London Winter and Spring Events
There's a very contrasting list of things to do and see in London this winter and next spring, from Buckingham Palace via brothels to Kylie Minogue's pants
The first English settlement in North America, artist William Hogarth & Kylie Minogue all feature in events in London’s museums & galleries in the autumn-spring period
To mark the 400th anniversary in May of the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia, the Museum in Docklands is hosting an exhibition celebrating the importance of London and Londoners to this event. Journey to the New World: London 1606-Virginia 1607 (November 23 2006-May 13 2007) will use clothes and coins, prints and maps and maritime instruments to help illustrate the story of the settlement. Open daily, adults £5 (US$9.50). Visit the website: www.museumindocklands.org.uk
Another exhibition, at the British Museum, is looking at the earliest visual records of the flora, fauna and people of America. A New World: England’s first view of America (March 15-June 17 2007) displays some 70 watercolours by John White which gave Elizabethan England its first view of America. Open daily, adults £7 (US$13). Visit the website: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk.
The most comprehensive exhibition for 30 years of the work of the artist William Hogarth opens at Tate Britain (February 7-April 29 2007). It examines Hogarth's whole range of work from elegant conversational pieces to salacious brothel scenes and highlights his contribution to the development of British modern art. Open daily, adults £10 (US$19). Visit the website: www.tate.org.uk
The first ever exhibition of fans from the Royal Collection will be on display at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace (November 17 2006- February 11 2007). Unfolding Pictures: Fans in the Royal Collection brings together over 80 examples of fans from the early 17th century to the 1930s, passed down through the royal family and used at weddings, christenings and coronations including a leather fan said to have belonged to King Charles I. Open daily, adults £7.50 (US$14.25)7. Visit the website: www.royalcollection.org.uk
Kylie Minogue’s gold lame hotpants form part of the display in a free exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Kylie (February 8-June 10 2007) examines the Australian performer and style icon with 45 costumes, accessories and images. Open daily, free. Visit the website: www.vam.ac.uk.
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