Arts & Culture
Originally published on Tuesday, 5th March 2013
The Culturist: March
If you haven't gotten around to visiting last month's cultural events buffet then hurry up, we're throwing a whole new selection your way for March. That's more retrospectives, more exhibitions and more fashion to add to your list – not to mention some coffee table love, food and holiday ideas. Jump to it.
ART: EXHIBITION: DAVID BOWIE IS
March 23 – August 11, £15.50
V&A, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Bowie's omnipresence continues – and we're not just referring to his latest music video with Tilda Swinton. This month sees his highly anticipated, international retrospective at the V&A come to life. Expect everything from costumes (Ziggy Stardust, yes!), handwritten lyrics and instruments to photography, music videos, set designs and album sleeves (Aladdin Sane). We'll be channelling some Serious Moonlight.
EAT : THE WORLD AT LIMEWHARF
March 6 – 22, dinner £55, canapés £15, Vyner Street, E2 9DJ
Multidisciplinary and experimental centre LimeWharf is now open for business. Kicking off the three-week food season is the fêted Anna Hansen of The Modern Pantry. The tasting menu – as well as the impressively colossal, cutout-like dinner table which mirrors the geographic contours of the world – will trigger conversations about the future of food. If five courses of futuristic dinner discussion sounds too much to handle, then book in for some canapés instead.
FASHION: CHLOÉ ÉDITION ANNIVERSAIRE AT SELFRIDGES
March 1 – 30, 400 Oxford Street, W1A 1AB
Selfridges is celebrating 60 years of Chloé. Vintage pieces from the archives will be on show in the Concept Store (Karl Lagerfeld's Shower Dress will be displayed in a tiled, diamante shower unit, for example) alongside videos of catwalks from memorable seasons and specially curated window displays. On top of that, the fashion house has reissued 16 key pieces from its history, including Lagerfeld's 1983 Violin Dress, Stella McCartney's Pineapple Tee from '01 and Phoebe Philo's wedges from '06. If old school isn't your thing you could always stay current with the Banshee (aka the Susanna) boot.
BOOK : DESIGN HOTEL'S YEARBOOK 2013
Available now Regular €59.90, XXL with stool and table €2500
To celebrate 10 years of Design Hotels, they've issued a yearbook coffee table tome… the size of an actual coffee table. (There's also a normal-sized edition.) The genius of Kramer lives on.
PHOTOGRAPHY: LIFEWORK: NORMAN PARKINSON'S CENTURY OF STYLE
March 1 – May 12, Free,
National Theatre, Upper Ground, South Bank, SE1 9PX
If Norman Parkinson were still alive, 2013 would be his 100th birthday year. To mark the occasion, the National Theatre is showcasing a retrospective of his work. The father of modern fashion photography – and part of the old school fashion set avec Coddington, Bailey et al – set the tone for today's fashion photography, both in print and online. Exotic locations, anachronistic props and juxtapositions: they were all his signatures.
BOOK NOW : CRAFT BY NUNO MENDES
April 25 – May 1 Booking opens March 27 - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Viajante, Town Hall Hotel, Patriot Square, E2 9NF
Fans of Nuno Mendes, listen up. For six nights in April he will host six different internationally renowned chefs in Viajante. Expect big roster names and 8-course menus from all over: Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Peru, Denmark and Singapore. It's a toss up between José Avillez of Portugal and Eneko Atxa of Bilbao for us. The former trained at El Bulli, while the latter will be serving up his food with txakoli. We don't want to say we told you so.
RUN: NIKE FLYKNIT EXPERIENCE
March 5 and 6, 9am-6pm, Somerset House Courtyard, Strand, WC2R 1LA
Whichever Nike sub-tribe you belong to – Free Run, Air Max, FlyKnit – get down to the Nike pop up at Somerset House tonight and tomorrow to test out the new Lunar1+. After being steamed to your feet for the perfect fit – yes, steamed – runners will go on a little trip on foot around the city. #Flyyyyyy.
INTERNATIONAL: SOHO BEACH HOUSE MIAMI OFFER
Summer rates available until March 31, from $235*, Click here to book Soho Beach House, 4385 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140
If you're currently planning your summer holiday then read on. If you book a stay at Miami's Soho Beach House before the end of the month you'll receive reduced rates (and the comfort of knowing you're sorted) for rooms from May 1. Oh, and check out their fun summer holiday video here. MIA we're coming for you!
