmas trees in December – nearly one hundred of them! The renowned Thai food will make a welcome change after all that turkey. churchillarmskensington.co.uk

Hampstead Heath and The Holly Bush

A Dickensian pub in one of the prettiest parts of London. Get lost on Hampstead Heath and then find your way back to the Holly Bush. If you’d like to eat (upmarket gastro food with a festive menu in December) then book ahead. hollybushhampstead.co.uk

Wimbledon Common and The Crooked Billet

Almost like being in the countryside, take the dogs for a long walk on Wimbledon Common and then retreat into the cosy Crooked Billet which is more than dog-friendly, providing special doggie treats for wagging tails. thecrookedbilletwimbledon.com

The Thames and The Dove

Head to the river and blow away the cobwebs with a long walk by the water. Start at Hammersmith and follow the river all the way to Barnes Bridge on the south side, cross over next to the railway line, returning on the north side to the Dove. The loop takes just over an hour and your reward is one of the river’s cosiest pubs with an open fire.

St James’ Park and The Grenadier 

Start in St James’ Park at the Mall entrance, do a lap of the lake crossing at the bridge in the middle with its iconic views – one way towards Westminster and the London Eye and the other towards Buckingham Palace. Then move up to Green Park – and if you’ve still got the energy, Hyde Park too. The Grenadier, hidden up a cobbled street is a former officers’ mess that’s now a London institution. No fire, but very good food and a cosy atmosphere to make up for it. grenadierbelgravia.com

Victoria Park and the People’s Park Tavern 

East London’s largest park is surrounded by great pubs. The People’s Park Tavern spills out practically into the park itself in summer, but in winter nab a chesterfield and settle in by the open fire. Order a People’s Pint, made at the on-site brewery. If you have dogs, another good option in the area – especially for food – is Hector and Noble.

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Book now for the best art shows of 2019

2019 is already looking like a stellar year but you’ll have to get booking if you don’t want to miss out. Here are some of our top tips:

Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory at Tate Modern (23 January – 6 May 2019)

The first major exhibition of Bonnard in the UK for 20 years is sure to reinstate him as one of the early twentieth century’s greatest colourists, alongside Matisse. Don’t miss a talk by author Sheila Heti on the show on 18 March 2019.

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, V&A (Opening 2 February 2019)

We advise that you book your tickets now to this highly anticipated show which will trace the history, impact and relationship with Britain of the fashion house, Dior, from 1947 to present day.

Jeff Koons, The Ashmolean (7 February – 9 June 2019)

This major exhibition of the work of Jeff Koons (b. 1955), curated by Koons himself together with guest curator Norman Rosenthal, will feature 17 works, 14 of which have never been exhibited in the UK before.

Diane Arbus: In the Beginning, Hayward Gallery (13 February – 6 May 2019)

This exhibition is the first solo show of Arbus’ photographic work in the UK for 12 years and covers the first 7 years of her career, from 1956 – 1962. Organised by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, it features more than 100 photographs, many of which have never before been exhibited in Europe.

Van Gogh, Tate Britain (27 March – 11 August 2019)

Presenting the largest collection of works by Van Gogh in over a decade, this show reveals how he was inspired by both Britain and British artists.  Of the 45 paintings in the exhibition, showstoppers include Sunflowers and Starry Night on the Rhone.

Leonardo Da Vinci: A life in Drawing at The Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace (24 May – 13 October 2019)

Over 200 drawings will be shown in this must-see show, the largest exhibition of Da Vinci’s work in over 65 years.

Cindy Sherman, National Portrait Gallery (27 June – 15 September 2019)

A major new retrospective from the American contemporary artist including over 150 works, some never shown in the public gallery before.

Olafur Eliasson, Tate Modern (11 July 2019 – 5 January 2020)

If you loved Eliasson’s 2003 The Weather Project, don’t miss this major survey of his career.

Tim Walker, V&A (Opening 21 September 2019)

You can’t book tickets yet but we can’t wait for this immersive look at the imaginative, fantastical worlds of fashion photographer Tim Walker.

Elizabeth Peyton, National Portrait Gallery (3 October 2019 – 5 January 2020)

A selection of the American Artist’s best portraits from the last two decades.  Free entrance.

Gauguin Portraits, National Gallery (7 October 109 – 26 January 2020)

The first ever exhibition dedicated to his portraits, keep your eyes peeled for when tickets go on sale next year.

Bridget Riley, Hayward Gallery  (23 October 2019 – 26 January 2020)

One of Britain’s most popular painters gets a major retrospective exhibition, the first for over 16 years.

 

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