SOCIAL FABRIC, RIVINGTON PLACE LONDON

From the Bayeux tapestry’s insights into the Norman Conquest to Tracey Emin’s appliquéd memoirs, textiles often belie their soft appearance to explore some pretty hefty subjects.
A new exhibition opening in January, Social Fabric, will present a series of textile works and paintings that explore labour, capital, international trade and radical politics.
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VINTAGE EXTRAVAGANZA

The University of Essex Student's Union, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, £1 entry
Over 20 of the best vintage fashion sellers from all over the UK will be winging their way to Colchester THIS THURSDAY, 13th of October, for a vintage fashion fest.
Clothes for men and women, vintage accessories, jewellery, up-cycled / reworked vintage pieces and not forgetting beautiful cupcakes and a bloody lovely cup of tea.

NATURE AND ANIMALS: THE GALLERY COLCHESTER

EXHIBITION RUNS FROM THE 15TH OCTOBER - SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Featuring artists Lisa Gorrod, Lee Thomas, Sara E Napoletani, The Essex Print Club, Steve Panton and Nem Sarton (Main Room). Also featuring ‘The Aviary’ at The Gallery
A MERZ OF BIRDS An Installation by Chris Andrews (Inner Room)Collections and assemblies featuring the Bird Box, Cockateel Cabinet, Chicken Coop and Ghost Birds, Psychological collages of birdlike obsessions. (www.gallerydesign.co.uk)

CLARE WOODS AT THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD GALLERY

This new exhibition by Clare Woods will explore her interest in the power and history of rock formations in the British landscape, and its various manifestations in the works of artists such as Hepworth, Moore, Sutherland, Piper and Nash. Her large-scale paintings (approximately 10 metres in length) use layers of enamel paint on aluminium. The paintings are often visually ambiguous and claustrophobic in their detail, combining abstraction and controlled figuration, held together by webs of paint and luscious reflective surfaces.
Exhibition runs from 22nd October - 29th January at the Hepworth Wakefield Gallery (www.hepworthwakefield.org)

20 YEARS OD DAZED AND CONFUSED AT SOMERSET HOUSE

Dazed & Confused has been a go-to reference for style and culture since its explosive launch in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and renowned photographer Rankin. Work featured includes ground-breaking photography by Rankin, Nick Knight, David Sims and Terry Richardson, specially commissioned projects by artists Jake & Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst and Sam Taylor-Wood, cutting edge fashion pages by stylists Katie Grand, Katy England, Alister Mackie and Nicola Formichetti, and specially selected designs by fashion giants Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Gareth Pugh.

EXHIBITION OPENS 4TH NOVEMBER 2011 - 29TH JANUARY 2012 FREE ENTRY

THE PHOTOGRAPHS GALLERY AT THE V&A

On 24 October 2011, the V&A’s new Photographs Gallery will open to the public.
The Photographs Gallery will draw upon the V&A’s internationally renowned collection of photographs, and will chronicle the history of photography from 1839 up to the 1960s. In 1858, the V&A became the first museum to exhibit photographs, and the new Photographs Gallery is able to showcase some of the most technically brilliant and artistically accomplished photographs in its collection. Temporary displays, primarily showcasing contemporary photography, will be shown in the V&A’s existing photographs gallery.