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Manga/anime everyone else has read/watched, but I haven't. @britishmuseum #britishmuseum #MangaExhibition #manga #anime #princessjellyfish #princessknight #saintyoungmen #naruto #onepiece #attackontitan #chissweethome #bluegiantsupreme #goldenkamuy

A few installation shots. Lots of banners, like a convention! I found their use of the back walls very odd as they can't be seen when looking at the exhibits on the artificial walls. However, they make up for it with large appealing graphics. #MangaExhibition #manga #britishmuseum @britishmuseum #exhibition

As a child, I grew up watching 'Chuuka Ichiban! (Cooking Master Boy)', a cooking anime about Chinese cuisine during the Qing Dynasty. Being raised in a takeaway, I guess I related to the boy protagonist who worked in his mother's restaurant and would go on to compete against evil-doing chefs, gather mystical cooking equipment, and generally save entire cities from corruption by cooking beautiful dishes that glowed with dragonic spirits. To Western audiences, the genre of gourmet manga and cooking anime may seem very niche, but it's actually quite popular in Japan and is represented by one example in the lovely @britishmuseum #MangaExhibition. The show is probably the biggest answer for parents as to why their children are so obsessed with these animated stories featuring warriors, magical girls, and love interests. The opening sections beautifully narrate a history of manga and its influences (scroll paintings, Japanese prints, Western comics and satire, Disney) before devoting the rest of the exhibition to the various genres and iconic mangas many of us have come to idolise at some point. It was exciting to see original genji drawings for my childhood shows: 'Dragon Ball', 'Sailor Moon', 'Astro-Boy', and even 1996 drawings for 'Pokemon' featuring chubby Pikachu! The Studio Ghibli films also make a brief appearance. My parents also introduced me to some of the shows they watched in childhood ('Captain Tsubasa', 'Kitaro of the Graveyard'), both of which are featured. However, this show is far from representative in its examples ('Gundam' is impressively absent), but it serves as an excellent introduction to the industry and its fans. Manga deals with a lot of serious real-life issues (homosexuality, grief, disaster, etc). Personally, my early experience of feminism came from 'Princess Nine', a sports anime about an all-female baseball team going up against all-male teams. I wholeheartedly recommend this exhibition. It has original artworks, lots of nostalgia, a manga library, and a selfie camera. #britishmuseum #manga #comics #animation #dragonball #pokemon #astroboy #hokusai #captaintsubasa #kitaro

Edvard Munch, the portraitist. #MunchExhibition #EdvardMunch #portraiture #art #exhibition #lithograph #printmaking #britishmuseum @britishmuseum

Paintings and pairings. #MunchExhibition #EdvardMunch #printmaking #etching #lithograph #woodcut #exhibition #art @britishmuseum #britishmuseum

The #EdvardMunch show @britishmuseum is glorious. Focusing largely on his printmaking from 1895 to 1918, the show weaves us through the tragic and uplifting moments of his life and how they emotionally affected the haunting visual language he became recognised for. Highlights obviously include his lithograph for 'The Scream', made 2 years later than the painting, but pairing it with one of the earliest ideas for that painting (a study for 'The Despair') made the display a must-see moment. Equally awesome is the chance to see the double-sided lithographic stone which was used to create the 'Madonna' and 'Vampire II' prints, one of three displays which reunite the final products with their respective etching plate, woodblock, or stone. Munch's sometimes colourful work is also presented alongside his peers (Max Klinger, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Redon), as well as past German printmakers of chiaroscuro woodcuts like Hans Wechtlin and Hans Burgkmair. Great show with revelatory insights! #munch #britishmuseum #exhibition #art #printmaking #etching #lithograph #woodcut #chiaroscurowoodcut #munchexhibition

You're not wrong, @jeremydeller. #jeremydeller @royalacademyarts #royalacademyofarts #RASummer #summerexhibition2019

A lovely @emilyallchurch in a great room curated by Anne Desmet. @royalacademyarts #royalacademyofarts #RASummer #summerexhibition2019 #emilyallchurch

People are gonna love this Banksy (for sale) at #RASummer! @royalacademyarts #banksy @banksy #rasummer2019 #royalacademyofarts #summerexhibition2019

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