Oliver Messel study day at the V&A:
Oliver Messel – In the Theatre of Design
Saturday 4 February 2012, 10.30-17.00
Victoria and Albert Museum
A study day exploring the career of Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage and interior designers of the 20th century. Working with Diaghilev, then on Broadway shows such as The Country Wife, and on films like Gigi, Messel also designed homes for the 1960s jet-set including Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. This event brings together curators and historians as well as colleagues who knew and worked with him, and examines his work for film, theatre, interiors, and architecture. It coincides with the publication of a major monograph on Messel’s career.
Tickets: £45/£35 concessions; £10 students
To book: call 0207 942 2211 or visit www.vam.ac.uk/whatson
10.30 Introduction and Welcome
10.40 Oliver Messel – The Man
Thomas Messel, Editor of Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design (Rizzoli 2011)
11.10 Coffee
11.30 Oliver Messel and his Artistic Environment
Stephen Calloway, Senior Curator, V&A
12.10 Oliver Messel and Costume Design
Sarah Woodcock MBE, Costume Historian
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00 Oliver Messel and Sleeping Beauty
DVDof extracts of the Royal Opera House 2011 performance
14.30 Messel’s Architecture and Interiors
Jeremy Musson, architecture historian and writer
15.20 Tea
15.40 Messel and Film.
Keith Lodwick, Curator, V&A
Discussion
