Category Archives: Arts & Culture

Man Ray Portraits, National Portrait Gallery

Posted on April 14, 2013 by julieeagleton

Last week I found myself in London with a rare spare hour in between meetings, so took the opportunity to view the exquisite Man Ray Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Extra special, as it is the first museum … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged Albert Lewin, Andre Breton, Ava Gardner, avant-garde, Coco Chanel, James Joyce, Jean Cocteau, Lee Miller, Man Ray Portraits, Marchel Duchamp, National Portrait Gallery, New York Dada, Pablo Picasso, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Rayographs, solarisation, Virginia Woolf | Leave a comment

David Bowie is, V&A Museum

Posted on March 21, 2013 by julieeagleton

David Bowie is - which opens at the V&A this Saturday – is a breathtaking tour de force of sound and vision. From the company which brought us the animation and video projection design for the opening ceremony of the 2012 … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture, Fashion | Tagged 2012 Olympic Games, Ashes to Ashes, Beat Poets, Berlin, Brian Eno, Cabaret, D. A. Pennebaker, Dadaists, David Bowie, David Bowie Archive, David Bowie is, German Expressionism, Iggy Pop, Kabuki Theatre, Rolling Stone, Spiders from Mars, Surrealism, The Thin White Duke, Tony Visconti, V&A, Verbasizer, Victoria & Albert Museum, West End, William Burroughs, Yukio Mishima, Ziggy Stardust | 2 Comments

Lifework: Norman Parkinson’s Century of Style, National Theatre

Posted on March 18, 2013 by julieeagleton

I’ve always been a huge fan of Norman Parkinson, and distinctly remember having a large poster of Young Velvets, Young Prices on my bedroom wall as a teenager. It was shot in 1949 on the roof of the Conde Nast building, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture, Fashion | Tagged Bond Street, Conde Nast, Harper's Bazaar, Lifework: Norman Parkinson's Century of Style, National Theatre, New York, Norman Parkinson, Vogue, Westminster School, Young Prices, Young Velvets | Leave a comment

Light Show, Hayward Gallery

Posted on March 7, 2013 by julieeagleton

Let there be light has been my mantra this week, having only just returned from a spell in sunny California, and suffering from some form of beautiful light deficiency. Therefore, what better way to spend an afternoon, then to visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged California, Conrad Shawcross, Cylinder II, Hayward Gallery, Jenny Holzer, Katie Paterson, Leo Villareal, Light Bulb to Stimulate Moonlight, Light Show, Monument, Slow Arc Inside A Cube, Southbank Centre | 1 Comment

Stanley Kubrick Retrospective at LACMA

Posted on February 21, 2013 by julieeagleton

Essentially the film is a mythological statement. Its meaning has to be found on a sort of visceral psychological level rather than in a specific literal explanation – Stanley Kubrick – I am so excited that my current stay in … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged Clockwork Orange, Diane Arbus, Dr Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Grady sisters, LACMA, Lolita, Look magazine, MOMA, New Jersey, Paths of Glory, Roselle, Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, United States, Untitled Twins | Leave a comment

Manet: Portraying Life, Royal Academy of Arts

Posted on January 25, 2013 by julieeagleton

This week I attended the grand unveiling of the much-anticipated Manet:Portraying Life exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. I have been greatly looking forward to this opening for some time – the first major collection to showcase Edouard Manet’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged Berthe Morisot, Edouard Manet, Emile Zola, Manet, Manet: Portraying Life, Music in the Tuileres Gardens, RA, Royal Academy of Arts, Status Portraits, Suzanne Leenhoff, the father of modern painting, The Railway | 1 Comment

Les Misérables World Premiere, London.

Posted on December 11, 2012 by julieeagleton

Last week I was thrilled to attend the world premiere of Les Misérables at Odeon, Leicester Square, London. On a bitterly cold evening the producers, director and cast braved sub-zero conditions to walk the red carpet to promote the highly anticipated … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged Anne Hathway, Cameron Mackintosh, Eddie Redmayne, Fantine, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Javert, Leicester Square, Les Misérables, London, Marius, Odeon, Paris, Russell Crowe, Sascha Baron Cohen, Tim Bevan, Tom Hooper, Valjean, Victor Hugo, Word Premiere, Working Title | 2 Comments

The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch, Windsor Castle

Posted on December 7, 2012 by julieeagleton

At Windsor Castle’s Drawings Gallery, The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch is a truly fascinating and rather lovely exhibition which presents a selection of official, commissioned and informal portraits from Her Majesty’s 60-year reign, including work by Cecil Beaton, Lucian Freud, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged Admiral's Boat Cloak, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, Cecil Beaton, Diamond Diadem, Dorothy Wilding, Drawings Gallery, Lucien Freud, Peter Grugeon, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Morrison, Silver Jubilee, The Queen, The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch, The Times, Windsor Castle | 2 Comments

Transforming Lives From Within Benefit Gala Dinner, David Lynch Foundation UK

Posted on December 1, 2012 by julieeagleton

Last week I was delighted to attend the Transforming Lives From Within benefit gala dinner; the first of its kind for the David Lynch Foundation UK at the Underglobe, a quite magical space under Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The David Lynch … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture, Health & Beauty | Tagged Catching The Big Fish: Meditation, Charity Buzz, Consciousness and Creativity, David Lynch, David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education and World Peace, David Lynch Foundation Gala Dinner, David Lynch Foundation UK, DLF Peace Award, DLF UK, James McCartney, Jamie Breese, Leighton Stagg, PTSD, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Steve Bindon, The Charlatans, Tim Burgess, Tim Peaks, Transcendental Meditation, Transcendental Music Label, Underglobe | 3 Comments

Paris Photo, Grand Palais

Posted on November 16, 2012 by julieeagleton

I never require much of an excuse to hop on the Eurostar to Paris, but an invitation to attend Paris Photo at the Grand Palais 15 – 18 November 2012, certainly provides one of the better ones. From its inception in … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged Beaux-Arts, Classical & Arts Nouveau, David Lynch, Grand Palais, Hamiltons, Hilla Becher, James Hyman, Los Angeles, Paradise Row, Paramount Studios, Paris Phoho vu par David Lynch, Paris Photo, Paris Photo Los Angeles, Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook, Rem Koolhaas | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Arts & Culture

Man Ray Portraits, National Portrait Gallery

David Bowie is, V&A Museum

Lifework: Norman Parkinson’s Century of Style, National Theatre

Light Show, Hayward Gallery

Stanley Kubrick Retrospective at LACMA

Manet: Portraying Life, Royal Academy of Arts

Les Misérables World Premiere, London.

The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch, Windsor Castle

Transforming Lives From Within Benefit Gala Dinner, David Lynch Foundation UK

Paris Photo, Grand Palais

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