British Society of Aesthetics

Festivals

LSE Space for thought Literary Weekend

Feb 29 - March 3, 2012, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street

The festival includes talks, discussions and workshops on topics such as War Stories: How to bring the battle to the book?, Literature and the Sciences: Where do they meet?, The Arts of Illness, Literature and the Academic: Literature as a resource for other disciplines.

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Exhibitions

David Hockney - A Bigger Picture

21 January - 9 April 2012, Royal Academy

A new exhibition of works by David Hockney. The exhibition brings together depictions of East Yorkshire landscapes from the last 50 years, including his recent iPad drawings. The Guardian writes: "Hockney's show poses hard questions, on how and why we decide how much things matter". Well worth a look!

To have a look at some of his work online, visit David Hockney's website

Magdalena Abakanowicz at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
This exhibition will feature a UK premiere of her work Ten Seated Figures which provides a strong sculptural statement about her experience of war and political oppression.

Abakanowicz: “My work comes from the experience of crowds, injustice and aggression... I feel an affinity for art when it was made a form of existence, like when shamans worked in the territory between men and unknown powers... I try to bewitch the crowd.”
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Music and Theatre

ENO production of The Death of Klinghoffer

Feb 25, 28 & Mar 1, 5, 7, 9

The ENO will perform a new production of American composer John Adam's most controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer about the killing of a Jewish-American tourist during the hijacking of a Mediterranean cruise liner by Palestinian militants. With a stunning score and co-director of War Horse, Tom Morris this is not to be missed!

For more information and to book tickets, visit the ENO website

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