Enjoying some of the highlights for November 2019 is the best way to face the approaching winter. The cold weather is coming, yes, the rainy days, the foggy days and even the occasional snowfall. All of that is true, but it doesn’t have to mean staying indoors. You can always go out and enjoy life, culture, the arts and travel. And if not, just check out our suggestions for this month.
Tim Walker reinterprets the V&A
Photographer Tim Walker arrives at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with all his “Wonderful Things”. That is to say, the fantasy universe of this author arrived at the museum last September. It will remain there until 8 March 2020 to offer us an immersive journey into his world of beauty and symbols.
Actress Tilda Swinton muse of Tim Walker
On this occasion the London museum is not only showing his photographs or films, but with this exhibition wants us to immerse ourselves in his creative process, and for this there are his photographic sets or installations conceived for the occasion. As well as his series of photos inspired by the V&A collections themselves.
Again the Louis Vuitton Foundation, in these highlights for November
On more than one occasion, Horse Magazine has featured the Louis Vuitton Foundation and its attractive headquarters in Paris’ Bois de Boulogne. And now it’s back for our selection of highlights for November 2019. The reason is the Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World exhibition, which remembers the designer on the 20th anniversary of her death.
Charlotte Perriand in a Le Corbusier chair
The exhibition opened its doors in October and will be open until 24 February 2020. A great opportunity to get to know the life and work of this free and modern woman, whose greatest contribution was to create a design inspired by the art of living well. A goal that she expressed with her particular fusion of art, architecture and design. A most inspiring exhibition!
Another highlight for November in Paris
We are still in the French capital, but now in the very centre, next to the Seine and the Champs Elysées, in the Grand Palais, the place chosen to host one of the great exhibitions of this year and next. From 9 October until 27 January, the exhibition Toulouse Lautrec, resolutely modern can be seen there.
Alone by Toulouse Lautrec. Isn’t it pure modernity?
Who hasn’t heard of Toulouse Lautrec? He is the great chronicler of the bohemia and excesses of early 20th century Paris. He himself was a recalcitrant night owl and a compulsive drinker. But beneath this hedonistic façade, there was a tormented and experimental artist whose paintings, posters and drawings are clearly topical. And anyone who doubts this should come to this exhibition.
Indian Diwali festival in the heart of Trafalgar Square
We are back with another highlight for November in the British capital. And for a very specific date: Sunday 3 November. On that day the centre of London, which is probably its most emblematic square, Trafalgar Square becomes a little piece of faraway India. The Diwali Festival London has been held there since 2001.
The lights and dances of Diwali in the heart of London
It is true that the beginnings were much more humble, whereas now the festival has come of age and is already a massive event. But the spirit is the same. The Indian community wants to share with Londoners and visitors their culture and their joy at the beginning of the Hindu New Year, a magnificent occasion to have fun and discover customs that are as peculiar as they are attractive.
Keep the music going at Iceland Airwaves
A very different festival from the previous one is the one that will take place in Reykjavik between 6 and 9 November. We are referring to Iceland Airwaves, almost a classic in our November highlights, and its programme is anything but classic. It is an event of absolute contemporaneity and with a programme of concerts, exhibitions and events that is always very tightly packed.
Iceland Airwaves, the hottest way to start the Icelandic winter
There are hundreds of recitals and concerts in every part of the Icelandic capital. And the variety of styles means there’s always an artist to discover, whatever your musical appetites. You can find out by diving into their website where you can find artists of styles and trends such as: electronic, country, dance, folk, rap, rock, hip hop, experimental, jazz… and all represented in their multiple variations and fusions.
In the Swarovski Crystal Gardens
Also featured in our previous highlights for November was the opening of the Swarovski Kristallwelten in Austria. A real highlight for this famous brand, which every year commissions the Dutch designer Tord Boonje to create a lavish and sparkling world of figures in the Austrian town of Wattens, very close to the beautiful Innsbruck.
The Wattens Gardens are illuminated again with Swarovski crystals
This time it will open on 29 November, and in a way it is a date that almost becomes the arrival of Christmas, because many of the figures created for the occasion are inspired by this magical time of the year. A period of celebration and festivity, something that fits perfectly with the aesthetics of Swarovski, which each year offers us its particular universe of illuminations, projections and sculptures. A dazzling event by nature.
Fabergé at the MET
Let’s conclude this month’s proposals with one that will possibly reappear in two years’ time, in the highlights for November 2021. In that month the long loan that the heirs of Matilda Geddins Gray made to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York so that one of the most extensive collections of Fabergé objects in the world will come to an end.
The famous Fabergé jewels on display at the MET
That is to say, there are still two years left to see these unique jewels, which include up to 3 of the exquisite Easter eggs that the jeweller made for the Romanovs or Fabergé’s masterpiece of floral art such as the delicate Lily Basket. But even though there is plenty of time, don’t get distracted, because time passes quickly and even more so if you enjoy experiences and wonders such as these that Horse tries to inform you about every month.
