The British Beauty Council

Virtual Beauty at Somerset House
2025-07-23 08:00 - 2025-09-28 17:00 (Europe/London) | Somerset House, London, WC2R 1LA
Featuring over 20 international artists, Virtual Beauty will delve into the influence of artificial intelligence, social media, and virtual identities on self-image.
The exhibition will feature interactive installations and pioneering works that challenge traditional beauty standards. Highlights include ORLAN’s Omniprésence (1993), a groundbreaking performance in which the artist live-streamed her own facial aesthetic surgery to critique Western beauty ideals, and Amalia Ulman’s Excellences & Perfections, a powerful commentary on the authenticity of social media personas. Artificial intelligence’s perception of beauty will be examined through AI-generated portraits by Minnie Atairu, Ben Cullen Williams, and Isamaya Ffrench, while Harriet Davey, Frederik Heyman, and Andrew Thomas Huang explore digital self-expression and the creation of avatars beyond human boundaries.
Dates: 23rd July – 28th September 2025.
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Fuel your business growth: Start your business
2025-07-24 12:00 - 2025-08-26 11:00
Are you ready to transform your passion into a thriving business? This six-part series will explore the fundamentals businesses need to consider, and equip them with the tools and knowledge to kick-start their entrepreneurial journey.

Events in this series
This six-part series will provide budding entrepreneurs with the basics of how to successfully start a business.

1. Ideas to reality: Understanding the viability of your business: 24 July at 12PM
2. Introduction to financial terminology: Some definitions to grasp! 29 July at 2:00pm
3. Customer profiling: Customers and competitors: 5 August at 2:00pm
4. Planning for success: How to action plan by adopting SMART objectives: 13 August at 12:00pm
5. Four steps to kick-start your venture: 19 August at 11:00am
6. From the kitchen table to the world: 26 August at 10:00am

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