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The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
UK's largest Lee Miller retrospective to be held at Tate Britain
The UK's largest retrospective of the American photographer and photojournalist Lee Miller, who produced some of the most renowned images of the modern era, will take place at Tate Britain this autumn. The exhibition will showcase the entirety of Miller's career, from her participation in French surrealism to her fashion and war photography. It will also explore her artistic collaborations and lesser-known sides of her practice, such as her images of the Egyptian landscape in the 1930s. The retrospective will feature about 250 vintage and modern prints, including those never previously displayed, revealing 'Miller's poetic vision and fearless spirit', according to the Tate. Born in 1907 in Poughkeepsie, New York state, Miller was first exposed to a camera by working as a model in the late 1920s, when she was photographed by celebrated figures such as Cecil Beaton and Edward Steichen. This inspired her to pursue photography and she quickly became a leading figure of the avant garde. It was after moving to Paris in 1929 that Miller began working with the visual artist Man Ray, becoming his student, muse and lover. Together they discovered solarisation, a photographic technique in which reversed halo-like effects are created through exposure to light during processing. In the early 1930s, Miller turned her lens to the streets of Paris, creating a series of photographs capturing the surreal in the everyday. Through crops, disorienting angles and reflections, she reimagined familiar Parisian sights ranging from Notre Dame Cathedral to a Guerlain perfume shop window. When she moved to London in 1939 at the outbreak of the second world war, Miller embarked on a new career in photojournalism, becoming the official war photographer for British Vogue and one of the few accredited female war correspondents. The exhibition will showcase her depictions of blitz-torn London, including You will not lunch in Charlotte Street today (1940) and Fire Masks (1941), which capture the pathos and absurdity of the city in wartime. Also on display will be her photographs of women's contributions on the home front, harrowing scenes from the frontline, the liberation of Paris, and the devastation and deprivation of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. These works will be presented in dialogue with extracts from Miller's first-person essays, which were published in British and American Vogue. The show will include the portraits of Miller and David E Scherman in Hitler's private bath in April 1945, which were staged directly after the pair returned from photographing Dachau, and are considered to be some of the most extraordinary images of the 20th century. Miller posed for the photos with the dried mud of that morning's visit to the camp on her boots deliberately dirtying Hitler's bathroom. Miller's work and life have been depicted numerous times, including in the 2005 musical Six Pictures of Lee Miller and the 2023 film Lee, in which Kate Winslet played Miller. She was also referenced as role model for the war photographer depicted by Kirsten Dunst in the 2024 film Civil War. The exhibition will run from 2 October 2025 to 15 February 2026.
BBC News
18-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Tate Britain Clore Garden design unveiled
Designs for a new garden outside Tate Britain have been unveiled by the architect Tom Stuart-Smith and architects Feilden Fowles have come up with the design which is a partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and the Clore Duffield says the Clore Garden at the art museum, which is based on Millbank in Westminster, "will offer a beautiful and inviting new green space for visitors and local residents to enjoy".Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain, said: "These sumptuous, innovative designs demonstrate the role museums can play in our cities, places where contemplation and relaxation can go hand in hand with joy and creativity." He added: "We are enormously excited to share a first look at designs for Tate Britain's new garden, a significant green space uniting art and nature and encouraging biodiversity. "We hope the garden will offer new ways to engage with Tate's collection, for both visitors and local residents alike."Mr Stuart-Smith said: "It's a wonderful opportunity to create a haven for people, plants and sculpture right in the heart of London and to transform the setting of the gallery into a beautiful garden that is really engaging, biodiverse and sustainable."
Time Out
16-05-2025
- General
- Time Out
Tate Britain has unveiled designs for its leafy new Clore Garden – featuring a wildlife pond and sculptures
The space around Tate Britain at Millbank is set to undergo a major green transformation – and now we've got a taste of how it will look, after seeing first-stage designs for the revamp of the gallery's outside area. Developed by landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith Studio and architects Feilden Fowles, who were selected for the project last year following an open competition, the new Clore Garden has been 'carefully designed to complement and enhance the gallery's neo-classical architecture and withstand the UK's changing climate'. It will feature pathways navigating flowers, trees and a wildlife pond, as well as a reimagined café terrace and a freestanding classroom to host school groups and adult learners, in addition to an area for outdoor programmes and activities. The plans were made in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) with funding from the Clore Duffield Foundation. The garden will also feature sculptures by British artists from Tate's collection as well as integrated seating, an interactive water feature and bench circle. 'These innovative designs demonstrate the role museums can play in our cities, places where contemplation and relaxation can go hand in hand with joy and creativity,' said Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain. 'We hope the garden will offer new ways to engage with Tate's Collection, for both visitors and local residents alike.'
Fashion Network
14-05-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Burberry sees Q4 improvement despite loss-making year, big job cuts are announced
It presented the Winter 25 runway show at Tate Britain that celebrated its 'iconic brand codes and our hero categories, resulting in a significant improvement in brand sentiment and engagement'. And it initiated a 'rebalancing' of the product offer 'with fewer, bigger ideas' and 'aligned pricing with category authority in a luxury context'. The company also enhanced VM in stores with more mannequins and improved product densities, as well as launching a scarf bar pilot. It also updated styling online, introducing new digital innovations to 'broaden appeal, delivering a step change in performance'. Additionally, the brand strengthened alignment between its commercial and creative teams and 'evolved' its operating model 'to drive simplification, increase agility and improve productivity'. Of course, in any reset, it's not easy to draw a line under the old strategy but the company said it accelerated actions to address its inventory overhang and 'restore scarcity' resulting in gross inventory of -7% CER as of March 2025, ahead of guidance. It also initiated a cost savings programme with £24 million delivered in FY25. As part of this ongoing commitment, on Wednesday said it was 'announcing organisational changes aimed at enhancing collaboration across our business, increasing our agility, driving efficiency and profitability while protecting our investment in consumer-facing areas'. The announcement was short on detail but it expects its proposed changes to 'unlock an additional £60 million of savings by FY27, enabling us to continue to fund our biggest growth opportunities'. With other cost cuts announced earlier, it should bring the combined annualised savings to £100 million by FY27. It expects these proposed incremental savings to come from operating expenses, with increased efficiency of spend in procurement and real estate, plus a big wave of job cuts affecting up to 1,700 people globally over the life of the programme. That's a massive slice of its global workforce, about which we'll clearly hear more in the quarters to come.
Fashion Network
14-05-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Burberry sees Q4 improvement despite loss-making year, big job cuts are announced
It presented the Winter 25 runway show at Tate Britain that celebrated its 'iconic brand codes and our hero categories, resulting in a significant improvement in brand sentiment and engagement'. And it initiated a 'rebalancing' of the product offer 'with fewer, bigger ideas' and 'aligned pricing with category authority in a luxury context'. The company also enhanced VM in stores with more mannequins and improved product densities, as well as launching a scarf bar pilot. It also updated styling online, introducing new digital innovations to 'broaden appeal, delivering a step change in performance'. Additionally, the brand strengthened alignment between its commercial and creative teams and 'evolved' its operating model 'to drive simplification, increase agility and improve productivity'. Of course, in any reset, it's not easy to draw a line under the old strategy but the company said it accelerated actions to address its inventory overhang and 'restore scarcity' resulting in gross inventory of -7% CER as of March 2025, ahead of guidance. It also initiated a cost savings programme with £24 million delivered in FY25. As part of this ongoing commitment, on Wednesday said it was 'announcing organisational changes aimed at enhancing collaboration across our business, increasing our agility, driving efficiency and profitability while protecting our investment in consumer-facing areas'. The announcement was short on detail but it expects its proposed changes to 'unlock an additional £60 million of savings by FY27, enabling us to continue to fund our biggest growth opportunities'. With other cost cuts announced earlier, it should bring the combined annualised savings to £100 million by FY27. It expects these proposed incremental savings to come from operating expenses, with increased efficiency of spend in procurement and real estate, plus a big wave of job cuts affecting up to 1,700 people globally over the life of the programme. That's a massive slice of its global workforce, about which we'll clearly hear more in the quarters to come.
