Meet the Soane's first Artist-in-Residence!
Meet the Soane's first Artist-in-Residence, Sam Belinfante! 🎨🎥
An audio-visual artist, Sam has been busy recording performances around the Museum. Based in Sir John Soane’s newly restored Drawing Office, he describes working in this unique space, following in the footsteps of Soane’s pupils: “I like to think about the mess, the charcoal, the smells, the candles, and the activity, but the pedagogical aspects too, the teaching, the crits, the disagreements!” 📚
Here, Sam tells us all about how the neverending ‘performance’ of light in the Soane is inspiring his project. We hope to share Sam’s work with you later in the summer! ✨
Hear from top designers in a unique series of inspirational talks at the Soane! 😍✨
These are the wonderful speakers for our fourth season of By Design, a public talk series in which top designers discuss their practice, through the lens of a single object.
Kicking off with the amazing lighting designer Peter Woodroffe on 9 May, this season will also feature architect Farshid Moussavi, garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic, interior designer Emily Todhunter and artist Alvaro Barrington, with Will Gompertz and Alice Rawsthorn chairing. What a line-up!
Each event, made possible by the support of Luke Irwin, will offer you the chance to hear from these remarkable creative voices and after-hours access to the many beautiful spaces of the Soane, followed by an intimate drinks reception in the newly restored South Drawing Room. We hope these talks will be enlightening for anyone with a passion for creativity and design.
Tickets are on sale now: https://www.soane.org/by-design
Here’s a sneak peak at our new exhibition, opening soon! 🚨🎉
The very finest of contemporary architectural drawing from around the world, here at the Soane! From 8 Feb, the sixth #ArchitectureDrawingPrize exhibition – hosted in partnership with Make Architects and World Architecture Festival – will arrive at the Museum, with shortlisted works on display from hand-drawn, hybrid and digital disciplines. Sir John Soane desired that his home and collection would become an enduring ‘academy of architecture’; this exhibition is a fascinating way of connecting that extraordinary legacy with the vibrant, innovative practice of today. ✏️
Before the exhibition opens, on Monday 6 February, you are invited to an online panel discussion with some of our amazing shortlisted creators and members of our judging panel, including architect Ken Shuttleworth and artist Pablo Bronstein, as we announce the overall winner of the prize. To register, head to our website: https://bit.ly/4056ZLk. We hope to see you there! 🎟️👋
A Christmas carol for you, from Sir John Soane’s Museum! 🎶🎄
A choir, made up of our staff and volunteers, entertained festive revellers at our seasonal #SoaneLate last week. The Museum was illuminated in Christmassy colours, and a display of fascinating archival materials – including Regency era recipes and grocery bills – told the story of what Christmas would have been like at Lincoln’s Inn Fields during Soane’s time.
From all of us at the Museum, we wish you a peaceful Christmas and a hopeful new year. We hope to see you at the Soane in 2023! 👋🎅
#MerryChristmas #SoaneMuseum #ChristmasCarol #LondonMuseums #MuseumLates #ChristmasInLondon #VisitLondon
By Design | Join us for enlightening talks with top designers this Autumn
Hear from top designers in a unique series of inspirational talks at the Soane! 🎉😍
These are the amazing speakers for our third season of By Design, a public talk series in which top designers discuss their practice, through the lens of a single object.
Kicking off with the wonderful Yinka Ilori on 20 September, this season features artist Cornelia Parker, architect Sophie Hicks, interior designer Martin Brudnizki and milliner Stephen Jones, with Will Gompertz and Alice Rawsthorn chairing. What a line-up! ✨
Each event, made possible by the support of Luke Irwin, will offer you not just the chance to hear from these remarkable creative voices, but also after-hours access to the many beautiful spaces of the Soane. Sir John aspired for his Museum to become ‘an academy of architecture’ – in that spirit, we hope these talks will be enlightening for anyone with a passion for creativity and design. 💡🎨
Tickets are on sale now: https://bit.ly/3Qdv7pD 🎟️
Sir John Soane's Museum: a portal to another world?
Curious to learn more about our new virtual reality exhibition, #ThePortalGalleries? 🥽✨
Watch the marvellous Lara and Fredrik of Space Popular explain how the architecture of Sir John Soane’s Museum inspired their extraordinary research project into the concept of portals in fiction, now articulated through two unique VR films. 📽️📺📚
From all the worlds of storytelling – books, cinema, TV – we’d love to know, what’s your favourite portal? Share in the comments below. You may well find it at the Soane when you visit the exhibition! 🔍
Was Sir John Soane’s architectural style impacted by his grief for his wife Eliza? ⚱️💔
Artist Anne-Marie Creamer explains how making her film ‘Dear Friend, I Can No Longer Hear Your Voice’ – a digital reconstruction of Eliza’s lost bedchamber as it was left upon her sudden death in 1815, currently on display at the Soane – introduced her to a remarkable woman who left a lasting legacy in the Museum her devoted husband built. 📽️
On 20 May, join Anne-Marie, artist Oreet Ashery, writer Dr. Kathryn Mannix, the Soane’s deputy director Helen Dorey and Wellcome’s Melanie Keen for a special online panel exploring death, bereavement and creative approaches to memorialising, inspired by Soane, Eliza and Anne-Marie’s remarkable film.
Free to attend, we’d love for you to join the discussion – register now: https://bit.ly/3wcyVji 🔍
The Architecture Drawing Prize: Five Year Retrospective
'The Architecture Drawing Prize: Five Year Retrospective' digital exhibition is now live – a comprehensive and diverse collection of a half-decade of extraordinary creativity and craft! 🏗️🏛️
In partnership with Make Architects and the World Architecture Festival, and curated by the Soane’s own Curator of Exhibitions, Dr. Louise Stewart, visit the Soane from 20 Jan to see the collection in person, or dive into the Vault to explore the retrospective as an interactive digital exhibition: https://bit.ly/3yq7zG9 🖼️
You're invited to the Soane Medal lecture 2021 🏛️🏅
Each year, the #SoaneMedal celebrates an extraordinary and impactful talent from the world of architecture. On Tuesday 16 November, we’ll be announcing our marvellous Medallist via livestream, followed by their lecture and a panel discussion, chaired by Sir David Chipperfield. We’d love for you to join us.
The online event is free to attend, and you can pre-register now: https://bit.ly/3BHJ1IE 👈
Explore Soane
Our Museum is made digital in our online experience #ExploreSoane. Get closer than ever before to its fascinating objects and see its eclectic rooms in a new light. http://explore.soane.org/
Pablo Bronstein: Hell in its Heyday
In a new body of work created especially for Sir John Soane’s Museum, contemporary artist Pablo Bronstein presents his unique, seductive and deeply ironic vision of hell.
Pablo Bronstein: Hell in its Heyday until 2 Jan. Entry free with timed ticket to the Museum. Find out more at https://www.soane.org/exhibitions/pablo-bronstein-hell-its-heyday
#PabloBronstein #SoaneMuseum
By Design: Amanda Levete airs on Monday
Our fourth and final By Design talk, with Amanda Levete of AL_A airs on Monday. In the meantime, you can watch the others at https://www.soane.org/by-design!
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