insideKENT Magazine Issue 37 - April 2015 | Page 98

LONDONDAYSOUT

London's best spring exhibitions
WITH SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE CAPITAL, IT'S OFTEN A TASK IN ITSELF TO DECIDE
HOW BEST TO SPEND YOUR DAY OUT. AN EXHIBITION IS A SURE-FIRE WAY TO SPEND
A COUPLE OF CULTURAL HOURS IN LONDON, AND WITH THESE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
EXPOS KICKING OFF THIS SPRING, YOU WON'T NEED TO SEARCH FAR AND WIDE.
by Gemma Dunn

the global breadth of design talent, from some of the industry's biggest
names to those rising stars in need of a platform.

For the fashion-forward crowd...
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

www.designmuseum.org

For the art lovers...
The EY Exhibition: Sonia Delaunay

If you get tickets to one London exhibition this spring, make it this. From
14th March to 2nd August 2015, the prestigious V&A presents the only
major retrospective in Europe of the work of the visionary fashion designer,
Lee Alexander McQueen. One of the most innovative designers of his
generation, McQueen was celebrated for his extraordinary creative talent.
He combined a profound grasp of tailoring and eclectic range of influences
with a relentless pursuit to challenge the boundaries of art and fashion,
blending the latest technology with traditional craftsmanship.
Originated by the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York, Savage Beauty has been edited and expanded for the V&A’s
large exhibition galleries.
www.vam.ac.uk/savagebeauty

For the design led...
Designs of the Year Exhibition
10 100 1000 - A set of affordable stools made
in Mexico. Designer - La Metropolitanta,
Francisco Torres and Luis David Arrendondo

© Tate Photography

Sonia Delaunay, Prismes electriques
1914. Centre Pompidou Collection,
Mnam, Cci Paris. © Pracusa 2013057

Now in its eighth year, The Design Museum is celebrating the launch of its
aptly named Designs of the Year exhibition this spring, which will run from
25th March to 23rd August 2015.

Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) was a key
figure in the Parisian avant-garde, whose
vivid and colourful work spanned
painting, fashion and design. And this
spring, from 15th April to 9th August
2015, Tate Modern will present the
first UK retrospective to assess the
breadth of her vibrant artistic career,
from her early figurative painting in the
1900s to her energetic abstract work
in the 1960s.

This exhibition will offer a radical reassessment of Delaunay’s importance
as an artist, from her originality and creativity across the 20th century, to
her later becoming a champion for a new generation of artists and an
inspiring figure for creative practitioners to this day.

Boasting 76 nominations over six categories including fashion, architecture,
digital, graphics, product, and transport, the five-month-long expo honours
innovative design that 'promotes or delivers change, enables access,
extends practice or captures the spirit of the year'. More so, it represents

www.tate.org.uk

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