IMAGINATIVE WHIRLPOOL: A Cinematic Salon
An evening of live music, art & atmosphere
Thursday 14 May | RSVP Essential
6.30 – 9.30 PM
The Exhibitionist Hotel
8–10 Queensberry Place
South Kensington, London SW7
5 minutes from the V&A and Natural History Museum
Following an exceptional response and a growing buzz across South Kensington, Line of Beauty has been extended for an additional month, giving even more visitors the chance to experience the show.
For one evening, Line of Beauty slips into another genre.
Imaginative Whirlpool: A Cinematic Salon transforms The Exhibitionist Hotel into a cinematic environment of live music, moving image and imagined landscapes.
Centered around Cristina Schek’s Americana Series, the evening unfolds through a series of intimate live encounters where piano, voice, percussion and guitar emerge throughout the hotel alongside video works and projected moving-image installations.
Rather than a traditional concert, the night is imagined as a wandering cinematic experience. Live music, moving image and conversation will unfold throughout the hotel, creating a living soundtrack to the exhibition.
The evening features exceptional musicians from AB Music Academy, including artists from Oradea, Schek’s hometown in Transylvania, while also celebrating the opening of the academy’s new Covent Garden branch, its third London location.
Live Music
Musicians from AB Music Academy
celebrating the opening of their new Covent Garden branch
Andrada Maria Pașcu — Piano · Voice
Royal Academy of Music
St Martin-in-the-Fields · St James’s Piccadilly
Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra
Florin Constantin Pașcu — Drums · Percussion
Drumtech London
Wembley Arena · Strawberry Festival
Oliver Popa — Voice
Vocal Coach, The X Factor
Musical Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Evita
Erik Kris (Axi) — Guitar
Acoustic · Classical · Electric
+ surprise guests
An immersive evening of music, art and atmosphere within the Young Masters People’s Choice Award Winners Exhibition Line of Beauty, extended until 1 June due to popular demand.
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About Cristina Schek
Cristina Schek is the photosensitive kind: she thinks in pictures, her imagination always in focus. A Transylvanian Surrealist rooted in London, Schek creates conceptual digital works that explore identity, illusion and the shifting nature of representation. Literature, cinema and art history act as her continual muses, guiding her into layered visual narratives where the self becomes both subject and symbol.
Estelle Lovatt FRSA, leading UK art critic, art historian, author and lecturer, describes Schek as “in a league of her own” writing: “Cristina Schek’s incredible visual adventures embrace life, beyond life. Piloting artistic vision between reality and imagination I’m calling Surreal Neo-Romantic Universalism. Questioning what’s factual by what’s make-believe, Schek bends Einstein and Newton, making her new artwork fairytales for grownups.” Lovatt further observes Schek’s work as a powerful departure from traditional portrayals of the female muse: “Different to a man’s representation of the female, Schek inspires us to be the victor, not the victim… Schek’s surreal portraits carry feminist weight and contemporary resonance.”
Schek’s work has gained international recognition, including the Young Masters Focus on the Female Art Created During Lockdown Award in 2021 for Florence Lightingale, inclusion in the BFAMI Art Exhibition at Phillips Auction House in 2022 and 2026, and the W4th Plinth Award in 2023, where her 4 × 4m public artwork The Ceiling In The Sky was unveiled as the winning piece by Dame Siân Phillips. In 2025, she received First Prize in the Young Masters People’s Choice Award, leading to Line of Beauty, a duo exhibition with Alexandra Baraitser in South Kensington, on view from 15 January to 1 June 2026 and extended due to popular demand. She also received a Highly Commended recognition from the Rudolph Blume Foundation Acquisition Award.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at major art fairs including British Art Fair, London Art Fair, Frieze EXPO CHICAGO, Art Miami, Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, NY Art Fair and LA Art Show, as well as in museum exhibitions at Elmbridge Museum and Kingston Museum in London. Her work is held in private collections across the UK, Europe and the United States.
Presented by the not-for-profit Young Masters Art Prize initiative, Line of Beauty celebrates the winners of the People’s Choice Award.
About Young Masters
Founded in 2009 by gallerist Cynthia Valianti Corbett, Young Masters Art Prize is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to supporting emerging and mid-career artists who draw inspiration from art history. Through exhibitions, awards, mentoring and international opportunities, Young Masters nurtures diverse talent and connects creative voices across generations and geographies.
www.young-masters.co.uk | [email protected] | +44 (0) 7939 085 076
Free entry by RSVP only.
Places are limited.
