The weekly feature rounds up the latest updates in museum appointments, openings, funding and new exhibitions from across the UK.
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Appointments
The Burton at Bideford has announced the appointment of Harriet Cooper as its new Director. Copper is a curator known for her developmental work with early-career artists, expertise in commissioning new work, and strategic leadership of national partnership projects.
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is now on the search for a new CEO to replace Tim Cooke, who has announced that he will step down from the role later this year.Cooke, who took up the role in 2018, will leave the organisation in November after serving almost seven years as CEO.
Openings & closures
Reopenings have been pushed back at the Jewry Wall Museum and Visitor Centre and Harris Museum after the collapse of two fit–out companies within weeks of each other.
Exhibitions
The Natural History Museum in London presents ‘Visions of Nature’, an immersive mixed reality experience transporting visitors to 2125 to witness the future of the planet. Using Microsoft headsets, visitors will explore holographic animations of species such as Darwin’s frog, narwhals, and beluga whales, alongside physical specimens including a cuttlefish and coconut crab. The ticketed exhibition runs from 24 October 2024.
The British Museum in London will showcase approximately 100 prints by Pablo Picasso in a new exhibition, including never-before-displayed pieces from his 347 Suite. The exhibition will feature works from throughout Picasso’s career, including The Frugal Meal (1904), prints from the Vollard Suite, and the largest number of prints ever displayed from the 347 Suite. ‘Picasso: printmaker’ will run from 7 November 2024 – 30 March 2025 in Room 90 at the museum.
Also in the capital, the Design Museum is to open ‘The World of Tim Burton’, next month. The exhibition will feature over 600 items from Burton’s personal archives and film studios. Objects on display include Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman costume, Christina Ricci’s dress from Sleepy Hollow, and Jenna Ortega’s dance dress from Netflix series ‘Wednesday’. The exhibition runs from 25 October 2024 – 21 April 2025.
‘Picturing Our Past’ is a new exhibition at Stirling Castle, which showcases community-led images from de-industrialised areas of the West of Scotland. The project worked with 12 community organisations, focusing on local social, cultural and industrial heritage in economically deprived areas. The exhibition runs from the present date until 30 November 2024.
The ‘Fashion of Flight’ exhibition opens at Aerospace Bristol next month, showcasing British Airways cabin crew and flight crew uniforms from the 1940s to the present day, including iconic designs such as a BOAC paper dress and a Caledonian Airways tartan uniform. Objects on display will include 1950s BOAC designs, the BOAC Cheongsam, BEA uniforms from the 1960s, and Imperial Airways and British Airways Captains’ uniforms. The exhibition runs from 17 October 2023 – 17 November 2024.
Funding
The Ashmolean Museum is continuing its fundraising efforts as it seeks to acquire a 1400s crucifixion painting for almost £5m. The painting by the Renaissance Master Fra Angelico dates to the 1420s, and has been barred from export since the beginning of the year while a domestic buyer is found.
Ashmolean continues efforts toward £5m ‘Crucifixion’ acquisition
