Finally Autumn is here! For many of us museum professional the end of the summer months are filled with long hours, heavy lifting and courier supervising in anticipation of your institutions Autumnal Blockbuster exhibition. For me, the end of the longest shift ever is only cushioned by the anticipation of seeing what all of the other London museums are showcasing and fortunately this autumn season looks to be a particularly thrilling one with Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age's long awaited launch and Ai Weiwei's presence in the city and exhibition throwing London into an Ai selfie and protesting frenzy. Where do we start? Here at the Ministry we're going to spend every weekend touring the autumn shows, but what are we most excited about? Well...
I may be a little bit biased encouraging visitors to this show
having spent my summer escorting space craft across the country and into the
Science Museum. But seriously, the exhibitions thrilling design, shop and out
of this world (pun intended) objects make this show an absolute must. Memorabilia
from the first man in space, the first woman in space's space craft and suit
and a whole section on space animals. Seriously check it out before it all
heads back to Russia in March.
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| Gotta theme the outfit for the exhibition! |
When Ai WeiWei recently joined a Ministry planning session at
the Royal Academy there was no way that we wouldn't feature his exciting exhibition in our
autumn picks. Really we've spent the last few weeks obsessively watching the
artists movements on Instagram, felt crushed as his visa was rejected, overjoyed as Theresa May stepping
in to grant him a six month working visa and then liberated by the consistent instagramming of the installation build at the RA. The
Royal Academy show is the first major survey of his work since 1993, often
controversial he opens up conversation between Chinese and western art -
upsetting some along the way. building on the familiarity of Tate’s
success with the turbine hall's sunflower exhibition (surprisingly not
featured) this promises to be an explosion of political thought provoking
pieces, but be quick! It’s only on until December! 
There’s no doubt that as the nights draw in
you'll be pulling the scarfs out of storage and wearing them as acceptable daytime blankets but I doubt many of
us museum workers will be in the possession of a beautiful and iconic Liberty silk scarf. Fear not instead of window
shopping Liberty's department store for this seasons fave you can take a look
back in the Fashion and Textile Museum's latest show Liberty in Fashion which
looks into Liberty the brand and how it has influence Brit fashion across the years.
Later in the season the Design Museum brings a treat to all of
the push biking commuters of London with their exploration of the British cycling
trends in Cycle Revolution opening 18th November. There’s no doubt a friend or colleague with
a passion for bikes will love this exhibition as it explores the much obsessed
over craftsmanship of bicycles and their accessories as must have design items.
what will you go and see? keep up updated on twitter @curiositytweet
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