Stay with us from May 19th to 21st 2024 and enjoy complimentary tickets to the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum’s new exhibition of modern and contemporary photography, on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish.
As part of your stay, you will also be invited to join us for an exclusive COMO Conversation with Lydia Caston, Exhibition Project Curator of the new 'Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection' exhibition on May 20th 2024.
Image credit: Versace Dress (Back View), El Mirage 1990 ©Herb Ritts Foundation, Courtesy of Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
In this COMO Conversation, spend time with Lydia Caston, the Exhibition Project Curator of the upcoming 'Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection' exhibition as she presents an intimate look at the highly anticipated show, exploring key themes, narratives and object highlights.
Location: White Room
Time: May 20th 2024, 6.00pm to 8.00pm
Lydia Caston is exhibition project curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She joined the museum in 2018 to work on fashion photography projects and was the assistant curator of “Tim Walker: Wonderful Things”. She is one of the curators of 'Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection'.
Her recent publications include ”Yellow” in The V&A Book of Colour in Design (2020), contributions to Another Country: British Documentary Photography Since 1945 (May 2022), Calling the Shots: A Queer History of Photography (Spring 2024) and George Hoyningen Huene: Photography, Fashion, Film (Spring 2024).
Image credit: Lydia Caston © Catharina Pavitschitz
The Victoria and Albert Museum is to present a major exhibition of modern and contemporary photography, on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish. Showcasing over 300 rare prints from over 140 photographers – the majority of which will be on display to the public for the first time – 'Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection' will be the V&A’s largest temporary exhibition of photography to date.
Marking 30 years of collecting, the exhibition will celebrate John and Furnish’s passion for the medium of photography and will reflect their personal taste and unique eye as collectors. Across eight thematic sections, it will explore subjects such as fashion, reportage, celebrity, the male body, and American photography.
Image credit: Simply Fragile, 2022 by Tyler Mitchell © Tyler Mitchell. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
