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Barbie exhibition to be hosted in Scottish museum for first time

A BARBIE exhibition is set to make its Scottish debut in a major city next year

The National (Scotland)

Boy George is creating a 'new version' of Taboo

Boy George said his "next big" project is creating a "new version" of Taboo.

BANG Premier

'It makes sense...' Steve Norman wants a Spandau Ballet 'farewell tour'

Spandau Ballet's Steve Norman has called for his bandmates - Tony Hadley, Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp and John Keeble - to do a "farewell tour" to bring "closure" for the band.

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Blitz: Iconic nightclub that made the New Romantics famous celebrated in groundbreaking show

Spandau Ballet, Siobhan Fahey, Princess Julia and Boy George were all regulars

Evening Standard

More than Human review – a utopia of self-weaving grass and psychedelic dolphins

Design Museum, LondonFrom 3D-printed coral reefs to fungal facades and living fabrics grown from roots, this show embraces a future of nature-centric design

The Guardian - UK

Model of The Grand Budapest Hotel among items in new Wes Anderson exhibition

Costumes worn by stars including Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Owen Wilson will also go on display.

The Independent UK

Bethan Laura Wood — "I Want to Make Things That Reward and Uplift You the More Time You Spend With Them"

As her debut UK solo exhibition continues at London's Design Museum, the designer welcomes us into her hypnotic Hackney studio to talk her layered vision of craft, its power to bring joy, and spark conversation

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Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style review – lidos, Speedos and atomic bombs

Swimming’s deep and shallow ends are granted equal weight in an engaging show that ranges from Pamela Anderson’s Baywatch cossie to the explosive naming of the bikini

The Guardian - UK

Pammy’s Baywatch showstopper, exploding bikinis and Nasa’s banned recordbreaker – Splash! review

This illuminating exhibition about all things swimming charts the birth of the bikini, its rapid shrinkage, lovely lidos – and the costumes that went too far

The Guardian - UK

London’s Design Museum takes a deep dive into our love affair with swimming

From art deco lidos to 1980s Speedos, the curator of a new exhibition on swimming and style talks about the inspiration behind it

The Guardian - UK

Penis-inscribed tables and parking meter chairs: the lost queer genius of House of Beauty and Culture

Boy George bought their provocative furniture; fashion giant Martin Margiela embraced deconstruction after visiting their loose change-strewn shop. So why is the groundbreaking 80s design collective so little known?

The Guardian - UK

More Than Human: inside the Design Museum's ground-breaking new exhibition

A new exhibition at the Design Museum looks at the way artists are creating designs with, and for, the natural world

Evening Standard

London exhibition explores design based on needs of nature and animals

Curator of Design Museum show says ‘human-centric’ approach to design needs overhaul amid climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Pamela Anderson's Baywatch swimsuit to feature in exhibition

Pamela Anderson's iconic swimsuit will feature in 'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style', an upcoming exhibition in London.

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The Independent UK

Pamela Anderson’s red Baywatch swimsuit to go on display in London

She was known for her slow-motion scenes as CJ Parker.

The Conversation

Scents of the Middle Ages and emo nostalgia – what you should read, watch and do this week

I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I…

Livingetc

It's Tim Burton's World, We're Just Living in It — 3 Hauntingly Spooky Ways to Get in on the Fun

From a London show gathering artifacts from his 50-year career to a rentable, ghostly residence inspired by his latest film, and the Burtonesque specters at the New York Botanical Garden, the film-maker's fantasies are now reality

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‘It’s not so much about art, it's more about the process’: Tim Burton at the Design Museum

‘The World of Tim Burton’ is now open at London’s Design Museum – we toured the exhibition, which detangles the filmmaker’s tantalising storytelling

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Is Tim Burton an outsider auteur or a global megastar? The Design Museum thinks it has the answer

“Like walking around in a weird, beautiful funhouse.” That’s how Tim Burton described his private viewing of The World of Tim Burton at the exhibition’s opening at London’s Design Museum.

The Guardian - UK

The World of Tim Burton review – a tour around a singular creative mind

The director is the subject of an immersive touring show that ranges from his drawings since childhood to Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman outfit

The Independent UK

Tim Burton and the making of a haven for weirdos

IN FOCUS: The archives belonging to the celebrated filmmaker behind macabre classics including ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands’ have gone on display at London’s Design Museum. It’s spooky, beautiful, and the exhibition of the year, writes Adam White

Evening Standard

Things to do this week, from the Libertines to supper on the tube

The very best ways to while away the weekend, whether you’re heading out or staying in

Evening Standard

‘They did a beautiful job’: Tim Burton inaugurates his Design Museum exhibition

The World Of Tim Burton will open at the London museum on Friday and run until April 21 2025.

Evening Standard

The World of Tim Burton at the Design Museum review: a creepy, witty and visually ravishing journey into a fantastical mind

4/5 This show into Burton’s creative output from childhood to now is delicious and suitably erratic

The Guardian - UK

The World of Tim Burton review – Johnny Depp’s scissorhands can’t cut through the cobwebs and corpses

The Design Museum, LondonThis world-touring exhibition showcases the kooky, gothy director’s early passions and obsessions – but he’s no Edgar Allan Poe

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