Stop Look Listen: Three things to do this week

Here’s my pick of three things to do this week, the beautiful textiles of Picasso and Warhol, an immersive installation at the Barbican’s Curve Gallery and the long awaited Nymphomaniac from Lars von Trier.

STOP

What: Artist Textiles Picasso to Warhol 
Where: Fashion and Textiles Museum, London
When: Until May 17

This exhibition traces the history of 20th century art in textiles, from the work of Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse to Barbara Hepworth, Sonia Delaunay and Andy Warhol. It begins in the 1910s with designs by painter Wyndham Lewis and the artists of Bloomsbury’s Omega Workshops – Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry – who wanted to change ‘the erroneous distinction between fine and applied art’.

Above: Marcel Vertes for Wesley Simpson Custom Fabrics Inc., circa 1944; ‘Number, Please?’, 1947, Salvador Dali.

LOOK

What: United Visual Artist: Momentum
Where: The Curve Gallery, Barbican, London
When: Until June 1

Experimental young practice United Visual Artists has transformed the Curve Gallery in the Barbican into a light and sound installation. Momentum consists of twelve pendulums which swing back and forth, activating light and sound, inviting visitors to journey through the space guided by their heightened senses.

LISTEN

What: Nymphomaniac Volumes I and II
Where: Institut Francais, London
When: February 22

Nymphomaniac is the highly anticipated new film from the legendary and controversial director Lars von Trier. Told in double bill format across two volumes, this is a sexually charged cinema experience with an all-star cast including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe and Uma Thurman. Selected members of the cast will be introducing the two volumes of the film – and will then take part in a special on-stage interview following the film.