Starting during Frieze Week 2024, the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation will present Bethan Laura Wood’s Travelling Bluestocking Salon, with an exhibition and accompanying events programme conceived with curator Libby Sellers and realised with curator Vittoria de Franchis.
Over four weeks a specially invited cross-section of London’s art, design and fashion communities will each discuss an object they have chosen and the impact it has had on their lives, offering an insight into their creative practice.
Sunday 06 October, 3-5pm
Mother Tongue Salon #1
Alvaro Barrington, Nicoletta Fiorucci, Susannah Gibson, Alice Rawsthorn, and Bethan Laura Wood, moderated by Libby Sellers
Saturday 12 October, 3-6pm
Mother Tongue Salon #2
a performance by Matilde Cerruti Quara, curated by Vittoria de Franchis
Tuesday 15 October, 6-8pm
Mother Tongue Salon #3
with Frith Kerr, Charlotte Kingsnorth, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Lou Stoppard, moderated by Libby Sellers
Friday 25 October, 7-9pm
Mother Tongue Salon #4
Zandra Rhodes in conversation about her recent publication “Iconic”
Sunday 27 October, 3-5pm
Mother Tongue Salon #5
with Attua Aparicio, Gary Card, Emily King, Tai Shani, moderated by Libby Sellers
The Salons all take place at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation on Chelsea Embankment and are open to everyone although RSVP is essential.
The Travelling Bluestocking Salon is a series of installations inspired by the Bluestockings Society, one of the first English feminist groups advocating for the arts, philanthropy, and learning.
