exhibition - Jane Audas

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2 August 2015

The 1951 Festival of Britain is of consistent interest here at Shelf Appeal. The exhibition was a fleeting sight in...

20 July 2014

Shelf Appeal finally got to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Barbican. Having heard all about the mannequins with...

20 May 2014

I have become a little obsessed with this image. Mind you, I have been obsessed long time with museums and...

21 November 2013

The museum diorama is an acquired taste. Shelf Appeal has acquired it. Models small and large, playing with perspective, history...

4 March 2013

Shelf Appeal does different things with her working day. Some digital work, some writing, some curating, some things other. During...

9 June 2012

My jaded exhibition palate had a couple of pleasant surprises recently. A small exhibition of Galt Toys down a trendy...

4 April 2011

Shelf Appeal is on an exhibition run this week. That’ll be because of Paris, then. The frock exhibitions in Paris...

30 March 2011

A few days in Paris are a real tonic. One of my favourite places. Streets and streets of rather nice...

7 December 2009

I had a trip to the Design Museum to see the Dieter Rams exhibition this weekend. I met Dieter when...

3 March 2009

The V&A; may be congratulating itself on the wonderful show Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones which has just opened...

12 June 2008

Cecil Beaton’s notion of Englishness has always held great appeal for me. It is most definitely the blowsy other-end of...

12 May 2008

Museums are funny places. I should know – I work in them. They are constantly trying to redefine themselves in...