A unique observing session. The programme includes a planetarium show, some time on the prime meridian with a glass of bubbly and astronomers to hand, and a chance to look through the 18-tonne Victorian telescope.
An Evening With The Stars
February 14th
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
You can read more about the program at this page.
If you are looking for a special and romantic and nice program for the early evening on Valentines Day, why not visit the Museum of London. They have a program named “Pleasure Garden Ball” going on, and this is the official description of the evening:
“Enjoy a night of dancing, drinking and decadence as we recreate Georgian London’s quintessential pastime – the pleasure garden. Learn to dance with an 18th century girl band, watch risqué poetry and theatrical performances, discover dandy fashion, then design and wear your own alluring masquerade mask. Costumes are encouraged but not required!”
Because of this the museum will close at 6pm and re-open for the evening program at 6.45pm.
Pleasure garden ball
Tue 14 Feb, 6.45-9.45pm
Museum of London
Lucian Freud once said that ‘I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories.’
That is the background for this exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery in London which can be seen between February 9th and May 27th in 2012. More information on the exhibition can be found under the image (the official press information on the exhibition).
Lucian Freud portraits
February 9th – May 27th, 2012
National Portrait Gallery
More information on the exhibition:
Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011) was one of the most important and influential artists of his generation. Paintings of people were central to his work and this major exhibition, spanning over seventy years, is the first to focus on his portraiture.
Produced in close collaboration with the late Lucian Freud, the exhibition concentrates on particular periods and groups of sitters which illustrate Freud’s stylistic development and technical virtuosity. Insightful paintings of the artist’s lovers, friends and family, referred to by the artist as the ‘people in my life’, will demonstrate the psychological drama and unrelenting observational intensity of his work.
Featuring over 100 works from museums and private collections throughout the world, some of which have never been seen before, this is an unmissable opportunity to experience the work of one of the world’s greatest artists.
If you are interested in some nice paintings and history, check out this exhibition available in the National Gallery between march 14th and June 5th in 2012. Read more about London museums.
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
14 March – 5 June 2012
Sainsbury Wing
Admission Charge
Turner admired Claude most of all the Old Masters and enthused about the quality of light in the artist’s Italian landscapes. On his death, Turner left the National Gallery ‘Dido building Carthage’ and ‘Sun rising through Vapour: Fishermen cleaning and selling Fish’ in his will on condition that they were hung between two pictures by Claude, which he named as ‘The Seaport’ (‘Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba’) and ‘The Mill’ (‘Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca’). This exhibition brings together other closely related works by both artists, many of which share the same theme, giving visitors a chance to appreciate fully the enormous influence Claude’s mastery of light and landscape had on Turner from his formative years until the end of his life.
‘Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude’ is the most in-depth examination to date of Turner’s experience of Claude’s art and includes oils, watercolours and sketchbooks. It also introduces visitors to the story of the Turner Bequest and its importance in the history of the National Gallery, with the final room of the show exhibiting archive material dedicated to this relationship.
‘Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude’ is a National Gallery exhibition created in collaboration with Tate Britain.
The title of an exhibition that has been on for quite a while in the British Museum in London is “The cost of living in Roman and modern Britain.” It was opened in August 2012 and will be available in room 69A in the British Museum until April 15th, 2012. This small display looks at the similarities and differences between the cost of everyday living in Britain about 2,000 years ago and today. These changes are shown through comparing things like wages, property, food, clothing, gambling, entertainment and travel, revealing how much of the average wage was spent on these items both in the past and today.
The cost of living in Roman and modern Britain
British Museum
August 2011 – April 15th, 2012
