I is for Image: The Cult of Beauty exhibition @ Wellcome Collection
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‘This riveting show traces humanity’s obsession with beauty through time and cultures with a keen sense of the ludicrous and the shocking ★★★★★’ The Observer
Join us at the Cult of Beauty exhibition at Wellcome Collection. This major new exhibition explores notions of beauty across time and cultures.
Around the world, beauty is constantly seen as an ideal worthy of going to great lengths to achieve. But what are the driving forces that lead us to believe in a myth of universal beauty, despite its evolving nature?
Featuring over 200 items, including historical objects, artworks, films and new commissions, the exhibition considers the influence of morality, status, health, age, race and gender on the evolution of ideas about beauty. We invite you to question established norms and reflect on more inclusive definitions of beauty.
Read more on the website here.
MEET DETAILS:
2.15pm MEET OUTSIDE MUSEUM*
2.30pm: ENTER THE EXHIBITION
4:45pm: PUB SOCIAL (optional)
The Marquis Cornwallis, 31 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AP
We'll head to a nearby pub for a social chit-chat. We may not have a table booking depending on how many people RSVP.
TICKETS:
The exhibition is free to enter. Tickets cannot be booked in advance. NB the museum website warns of potential queues.
GETTING THERE:
Address: 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE
Nearest tube/train stations: Euston Square, Euston, Warren Street, St Pancras, King’s Cross.
Bus: 18, 30, 73, 205, 390
More information is here.
WHATSAPP GROUP FOR PRE-VISIT CHAT & LIVE LOCATION ON THE DAY:
WhatsApp group link
We strongly encourage you to join the event WhatsApp group for live updates on the day and to help you find the group. Please note that joining will make your phone number visible to other members.
PLEASE NOTE:
LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. We have an attendee limit to help the host manage the event, and because we prefer a smaller, friendlier group. With this in mind, please do change your RSVP as soon as possible if you can no longer attend, to give someone else on the waitlist the chance to be there. Thanks.
Thank you for your interest in the group.
Image: Wellcome Collection website