This October, we will be shining a spotlight on our cultural members and celebrating the important link between Britain's vibrant cultural landscape and its luxury sector during the Walpole Culture Month. Over the next month, we will host a series of unique events for members that have been designed to celebrate the cultural and artistic institutions that are so central to our luxury ecosystem here in the UK.
In addition to the launch of Walpole's second-annual The State of London Luxury 2024 report commissioned in partnership with Cadogan (which features exclusive research that explores our sector's ever-evolving relationship with culture in the capital), we will be hosting a series of private views of hot-ticket exhibitions and exclusive events with cultural members throughout the month. These are all listed below. If you would like to attend, please RSVP on the linked event page before it's too late – places are filling up fast.
We are also launching the Walpole Culture Month Guide. This not only features a curated edit of the upcoming plays, exhibitions and events that should not be missed at our cultural members over the coming months, but also a selection of our friends on the artistic scene – including gallerist Robert Diament and stylist Catherine Hayward – sharing their favourite cultural spaces around the UK.
> You can download the Walpole Culture Month Guide here
Below, we you can find out a little more about the events in our Culture Month programme. We'll hope to see you there.
Wednesday 2nd October
Private View: Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery
Walpole invites members to a private view of the National Galley's Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers. The exhibition brings together a selection of Van Gogh's most spectacular paintings and drawings from across the world, including 'Starry Night over the Rhône', 'The Yellow House', as well as 'Sunflowers' and Van Gogh's 'Chair'.
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Thursday 3rd October
Report Launch: Introducing Walpole's The State of London Luxury 2024 report
Join Walpole as we launch The State of London Luxury 2024 report, which explores London's position as a global luxury capital and, for the first time, explores the symbiotic relationship between luxury, creativity, and the arts. At the launch, guests will enjoy breakfast before a presentation of the report followed by a panel discussion.
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Monday 7th October
Insight: Building cultures of innovation for timeless brands with Matter Of Form
How can timeless luxury brands create cultures of innovation? In the latest session of Walpole's partnership with design consultancy Matter Of Form, its Founder & CEO, Anant Sharma, will discuss how to harness distinguished brand positioning to inspire internally. Building a brand is so much more than the customer experience; it needs to be felt from junior to senior levels and across facets. Only then can a brand achieve a culture of innovation.
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Wednesday 9th October
Private View: Behind the scenes tour of the Royal Ballet and Opera
Join the Walpole team as we take a look in the areas of the Royal Opera House that are normally off-limits to the public, including rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops.
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Tuesday 15th October
Performance: The Real Thing at The Old Vic
Join Walpole for a performance of The Real Thing at The Old Vic. Diving through layers of play and performance, reality and deceit, The Real Thing is Tom Stoppard’s kaleidoscopic comedy of love, infidelity and the stories we tell.
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Thursday 17th October
Media Breakfast: These Foolish Things: In conversation with Dylan Jones
Join Walpole CEO Helen Brocklebank in conversation with Evening Standard Editor, Dylan Jones, as he offers fascinating insight on the cultural landscape of the last four decades and his new memoir, These Foolish Things, in which he traces from his late adolescence in 1970s London to his award-winning tenure at British GQ.
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