Arts & Culture
Originally published on Tuesday, 2nd October 2012
The Culturist: October
We’ve put together a host of indoor activities this month to distract you from the looming winter chill. Book in for a gourmet dinner, check out the big gun galleries, then shop for an outfit for Deviation’s 5th bday party. Can’t bear the thought of leaving the house? Stay in with the latest coffee table tome and live vicariously through Pharrell and Jay-Z.
EAT: KITCHEN TABLE
Opens October 2, tasting menu £68
Kitchen Table, 70 Charlotte Street W1T 4QG
Bubbledogs has been harbouring a secret. Walk past diners downing champagne and gourmet hotdogs and you’ll find an intimate chef’s table tucked away behind the upmarket junk food fest. Sit at a stainless steel bar with just 18 fellow diners for a tasting menu of contemporary European cooking from ex-Ledbury chef James Knappett. Check out the blackboard for Knappett’s musings and an insight into his creative process. Who said cooking wasn’t art?
PHOTOGRAPHY : WILLIAM KLEIN + DAIDO MORIYAMA
October 10 – January 20, £12.70, Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG
The street life of 60s Tokyo and New York – two very different scenes brought together by Tate Modern’s latest exhibition. The photographs of William Klein (behind seminal publication “Life is Good & Good for You in New York” and “Tokyo”) will be juxtaposed next to the work of Moriyama – one of the most celebrated photographers from Japan’s Provoke movement – which includes radical depictions of post-war Tokyo. Expect blurry, grainy shots which convey everything from street life and gay pride marches to the effects of globalisation and political protest. There will also be fashion photography from Klein’s work with Vogue, as well as a Polaroid installation by Moriyama.
BOOK : PLACES AND SPACES I’VE BEEN
Places and Spaces I’ve Been, October 16 release, $55
Skateboard P is releasing his first print debut “Places and Spaces I’ve Been”, about, well, the places and spaces he’s been. There will also be travel contributions from the likes of Jay-Z, Takashi Murakami and Nigo. Pre-order it for the coffee table now.
FASHION : CHANEL’S LITTLE BLACK JACKET
October 12 – 28, free, Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road SW3 4RY
What originally began as a men’s jacket has transcended boundaries and trends, becoming a symbol of feminine elegance: Chanel’s LBJ. In conjunction with the release of their book “The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld”, fashion’s most inimitable duo have curated a photography exhibition around the piece, coming to the Saatchi Gallery after stints in Tokyo, New York and Hong Kong. 113 friends of the fashion house – including Sarah Jessica Parker, Stella Tenant and Georgia May Jagger – have all been photographed with the iconic jacket.
PARTY: THE HYDRA: DEVIATION 5th BIRTHDAY
October 13, £20, Location TBC
Underground club night Deviation will be celebrating their fifth bday this month, with a fittingly blowout party at a secret London warehouse (they’re already onto their sixth round of ticket releases). Get yours before they sell out – Detroit house icon Moodymann will be headlining, followed by sets from UJ funk-fave DâM-FunK and hip hop wunderkind HudMo, as well as appearance from Kode 9, Alexander Nut, and of course Mr Benji B.
SHOP : WOLF AND BADGER SAMPLE SALE
October 3 and Thursday 4, up to 80% off The Gallery, 32 Dover Street
70 Charlotte Street, W1S 4NE
A firm Dover Street favourite, niche boutique Wolf & Badger are having a sample sale (with up to 80% off men’s and women’s lines). Expect SS12 collections from Georgia Hardinge, JJ S Lee, Mark Fast, Lou Dalton and many more. We say stock up now for next year.
