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The Ditch at The Old Vic
The Ditch at The Old Vic

Events this week reinvent normal rules of presentation and context: Sean Scully expands and adapts his existing work for Timothy Taylor; Melissa Auf der Maur launches...

Events this week reinvent normal rules of presentation and context: Sean Scully expands and adapts his existing work for Timothy Taylor; Melissa Auf der Maur launches her multimedia project in New York; The Old Vic stages a play underground; and Olivier Theyskens launches his new volume at Liberty of London.

Melissa Auf der Maur, Out Of Our Minds, Housing Works Bookstore – Monday May 24

The Canadian musician and photographer (previously a bassist with Hole and Smashing Pumpkins) launches her new multimedia project, Out of Our Minds, featuring film, live music, readings and a Q&A.

Ditch at The Old Vic, London – Until Saturday June 26

The apocalyptic vision of Beth Steel’s Ditch (co-presented by High Tide) is perfectly set against the grubby backdrop of The Old Vic Tunnels, a newly transformed space beneath the legendary theatre.

Sean Scully at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London – Friday May 28 – Saturday July 3

Abstract painter Sean Scully’s new works at Timothy Taylor are based around the artist’s time in Mexico in the Eighties, while his Wall of Light series has been expanded upon for his sixth show at the London gallery.

Olivier Theyskens at Liberty of London – Thursday May 27

To celebrate the launch of Theyskens’s new book, The Other Side of the Picture, Liberty hosts a launch event with the man himself present to sign your fresh new copies.