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Sidney Nolan, 'Ned Kelly' (detail), 1946. Enamel paint on composition board. 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977.
© TRACEY EMIN. All rights reserved, DACS 2013. Photo: KERRY RYAN.
José Chávez Morado, 'Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo)' (detail), 1939. Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Loyal Davis © DACS 2013.
Richard Rogers Partnership, Lloyd’s of London, 1978-86. © Richard Bryant / arcaidimages.com & Piano + Rogers, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1971-77. © Francois Le Diascorn / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
23 September 2013
At the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, W1S 4BS
Piano + Rogers, Pompidou Centre, Paris, 1971-77, Competition elevation © Piano + Rogers Image courtesy of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners A panel of key urban thinkers and figures involved in the shaping of cities discuss how architecture can help create cities that are great places to live, work and play.
Speakers include Peter Saville (the renowned designer, known for his iconic album covers for Joy Division and New Order and currently Creative Director of the City of Manchester), Leo Hollis (urban historian and author of the recent book Cities Are Good for You) and George Ferguson (architect, former President of the RIBA and current Mayor of Bristol).
Chaired by Anne Power (professor of social policy and deputy director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics).
6.30–8pm
£12 / £6 reductions (students, jobseekers and people with disabilities)
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