Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s my pick of what to do to keep you occupied this cold January.
STOP
Rachel Whiteread House 1993 Image: Sue Omerod
What: Who owns public art?
Where: Tate Britain
When: January 29, 6-8.30pm
The proposed sale by Tower Hamlets Council of Henry Moore’s Draped Seated Woman, commonly known as Old Flo, recently provoked public outrage. This debate addresses the question of public art ownership, the role of the government in these decisions and the difficulties faced with the preservation of public art. Book here.
LOOK
What: Juergen Teller: Woo
Where: ICA
When: Until March 17
This exhibition of Juergen Teller’s photographs provides a journey through his landmark fashion and commercial photography from the 90s, presenting provocative images of celebrities such as Lily Cole, Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood, as well as more recently unseen Suffolk landscapes and portraits of Teller’s children, Ed and Lola.
LISTEN
What: The Real George Orwell: Down and Out in Paris and London
Where: BBC Radio Four
When: 10 episodes, January 28- February 5, 10.45pm
I read this book about a year ago, and now BBC Radio Four are broadcasting a production of it. Down and Out in Paris and London is Orwell’s vivid memoir of his time living among the poor when he was a struggling young writer. It documents the author’s subversion into poverty, initially working as a dishwasher in Paris and surviving on scraps from the kitchen, and later, on his return to London, living in doss houses and hostels among tramps.
