Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again in Los Angeles
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6 exciting ways to spend your February

February 04, 2020

As it’s a leap year you have a whole extra day to enjoy February this year, giving you even more reason to get lots of interesting dates in your diary. Here’s a selection to inspire you.
Ascot
Until March 22

Painting by the Thames: Swan Upping at Cookham

Don’t miss the chance to see Swan Upping at Cookham while it’s back home. On loan from the Tate, Stanley Spencer’s masterpiece is the focal point of this nostalgic exhibition, which is a vivid celebration of the 100th anniversary of the painting’s completion. It’s showcased alongside other works inspired by the Thames, including one rarely seen in public.

Stanley Spencer Gallery, High St, Cookham, SL6 9SJ
+44 (0)1628 531 092
stanleyspencer.org.uk

 

View from Cookham Bridge
Estate of Stanley Spencer and Bridgeman Images 2019
London
Uncle Vanya Ensemble
Muse Creative Communications / Seamus Ryan
Until May 2

Uncle Vanya

Olivier Award-winner Conor McPherson’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya promises to be another smash hit from the team behind Jerusalem and The River. Anton Chekhov’s stunning story of thwarted passion and frustrated ambition is directed by Ian Rickson and stars British legend Toby Jones in the titular role and Richard Armitage as the brooding doctor Astrov.

Harold Pinter Theatre, Panton St, London SW1Y 4DN
+44 (0)844 871 7615
atgtickets.com

Los Angeles
Until February 16

Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again

I Will Greet the Sun Again is the largest exhibition of Iranian artist Shirin Neshat’s prolific career to date. Through hundreds of works, visitors are immersed in Neshat’s poetic worlds and their themes of identity and exile. Contemplate more than 230 photographs, eight video installations, and four galleries of works never before seen in the US.

The Broad, 221 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
+1 213 232 6200
thebroad.org

Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again in Los Angeles
Courtesy of Shirin Neshat and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Milan
La Scala in Milan
La Scala in Milan
February 10 – 14

Eliahu Inbal

Acclaimed Israeli conductor Eliahu Inbal is taking to the stage of La Scala for three hotly anticipated performances as part of the theatre’s symphonic season. The internationally renowned conductor leads the Filarmonica della Scala in a rendition of Anton Bruckner’s work of soaring ambition and immeasurable emotion, Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major.

Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici 2, 20121 Milan
+39 02 7200 3744
teatroallascala.org

Paris
Until February 24

Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World

Architect, artist, visionary, pioneer of 20th century design: Charlotte Perriand was all those things and more, and this exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton aims to showcase and celebrate all her facets. Marking the 20th anniversary of her passing, Inventing a New World is both a tribute to the artist and a call to look to the future through her eyes.

Fondation Louis Vuitton, 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris
+33 (0)1 40 69 96 00
fondationlouisvuitton.fr

Charlotte Perriand Reception room, paris
AChP
Rome
A man who suddenly fell over by michael andrews in the Tate, London
Tate 2019
Until February 23

Bacon, Freud and the School of London

The Chiostro del Bramante is hosting a sweeping exhibition dedicated to Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and some of the biggest names to emerge from the British capital, including artists Kossoff, Auerbach and Rego. Over 70 years of works exploring the human condition are on display in this star-studded show, on loan from the Tate.

Chiostro del Bramante, Arco della Pace 5, 00186 Rome
+39 06 6880 9035
chiostrodelbramante.it

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