A Day of Satire presented by The Lamplighters Music Theatre: Cult of Beauty Public Programs

The Legion of Honor transports you to London, England, during the time of Oscar Wilde for a look at the Aesthetic Movement. See how a rebellious group of young artists changed the culture with their vision of “art for art’s sake” as examined in the special exhibition The Cult of Beauty:The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900. Don’t miss an exclusive series of programs featuring music, costumes, hands-on art making, and more, presented on select Saturdays and Sundays throughout the exhibition. The dates of the series are 2/18, 2/26, 3/11, 3/18, 4/8 and 5/12.

 

Performers from Lamplighters Music Theatre will present scenes and songs from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience. This 1881 Victorian comic opera satirizes the Aesthetic "craze” of the 1870s and 1880s, when the philosophy of "art for art’s sake" could sometimes lead to self-indulgent excess, making a ripe target for ridicule.

 

           

 

Upcoming "Cult of Beauty" Public Programs:
Sunday, March 11: Visions of Beauty: Inside the Victorian Artists Salon & Studio
Sunday, March 18: Fantasy, Science, and Magic
Sunday, April 8: A Victorian Easter Wonderland
Saturday, May 12: Muses, Music & Divas by leading academics Peter Trippi & Tim Barringer