For #MondaysAreBrutal we are highlighting brutalist moments shaped by through movement 📸 🏢
🎭 As a multi-arts venue, our stage holds many dancers and performers every month - but less frequently do we highlight those dancing around our estate for the love of it 🏢
⭐️ Thank you to our talented contributors this week - discover their profiles below
@ewa.emini@ngoldphotography@lauramgallant@rafal.minkiewicz@daniellamaydance1
✨ To feature next week, tag us in #MondaysAreBrutal
July is your final month to catch Ranjani Shettar’s breathtaking installation in our Conservatory✨
‘Cloud songs on the horizon’ celebrates the wonder and complexity of nature through a series of handcrafted sculptures suspended amongst the greenery🌱
Free to wander and explore on Fridays and Sundays until Sun 28 Jul🗓️
Commissioned in partnership with @knmaindia
Our brutalist Art Gallery has been transformed into a vast cinematic playground celebrating the universality and ingenuity of play✨
Step inside and discover multi-screen installations showing children’s games from around the world – watch the films or join in with the fun📽️🌍
In his largest UK exhibition in almost fifteen years, ‘Ricochets’ centres around @francis_alys_official ‘s critically acclaimed ‘Children’s Games’ series, along with an expansive body of paintings and new animations🖼️🎨
📆Open now in our Art Gallery from 27 Jun–1 Sep, children go free!
Yorgos Lanthimos joined us last night for a ScreenTalk for his new film Kinds of Kindness 🎬
Watch him discuss intention as a director versus the freedom of the audience to interpret a film’s meaning💭 ✨
Yorgos was joined on stage by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, who both star in the triptych absurdist drama📽️ 🎞️
Watch our full ScreenTalk on our website on Friday, then catch the film in our cinema!🍿
📢This competition is now closed. We have contacted the winner to notify them that they have won the prize.
🏆 For this week’s #MondaysAreBrutal , we are giving away a two medium framed custom prints for you and your brutalist bestie 💛🌆
⭐️ To win, tag a pal + your favourite spot in our building in the comments 👀 You have until Sunday 11.59pm to enter and we’ll contact the winner next Monday 💨
🖼️ Our new Custom Print Collection features the earliest photographs captured of our building, including those taken by photographer Peter Bloomfield ⬆️
🚲 As a school boy, Peter rode his bike around the City’s WWII bomb sites. Years later, he was commissioned to photograph the final stages of our building, built upon that same rubble. These images were only rediscovered in 2016, taken on 6x7 film, the largest available at the time, and titled “Building the Brutal” 📸
🔗 To see the latest prints we have on offer, see our shop in the linkinbio 🏢 Or if you’d like to learn more about Peter Bloomfield and our buildings history, head to our @googleartsandculture pages ⬆️
🎼 We met @shekukannehmason for a mesmerising moment before his recital with @isatakannehmason in our Hall a few weeks ago 🎻🎟️
🏴 This arrangement of Myfanwy, originally written by Welsh composer Joseph Parry, created a perfect sea of calm before the concert ⭐️
🎵 Sheku returns to our Hall in October, performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 2 with the incredible @sinfonia_of_london and conductor John Wilson 🎹
⬆️ Discover more classical shows in our linkinbio 🔗
Legendary sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque recently performed Philip Glass’s Cocteau Trilogy for two pianos in our Hall🎹✨
During the performance an impressive chandelier was suspended above the stage and fragrance diffused into the auditorium to bring an additional dimension of bespoke lighting and fragrance design by @maisonfranciskurkdjian to the performance🎆💫
Here is a Timelapse of the intricate chandelier being assembled by our brilliant stage and tech team🤩⚡️
The iconic @officialbethgibbons graced our stage last week to perform her spectacular new album, Lives Outgrown✨🎵
The former Portishead artist spent a decade shaping this solo record, experimenting with sound through found objects. The result is an extraordinary melding of genres, translating into a captivating performance🎸 💫
Who else was there for the encore?!😎
It was a star-studded turnout for our opening night of theatre show Kiss Me, Kate last night💋⭐
Some of the most loved faces in Britain graced our red carpet to see the electrifying show of the summer! ✨🎭
Looks like they loved it, as the cast were met with a standing ovation!🎉
📅 Want to see what the fuss is about? Catch the show before Sat 14 September!
