Dulwich Picture Gallery - What's On - Jan-Apr 2017

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LECTURES AND TALKS Contextual Lecture Series 2017 London: The Making of a Global City All lectures, Tuesday mornings at 10.30 – 11.30am £12, £10 Friends What makes a global city and how do we maintain its expanding fortitude? Join expert speakers as they examine aspects of London identity from 1817 - 2017, two centuries of social, industrial and cultural innovations. This series will explore the ins and outs of the capital city, including its architecture, infrastructure, social housing and culture and economic growth through both business and scientific advancement. A.C. Grayling Thinkers' London After Waterloo 21 February This lecture looks at the decades immediately following 1815 when London came to be the intellectual capital of Britain John Robertson Enlightenment London 14 March London will be compared with two other centers of Enlightenment, Edinburgh and Naples, to explore the different characteristics of the cities, with a focus on the strength of London’s publishing industry. Paul Brassley Rural History 21 March This talk examines the changing products of agriculture over the last two centuries and surveys the different political, economic and scientific contexts within which the changes occurred. A.C. Grayling Nick Barratt Greater London: The Story of the Suburbs 28 March This talk looks at the various phases in greater London’s development from the first Roman suburbs to the modern expansion, exploring the impact this had on the people who chose to dwell in the suburbs. Robert Skidelsky Keynes: A Revolution in Economic Thinking 11 April John Maynard Keynes remains highly relevant to an understanding of the financial collapse of 2007–8. This lecture provides a Keynesian perspective on the reform of the world's monetary system, and concludes with reflections on the role of the state and the state of economics. Mary Evens A City of Women But Not Always For Us: London 1817 - 2017 25 April This lecture will discuss the many ways in which access to the city, and what we define as 'the city' has, in the past one hundred and fifty years been gendered. IN TOWN A series of lectures about major exhibitions in other London galleries 7.00 for 7.30pm/Linbury Room £12, Friends £10 Includes a glass of wine Organised by the Friends Clash of the Titans - Michaelangelo, Sebastiano del Piombo and their Rivals Thursday 23 February Alongside the National Gallery exhibition Michelangelo- Sebastiano: A Meeting of Minds, this lecture looks at the fierce, bitter competition between the artistic Titans of the renaissance – Michelangelo, John Singer Sargent, Italian sailing Vessels at Anchor, c. 1904-07, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Presented by Miss K. de Hochpied Larpent, 1943. Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford Leonardo, Raphael and Titian, and the combining of forces to surpass rivals. The exhibition at the National Gallery runs from 15 March – 25 June 2017 Revolutionary Russian Art 1917-1932 Thursday 16 March A hundred years after the Russian revolution this powerful exhibition explores one of the most momentous periods in modern history through its art, surveying the entire artistic landscape of postrevolutionary Russia, including films, ceramics, textiles, graphic design and architecture. The exhibition at the Royal Academy runs from 11 February – 17 April 2017 The painting techniques of John Singer Sargent Thursday 30 March Ahead of Sargent: The Watercolours at Dulwich Picture Gallery this June, Dr Townsend will discuss recent Tate research into Sargent’s painting materials and his methods for painting portraits. Sebastiano del Piombo, The Raising of Lazarus © The National Gallery, London 14 Book online at dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk January — April 2017 15
LECTURES AND TALKS IN SIGHT 10.30-11.30am/Linbury Room Series of 3 £32, £26 Friends Single lecture £12, £10 Friends Coffee afterwards 21st Century Women Artists: a stellar collection in Cambridge Paula Rego, Cornelia Parker, Maggi Hambling, Bridget Riley and Judy Chicago all have work in the New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. It is the largest and most significant collection of contemporary women’s art in Europe, and is still growing. This series looks at the story of the collection with talks by the artists represented. Why women, why then, why now? Wednesday 25 January Eliza Gluckman tells the story of the New Hall Art Collection through its paintings, from the acquisition that spurred it in the late 1980s, to its continued importance in the story of women artists and their careers. Eliza Gluckman, Curator, New Hall Art Collection Gayle Chong Kwan, Artist Wednesday 1 February Scottish-born and Londonbased, Gayle exhibited in the Venice Biennale in 2011 and internationally. She works primarily with photography and installation to create fantastical landscapes and environments consisting primarily of waste materials, creating beautiful, challenging art works. Eileen Cooper RA, Keeper of the Royal Academy Wednesday 8 February An accomplished painter and printmaker, Eileen Cooper’s practice is underpinned by drawing. The figure of a woman is central to her imagery: heroine, goddess, mother, lover. Eileen will talk about her practice and her view on women’s art as seen from her current role as Keeper of the RA. All in the detail: art in miniature This series examines three diverse forms of art, to show how the finest artists and craftsmen adopted a small format to create a big impact in terms of beauty, charm, drama and emotion. ‘My portrait in little’: 16th century portrait miniatures Wednesday 1 March The miniature is among the most sophisticated products of 16th century England. This lecture will focus on the finest Tudor portrait miniaturists, including Hans Holbein II, Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver. Karen Hearn, Hon. Professor, University College London The World Made Small: miniatures from the V&A Museum of Childhood Wednesday 8 March The miniaturisation of everyday objects has a long history, but what is it that makes them so charming? Both adults and children delight in these treasured items, many of which are in the Museum’s collections. They show us a child’s eye view of our world, from home, travel, war and entertainment. Esther Lutman, Curator at the V&A Museum of Childhood Microcosms and Microworlds: ivory carvings from the Middle Ages Wednesday 15 March Medieval ivory diptychs, triptychs and tiny tabernacles contain miniature worlds. Tableaus of biblical scenes and apocryphal stories are contained and framed. This lecture explores the skill of the medieval carver and the role that miniaturisation played in the status of ivory carvings. Naomi Speakman, Curator Late Medieval Europe, British Museum Hepworth Statue: © New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Gayle Chong Kwan, Babel 2004, © New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge Nicholas Hilliard, Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex, 1588 16 Book online at dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk January — April 2017 17
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