This is an unusual exhibition.  Those who have attended previous exhibitions have been stunned by the skill needed to achieve the fine detail on these works.  If you haven't seen these sort of artworks then take this opportunity.

Free and no ticket or booking required

Working within the size limit of 6”x4” (15 x 10 cm) members of the Royal Miniature Society (RMS) produce work of with exquisite detail. With over 600 pieces on display in a variety of media and subjects, this is the world’s foremost showcase for contemporary miniature art. Painting, drawing and sculpture are all included -Contemporary miniatures at affordable prices - something for everyone!

Curator Adam Štěch of the Czech creative collective OKOLO will talk about the emblematic communist era Hotel Praha in Prague, demolished in 2014. Focusing on the strong design legacy and the phenomenon known as “total work of art” (Gesamtkunstwerk), where architecture, design and art became one all-embracing art concept, Štěch will present several other projects by leading Czech architects and designers, working between 1945 and 1989. Taking place in the iconic brutalist building of the Slovak Embassy, visitor have a unique chance to truly immerse themselves in this fascinating cultural heritage. 

Hotel Praha, built over six years made use of the latest technology, materials and interiors and with a seemingly bottomless budget it became the most luxurious hotel within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, an architectural symbol of late communist rule used almost exclusively by the party. Leading architects and designers were invited to take part:Jaroslav Paroubek, Arnošt Navrátil, Radek Černý and Jan Sedláček were enlisted for this complex architectural commission. Zbyněk Hřivnáč, an interior and furniture designer prepared interior concepts and ideas to implement large unique artworks from a line-up of prolific artists such as René Roubíček, Stanislav Libenský, Stanislav Kolíbal or Karel Nepraš. After the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, the hotel was transferred into a state-owned commercial five star hotel, and was eventually torn down in 2014.

Prior to demolition some of the pieces were rescued by private collectors and museums. A collection of these pieces are part of the exhibition ‘Hotel Praha’ by Sigmar, London and OKOLO, Prague as part of the Brompton Design District programme ‘Material Consequences’ curated by Jane Withers Studio, during the London Design Festival, 15 - 23 September 2018.

About Adam Štěch
As an art theoretician, writer, and curator, Adam Štěch is focused on design, architecture, and fashion. He is a co-founder of the creative collective OKOLO, responsible for dozens of design publications and exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad. Since 2009 he has been the editor of Prague-based magazine Dolce Vita, in 2018 he became the editor of the Czech Vogue. Štěch also writes for Wallpaper, Modernism, DAMN°, Cool Hunting, Domus, Architonic, Mark, Frame, A10, and Sight Unseen. He has collaborated with Phillips de Pury, Casa Mollino, Gubi, Designblok, Tolix, Verreum, Form, Design Museum Holon, Depot Basel, Bratislava Design Week, Vienna Design Week, Ziba, Dox, Qubus, Maharam, and more.

See our nearest star as you never have before. The Baker Street Irregulars will give you the opportunity to view the sun with an array of eye safe devices and telescopes. Drop in any time after midday.  Expect to see solar flares and sun spots as well as having your questions answered.   Never look directly at the sun.   As this event is dependent on having a cloudless sky it may be cancelled or some details changed. Look back nearer the time.

Lets have a lazy and decadent day in relaxing  surroundings, enjoying conversation over some food and a cocktail or two.  Take time to talk to the lovely astronomers. I cant charge for this event as I would be breaking so many laws.  however if after attending a few picnics then a small bottle of dark rum to share with others would be welcome.  Usually there are restrictions on numbers who can attend picnics in parks but not for this event.  However please update your RSVP so I have some idea how much booze to bring for the cocktails. 

I will bring

• Groundsheets to seat about 15 people
• A little food to share
• Ingredients for rum based cocktails, shaken Mojito, Daiquiri and Pina Colada
• a few paper plates, plastic glasses and cutlery

Please bring food for yourself and maybe some small thing (that can be repackaged and taken away if its not consumed) to share

It will be helpful if you can bring something to sit on, eat off and maybe a plastic or paper cup large enough for a tall drink.  

Join us at UCL’s Pathology Museum for an evening event to celebrate a newly installed art exhibition which explores the relationships between body matter and the biological rhythms of the brain.

Between 6-7pm hear perspectives from artistAndrew Carnie, pathologist Alan Bates, and neuroscientist Kimberley Whitehead, and stay on from 7-9pm for continued discussion as we view the art over drinks to a curated brain rhythm-inspired playlist.