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2 TAKE TIPS FROM A TRUE STYLE ICON – GRACE KELLY
Fashionistas will be clamouring to get to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London when Grace Kelly: Style Icon opens (17 Apr-26 Sep). The spectacular wardrobe of this glamorous 1950s Hollywood actress, who became Princess Grace of Monaco (left), will be on display, including dresses from films High Society and Rear Window, and her Oscar gown of 1955. The exhibition will be split
into three sections: ‘The Actress’, ‘The Bride’, which will present the dress she wore for the announcement of her engagement to Prince Rainier of Monaco, and ‘The Princess’. Not to be missed.
For further details, tel: (020) 7942 2000;
www.vam.ac.uk.
Witness the life of Brighton
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If, having read our feature last issue on Brighton’s Royal Pavilion, you are planning a trip to the seaside city, make sure you tie in a trip with festival season. The Brighton Festival (1-23 May) is this
year guest directed by highly respected artist, cultural thinker and producer Brian Eno. Having worked with David Bowie, U2 and on new film The Lovely Bones, Eno is now turning his attention to the city’s annual cutting-edge arts festival including theatre, dance and music.
Look out for Eno’s 77 Million Paintings
which will be in Fabrica gallery through- out the festival and a live performance of his album Apollo by contemporary ensemble Icebreaker to the film of the original NASA footage of the Apollo moon landing. As with all good festivals, there is a
Fringe too running on the same dates and bringing cabaret, comedy, classical concerts, club nights, theatre and exhibitions, as well as street performance.
Tel: (01273) 709709;
www.brighton
festival.org. Tel: (01273) 764900;
www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk.
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GET A GLAM PASSPORT
Wilbur & Gussie’s Spring/ Summer 2010 collection is guaranteed to add some colour to your life, especially this purple patent mock-croc passport cover (£65). Available in eight colours it means travel will never again be dull. Tel: (020)
7908 3940; www.wilbur
andgussie.com.
5 RUSH-ON OVER TO THE RA
The London Original Print Fair (29 Apr-3 May) is the longest-running specialist print fair in the world and this year will be returning to the Royal Academy for its 25th anniversary. Expect this year to be bigger and better than ever with all periods of printmaking covered, from the early woodcuts of Dürer and his contemporaries to the graphic work of contemporary masters such as Hockney and Hirst. A BRITAIN favourite is Hazel Nicholls’ It’s What’s Inside (above).
Tel: (020) 7300 8000;
www.londonprintfair.com.
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TAKE A LOOK AT ROMAN AND GREEK TREASURES
The Rediscovering Greece and Rome gallery is now open at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Until recently the gallery – one of the most popular in the building – had been the focus of a major refurbishment. Improved object display,
lighting and layout now makes the most of the collection of Greek and Roman antiquities including Greek vases, sculpture, sarcophagi and figurines, as well as funerary items and everyday ancient objects.
Tel: (01223) 332900; www.
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.
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PHOTOS: COURTESY HAZEL NICHOLLS AND TAG FINE ARTS THE LONDON ORIGINAL PRINT FAIR 2010
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