To book any WMF Britain event, please click on title or call 020 7730 5344
(credit cards accepted).
Sep 2008
Modernism in China - Architectural Visions and Revolutions
Tue 23
Sep
18:30
Public Talk
Join WMF at RIBA HQ, 66 Portland Place, London for a talk and Late night view of this stunning exhibition
Edward Denison and Guang Yu Ren, the curators of the ‘Modernism in China’ exhibition and authors of the accompanying book, will give an insight into the background and themes of the exhibition, with an introduction by Dr Jonathan Foyle of World Monuments Fund Britain. Followed by a late night view of the exhibition and a glass of wine.
The price for this event is £5 for members of World Monuments Fund and the RIBA Trust, or £8 for non-members. The admission fee includes a voluntary donation to World Monuments Fund.
Co-hosted by World Monuments Fund and the RIBA Trust.
Please call 02077305344 to purchase tickets or book online now.
Oct 2008
John Julius Norwich - Trying to Please
Mon 13
Oct
19:00
Public Talk
Lord Norwich is Chairman Emeritus of World Monuments Fund Britain. He has a long and distinguished career as a diplomat and man of letters, quite apart from his skill as a raconteur and vaudeville pianist. This evening, John Julius reflects on making Churchill scowl, how his first marriage was arranged by Merle Oberon and his method of commandeering General de Gaulle’s helping of apple pie, conjuring ‘a world which seems, on the whole, safer, wittier and richer than our own’ (Jason Goodwin, Spectator).
We look forward to welcoming John Julius on 13th October at St George's, Bloomsbury.
Please call 02077305344 to purchase tickets.
Online booking will be available soon.
Supported by LifeLines Press, www.lifelinespress.com
Highlights of past events
Drinks, canapés and music at Wilton's Music Hall on Wednesday 12th September, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Our website was launched in style at Wilton’s Music Hall in London on the evening of 12th September. To the sound of hits from the music hall era, nearly 80 people came see the site launched and savour the gentle dilapidation of this hidden East End survival. (Pictures by Charlotte Bromley-Davenport)
Evening with Antony Gormley at the Hayward Gallery on Thursday 12th July, 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Antony Gormley spoke passionately and in considerable depth about the ideas that resulted in ‘Blind Light’ his first major solo exhibition in London. Monies raised went towards WMF’s sculptural projects in Angkor, Cambodia and at Queluz Palace in Portugal.
Asmara Conference – ‘Modernism in Peril, case studies in protecting and conserving early 20th Century architecture’ at RIBA on Tuesday 3rd July
The evening was set up as an initiative to raise awareness of modernist architecture at risk- guest speakers included Stefan Behling, senior partner at Foster and Partners, Edward Dension, Naigzy Gebremedhin and Gabriel Tseggai (from the Asmara Group) and Henry Tzu Ng: Vice President of World Monuments Fund.
‘Asmara - Africa’s Secret Modernist City’ at RIBA
from 3rd July – 18th August 2007
For the first time, the rich, modernist heritage of the Eritrean capital Asmara was introduced in an exhibition, which explored the Italian futurist architecture of Mussolini’s invaders. The exhibition was covered by Wallpaper, Condé Nast Traveller and World of Interiors magazines.
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Future trips in 2008
In spring 2008, WMF Britain will lead an International Council trip to Scotland which will include St.Vincent Street in Glasgow; Mavisbank near Edinburgh and the Castle Sinclair Girnigoe Caithness on the remote North-East Coast.
27th September – 2nd October 2008, in partnership with Martin Randall Travel, we will spend a long weekend in Dresden and visit the historic gardens at Wörlitz.