Featuring photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection, this show presents an unparalleled selection of the world's leading photographers, including Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, and Herb Ritts. Themes explored include reportage, celebrity, fashion, and the male figure.
Pairing Goya’s Los Disparates (The Follies) with Rego’s complete Nursery Rhymes, a series of over 30 etchings and aquatints, this exhibition explores how two artists living a century apart resorted to similar visual motifs and narrative devices. Both artists also relied themes like absurdity and satire, folklore, humor, violence, and the supernatural.
Rather than a single trade route from East to West, the Silk Roads were made up of overlapping networks linking communities across Asia, Africa, and Europe. Including objects from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan that have never been seen in the UK, this major exhibition unravels how the journeys of people, objects, and ideas shaped culture and history.
From the late 1970s to 2012, experimental artist Mike Kelley made a diverse body of work using drawing, collage, performance, found objects, and video. Spanning Kelley’s entire career, this is the first major UK exhibition of the artist.
Featuring for the first time in a decade the masterpiece “The Madonna and Child with Saints” (also called “The Vision of Saint Jerome”), this exhibit explores Parmigianino's creative process.
This is the first exhibition of its kind, exploring the extraordinary career of supermodel Naomi Campbell. Through the work of leading global designers and photographers, the show celebrates her creative collaborations, activism, and cultural impact.
With over 200 works, this show marks the first major exhibition of Ithell Colquhoun. The British artist, writer, and occultist was known for her surrealist pieces, exploring myth and magic.
This exhibition examines how Brazilian artists created a new type of modern art during the early 20th century from many everyday influences including the Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian experiences.
This exhibit celebrates multi-talented artist Leigh Bowery who was known for embracing the unconventional through fashion, performances, and more. On display are Bowery’s looks alongside other artist collaborations.
The first of the Design Museum's PLATFORM initiative to expand showcases of leading contemporary designers and studios. On display is the work of multi-disciplinary designer Bethan Laura Wood, including her ceramics, textiles, furniture, and lighting.
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