| Arts
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| Kensington Arts &
Entertainment - 2001 |
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Free admission
returned to Albertropolis, otherwise known as the South Kensington
museums, boosting visitor numbers hugely. The V&A continues
in its upward battle to attract visitors with the Radical
Fashion exhibition attracting much positive publicity. The
V&A's innovative evening events manage to make museums sexy
again with their interesting media crossovers, combining fashion,
music and exhibitions. No word on the V&A's 'spiral' yet, although
Kensington did get a bit of Daniel Libeskind's architecture in the
form of the Serpentine Galleries temporary summer
pavilion.
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| December
2001: W11 Children's Opera - 'Flying High' |
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Unique amongst opera companies the W11 Opera Trust
casts only school-age singers for each new opera it commissions
every year. Entirely professionally produced, the performances are
a stunningly unusual musical event. No other opera company regularly
commissions a world premiere specifically for a cast of this age-group.
Nor has any otherbuilt a repertoire of such diverse music and themes.
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Kensington Arts & Entertainment
The
Bond Ball on New Year's Eve
Olympia
Show Jumping Championships
Science
Museum's £75m new look
London Arts & Entertainment
Skating
at Somerset House
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| November
2001: Free Entry Boosts Museum Visitors by 250%
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On the first day of free entry to the V&A; museum
the visitor numbers went up from the normal 2,500 to 6,500. The
V&A; said: "Today's total more than doubles the number of visitors
on an average day which is a remarkable increase and we are very
optimistic for the future.
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Kensington Arts & Entertainment
Radical
Fashion at the V&A
W11
Children's Opera - Flying High
London Arts & Entertainment
London
Jazz Festival
London
Film Festival
Turner Prize
2001 - Tate Britain
Facts of Life
at the Hayward Gallery
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| October
2001: Curves In All the Right Places at the
V&A |
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Curvaceous is an exciting collaboration between
the V&A; and Central Saint Martins students. As a competition, second
year 'Womenswear' BA design students were briefed to use corsets,
crinolines, bustles and brassieres from the V&A; collection, as a
springboard to create these innovative designs.
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Kensington Arts & Entertainment
New
British Galleries at the V&A;
Public
artist, private passions:The World of Edward Linley Sambourne
100%
Design
Curves
In All the Right Places at the V&A
London Arts & Entertainment
Dance
Umbrella 2001
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| September
2001: 100% Design at Earls Court |
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100% Design is the UK's leading contemporary commercial
interior design exhibition. Internationally recognised as one of
the world's leading most influential design events alongside Milan,
Cologne and New York. The exhibition has become essential viewing
for anyone with a love for design.
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Kensington Arts & Entertainment
100%
Design
London Arts & Entertainment
Frank
Auerbach at the Royal Academy of Arts
London
Open House weekend
Isamu Noguchi at the Design Museum
Katherina Fritsch at the Tate Modern
Dan Flavin
at the Serpentine Gallery
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| August
2001: Adelaide Hall Remembered
by Iain Cameron Williams |
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Adelaide lived in Kensington at Collingham Road
for over 30 years and was one of the boroughs most famous residents.
On October 20, 2001, it will be the centenary of her birth. As with
both Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong's recent centenary's, the
occasion will be marked worldwide with certain events during the
coming year.
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Kensington Arts & Entertainment
Adelaide
Hall by Iain Cameron Williams
Vivienne
Westwood Sale at Christies
Local
Buildings in London Open House
London Arts & Entertainment
Kids
Week in the West End
MyVillage interviews
Olly and Suzi
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| July
2001: Daniel
Libeskind's Pavilion for the Serpentine Garden |
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London Arts & Entertainment
Bill
Viola at Anthony D'Offay
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