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Viewing Vanessa Raw, On Earth We Weren’t Meant To Stay at Carl Freedman Gallery

Supporters of her work already include the likes of Tracey Emin – and it’s easy to see why Vanessa Raw is the woman of the moment. Her solo exhibition at Carl Freedman opens this week and runs all summer long, with the intriguing title Vanessa Raw, On Earth We Weren’t Meant to Stay.

Visitors can expect to see a whole new body of Raw’s work, a continuation of her themes of women’s pleasure (sexual or not) that shift the gaze towards a female-centred point of view, not totally free of objectification but doing away with the usual power dynamics.

Nature – another of Raw’s recurrent interests – also plays an important role in these new oil paintings, bodies cavorting in blissful pastoral landscapes and among symbolic animals, sometimes representing the intrusion of a threatening malevolence creeping in from outside to disrupt the harmony. We can’t wait to see how the young British artist has developed since we last saw her works in a solo show at Frieze last year.

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Dates
30 June 2024 — 08 September 2024

Viewing Naomi Campbell’s retrospective, Naomi in Fashion, at V&A South Kensington

You might think you know everything there is to know about Naomi Campbell – the supermodel supernova who exploded onto the British fashion scene in the 1990s and never waned (who can forget her historic British Vogue cover holding her baby?)

The V&A’s first exhibition of its kind, Naomi: In Fashion explores the extraordinary career of Campbell, through the work of leading global designers and photographers, celebrating her creative collaborations, activism and far-reaching cultural impact.

There are clips capturing “the walk” Campbell made her global brand, pieces from Campbell’s personal wardrobe of haute couture, and ready-to-wear ensembles she wore for era-defining moments. There’s also a section devoted to photography, curated by Campbell’s long-time close friend Edward Enninful.

And all important throughout is Campbell’s continued work as an activist for change, diversity and equity, something she was outspoken about from an early age – she joined the Black Girls Coalition in 1989, before she became world famous.


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Dates
22 June 2024 — 06 April 2025

Viewing Bold Tendencies returns for a summer celebrating communion with concerts and art in Peckham

Nothing says London summer like Bold Tendencies – an annual seasonal celebration that takes over four floors of the now-iconic multi storey car park on Rye Lane, with panoramic views over the city. The art programme on the rooftop this year includes new commissions by artists Saelia Aparicio, Olu Ogunnaike and Adam Farah-Saad, as well as Yoko Ono’s poetic instructional ‘painting’ Air Talk, first exhibited in London in 1967, and a supersize version of Martin Parr’s Sorrento, Italy (2014) wrapped around the side of a building, part of the British artist’s Beach Therapy series.

If the art isn’t already compelling enough, Bold Tendencies live programme kicks off at the end of June, with a host of concerts and readings, this year responding to a theme of ‘communion’, whether that’s spiritual, political, collective, individual, physical or digital – successful or failed. “There is no communion without community; no community without culture and creativity,” as Bold Tendencies put it.

Among the hot tickets coming up: an evening of music by all seven members of the Kanneh-Masons, performing scores by Handel, Schubert and Chopin among others; the Philharmonia Orchestra and a celebration of James Baldwin’s centenary including a 100th Birthday Concert with National Youth Jazz Orchestra led by Peter Edwards. Access to the artworks is free, but all events in the live programme require a ticket.



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Dates
17 May 2024 — 24 September 2024
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