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January 28, 2005
Beauty at the V&A until 27 February 2005
by Kenny Campbell

In association with Estée Lauder
the V&A has commissioned a special tour this winter, as well as debates and other events, exploring the idea of Beauty through the Museum’s unrivalled permanent collections. Acting as a "guest editor" of the collections, design consultant Stephen Bayley has chosen 25 objects from Canova’s ‘Sleeping Nymph’ to a 1920s Wagenfeld desk lamp, to explore the concept of what people find beautiful and the different ways beauty is expressed. There will also be a special Beauty Week from 24 January, starting with a debate and ending with a Beauty Friday Late View until 10pm.

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