Find out more about the Aesthetic Movement at the V&A

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Event: Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement in Britain 1860-1900
Dates: April to July 2011
Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum

Art lovers may like to visit the first international exhibition devoted to the Aesthetic Movement in Britain in the late 19th century.

Guests at the best London hotel can see at least 60 sophisticated and beautiful paintings from the period at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Artwork by 19th century painters, including Sir Frederic Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti will be on display.

A total of 300 objects will be showcased at the event, including art furnishings designed by William Morris and interior items created by Edward Godwin.

Stephen Calloway, co-curator of the exhibition, told the Guardian: "People, I suspect, are becoming rather tired of ugliness and things which are not well made and art that isn't well drawn."

He added that this exhibition will showcase the best of art from the 19th century.

The Aesthetic Movement was devoted to emphasising beauty over moral or social themes.

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