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Thu 1st Apr 2021
The World in a Grain of Sand: William Blake
Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Justine Hopkins.
Find out more »Thu 6th May 2021
The Scottish Colourists
This event has been rescheduled from the 7th of May 2020 due to Coronavirus The work of S.J. Peploe and J.D. Fergusson was seen in Edinburgh and London in the decade leading up to World War 1, but Hunter and Cadell were less well known. All were bold pioneers in the field of rich colour and exuberant brushwork. The strong light and bright colour they discovered in France was easily harnessed to their favourite places in Scotland. Lecturer: Alice Foster MA…
Find out more »Thu 3rd Jun 2021
The Cultral Heritage of the Huguenots
Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Sue Jackson Lecturer, Guide.
Find out more »Thu 1st Jul 2021
A Design Evolution: Jewellery and Metalwork 1850-1940
Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Helen Ritchie MA(Cantab) Curator, Modern Applied Arts, The Fitzwilliam Museum.
Find out more »Thu 4th Nov 2021
A Life in Fashion: the Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton
This event has been rescheduled from 4th June 2020 due to coronavirus When Cecil Beaton died in 1980, it was not surprising that one of his tailors was telephoned with the news before Buckingham Palace, despite his close association with the Royal Family. From the moment he arrived at Cambridge University in 1922, to his first meeting with Greta Garbo ten years later to his appearance at Truman Capote’s 1970 Black and White Ball, Beaton expressed a flamboyant sartorial nonchalance,…
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