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SUMMARY:Constable's Year: Susan Owens In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:If you’ve ever stood in front of a painting and wanted someone brilliant to help you understand why it moves you\, Susan Owens is exactly the person you need in the room. An evening in her company promises to be anything but ordinary.\nFormerly Curator of Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum\, Susan Owens has spent her career asking the questions that make art history feel alive. She is the kind of scholar who doesn’t just catalogue the past but finds the hidden threads that run through it. \nHer books have ranged across the full sweep of British art and imagination: from Spirit of Place\, an exploration of the deep bond between British artists\, writers\, and their landscape\, to The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art (Yale University Press\, 2024)\, which was awarded the Apollo Book of the Year\, confirming her place among the most gifted and original writers on art working today. \nOn this special evening\, Susan will be in conversation with Executive Director\, Calvin Winner to share stories about Constable – the painter who transformed how we see the English landscape – and her major new book Constable’s Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons (Thames & Hudson\, 2026). \nDrawing on her experience on working on the landmark V&A exhibition Constable: the Making of a Master\, expect fresh insights into one of the nation’s most beloved artists\, and the world that shaped him. \nWhether you come as a lover of Constable\, a follower of her writing\, or simply someone who enjoys a brilliant mind talking about the things that matter to them\, this is an evening that will leave you seeing the world a little differently. \nTickets £15\nTHIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled or transferred to another event up to one week beforehand. Changes to your booking after this date can only be made if the ticket can be re-sold. \nEvent information\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThere will be an opportunity for Q&A after the talk.\nDoors open at 5.45pm\n\nA celebration of art… powered by your support. Funds raised through these events go towards sustaining our museum and gallery. Your contribution is deeply valued. \nAbout Susan Owens\nDr Susan Owens\, formerly Curator of Paintings at the V&A\, is an independent scholar. She has published widely on nineteenth-century British art and culture and has a particular interest in drawing and landscape. \nSusan’s work with the V&A’s drawings resulted in The Art of Drawing: British Masters and Methods Since 1600 (V&A\, 2013). While researching the book she was seconded to the Courtauld Gallery as Guest Curator to work on their collection of British drawings\, subsequently returning to curate the exhibition Jonathan Richardson by Himself (2015); Susan is currently assembling a database of Richardson’s self-portraits. With Nicholas Tromans she curated the Watts Gallery exhibition Christina Rossetti: Poetry in Art and edited an accompanying book (Yale University Press\, 2018).
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/constables-year-a-talk-by-susan-owens/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Love and Landscape with Curator Amy Lim – Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join exhibition curator Dr Amy Lim for an introduction to the exhibition Love & Landscape: Stanley Spencer in Suffolk (15 November 2025–22 March 2026).\nOrganised in partnership with the Stanley Spencer Gallery\, this is the most ambitious exhibition in a decade dedicated to Sir Stanley Spencer\, one of the greatest painters of twentieth-century Britain. \nAlthough Spencer’s life and career are largely synonymous with his native village of Cookham in Berkshire\, he also spent a great deal of time in Suffolk\, most notably Southwold and Wangford\, where he married his first wife\, the artist Hilda Carline\, who had served as a Land Girl in Wangford during the First World War. The exhibition weaves the story of their relationship and art through the Suffolk landscape that Spencer came to associate with their love. Amy will introduce the exhibition’s themes and take an in-depth look at some of the paintings on display. \nDr Lim will introduce the exhibition’s themes and explore key paintings on display. Following the lecture\, guests will enjoy exclusive after-hours access to the exhibition. \nTickets £15 \nThese events help fund the future of the gallery. By booking today\, you’re supporting vital exhibitions programmes\, and the care of our collection. We’re grateful for your generosity. \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled or transferred to another event up to one week beforehand. Changes to your booking after this date can only be made if the ticket can be re-sold. \n \n  \nImage: (Detail)\nStanley Spencer (1891–1959)\nAt the Chest of Drawers\, 1936\nOil on canvas\n© Stanley Spencer Gallery \nAbout Amy Lim\nDr Amy Lim is an art historian\, curator and lecturer\, specialising in British fine and decorative art. She is Curator of the Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park\, and the Stanley Spencer Gallery\, Cookham\, and is the lead curator of Love & Landscape: Stanley Spencer in Suffolk. Amy has previously curated and contributed to exhibitions at Tate Britain and the Stanley Spencer Gallery. Amy lectures regularly for the Arts Society and is a Departmental Tutor at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/introduction-to-love-and-landscape-with-curator-amy-lim-talk/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Humphrey Ocean with Calvin Winner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring afternoon with acclaimed artist Humphrey Ocean in Conversation with Calvin Winner\, executive Director of Gainsborough’s House.\nTogether they will delve into the ideas\, influences and processes behind Ocean’s celebrated paintings\, on view in our exhibition from 15 November – 22 March. \nAs part of the event\, there will also be a special screening of a short documentary film by Raphael Chipperfield\, offering a unique insight into Humphrey Ocean’s life and work. \nThis is a rare chance to hear first-hand about Ocean’s creative journey in an intimate setting\, with lively discussion\, a captivating film\, and fresh insights into one of Britain’s most distinctive contemporary artists. \nThe event takes place in our stunning Landscape Studio\, overlooking the historic house and the rooftops of Sudbury town. The Watering Place café will be open for refreshments before and after – making this the perfect cultural outing. \nPlaces are limited – early booking is highly recommended. \nTickets £15\nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled or transferred to another event up to one week beforehand. Changes to your booking after this date can only be made if the ticket can be re-sold. \n \nEvent information\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThere will be an opportunity for Q&A after the conversation.\nDoors open at 2.45pm.\n\nAbout Humphrey\nHumphrey Ocean RA is a distinguished British artist whose work has been shown at major institutions including the National Portrait Gallery\, Tate Liverpool\, Whitechapel Gallery\, Dulwich Picture Gallery\, and the Royal Academy of Arts. Recent exhibitions are Das Bild und sein Buch at Christine König Galerie\, Vienna\, 2024; Sometimes I wonder at Vivienne Roberts Projects\, London 2025. His etching Black Love Chair was used on the cover of Paul McCartney’s album Memory Almost Full. He has work in collections including British Council\, British Museum\, Victoria & Albert Museum\, National Portrait Gallery\, Government Art Collection and The Whitworth\, University of Manchester. He lives and works in London.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/in-conversation-humphrey-ocean-with-calvin-winner/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:EA Festival: A book talk about Turner & Constable with Nicola Moorby
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 22 November\, Gainsborough’s House and EA Festival present art historian Nicola Moorby in conversation about her new book Turner and Constable: Art\, Life\, Landscape (Yale University Press\, 2025).\nAs Britain marks the 250th anniversaries of J.M.W. Turner (2025) and John Constable (2026)\, Moorby revisits the entwined lives and public encounters of these two masters of landscape. \n\n\nAs different in temperament and background as they were in style and career\, the two men have historically been portrayed as rivals. According to a famous incident at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1832\, Turner added a striking red spot (later shaped into a buoy) to his seascape Helvoetsluys\, which hung next to Constable’s The Opening of Waterloo Bridge. This bold adjustment has traditionally been interpreted as an attention seeking act\, designed to upstage Constable who reputedly declared\, “He has been here\, and fired a gun”. Yet was this a rivalry tinged with respect? Moorby re-examines this and other interactions\, and explores how\, despite their differences\, these two men pushed the boundaries and reshaped the role of landscape art in Britain. \n\nTickets £20\nBook your tickets through the EA Festival website. \n \nAbout Nicola\n\nNicola Moorby is an art historian and curator specialising in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British art. Author of Turner and Constable\, she is Curator of Historic British Art\, 1790–1850 at Tate\, teaches on the Short Courses programme at the Courtauld Institute of Art and lectures widely. \n\nAbout Turner & Constable: Art\, Life\, Landscape\nBorn just fourteen months apart\, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk\, J. M. W. Turner and John Constable went on to change the face of British art. \nThe two men have routinely been seen as polar opposites\, not least by their peers. Differing in temperament\, background\, beliefs\, and vision\, they created images as dissimilar as their personalities. \nYet in many ways they were fellow travellers. As children of the late eighteenth century\, both faced the same challenges and opportunities. Above all\, they shared common cause as champions of a distinctively British art. Through their work\, they fought for the recognition and appreciation of landscape painting—and in doing so ensured their reputations were forever intertwined and interlinked. \nNicola Moorby offers us a fresh perspective on two extraordinary artists\, uncovering the layers of fiction that have embellished and disguised their greatest achievements. For Turner & Constable is not just a tale of two artists; it is also the story of the triumph of landscape painting.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/ea-festival-a-book-talk-about-turner-constable-with-nicola-moorby/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Katherine Jones RA In Conversation with Jo Baring
DESCRIPTION:An exclusive evening at Gainsborough’s House – book your tickets now\nJoin us for a special In Conversation event with acclaimed artist Katherine Jones RA and Jo Baring\, Director of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art. Together they will explore ideas\, inspirations and the process behind Katherine’s remarkable paintings and prints\, currently on display in her exhibition Fine Ladies and Gentle Men here at Gainsborough’s House. \nThis is a unique opportunity to gain insight into Katherine’s creative journey – from the development of her intricate small panel paintings to the narratives woven through her striking large-scale prints. \nEnjoy an informal and engaging evening of discussion and discovery\, all set against the stunning backdrop of the rooftops of Sudbury from our beautiful Landscape Studio. \nEvent information\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThere will be a pop-up bar for refreshments.\nThere will be an opportunity for Q&A after the conversation.\nDoors open at 5.30pm.\n\nThese events help fund the future of the gallery. By booking today\, you’re supporting vital exhibitions programmes\, and the care of our collection. We’re grateful for your generosity.  \nTickets – £15\nPrint Workshop Members – £10 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nCover image: © Gainsborough’s House | Jackie Mellor Photography \nSupported using public funding by Arts Council England with thanks to The Golsoncott Foundation \n \nAbout Katherine Jones RA\nKatherine Jones is a contemporary printmaker and painter who brings together complex narratives based on literary influences and natural forms. Using a wide range of techniques\, her rich and layered surfaces often reflect ideas about safety and danger\, with archetypal motifs of domesticity and nature. Elected as an RA in 2022\, Jones is a widely respected lecturer in the UK and Europe. \nJones is currently a visiting lecturer in Fine Art Printmaking at universities and colleges across the United Kingdom and Europe. She was elected as a Royal Academician in 2022. Public collections include the V&A prints and drawings Collection\, The Ashmolean Museum\, Yale University Library and The House Of Lords. \nAbout Jo Baring\nJo Baring is an art historian who is passionate about making art accessible to all. \nHer popular podcast series Sculpting Lives was The Guardian’s ‘Podcast of the Week’ and was picked as a leading arts podcast by The Times\, The Royal Academy and The Evening Standard. She is the editor of Revisiting Modern British Art which was called ‘a game-changer’ and writes for museums and national publications. Jo has given talks at Oxford and Cambridge Universities\, the Tate\, the Royal Academy and the Pinacoteca di Brera\, Milan amongst many other places. She has judged numerous art prizes including ING Discerning Eye\, ARTiculation and Write about Art. She has written and presented two films on artist Elisabeth Frink for Heni Talks and appeared on BBC One’s Fake or Fortune. \nIn 2023 she was elected as the Frankland Visitor to Brasenose College\, Oxford. She is the Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and a former Director of Christie’s UK. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art and Oxford University\, Jo works with charities and schools to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to fall in love with art.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/katherine-jones-ra-in-conversation-with-jo-baring/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:Downton to Gatsby: Jewellery and Fashion from 1890 to 1929
DESCRIPTION:This lecture offers a unique behind-the-scenes perspective on the artistry and historical significance of jewellery in period drama\, blending Andrew’s personal experiences with a broader exploration of the era’s luxurious craftsmanship and fashion.\nFor the series and film Downton Abbey\, Andrew was commissioned to make many jewels for the main characters. This inspired him to create a talk about his involvement with the production\, as well as describing the unique period within which the production was set. Clothes and jewellery are often seen as two entirely separate and distinct fields of design\, but this is very far from the case. Andrew illustrates the close relationship between them\, as well as highlighting the many clients and patrons who ordered such magnificence. \nIn this lecture\, Andrew talks about his involvement in the series and film\, together with guiding you through the extraordinary decades and events between 1890 and 1929\, where the great couturiers collaborated with the finest of jewellers to produce gowns and jewels of outstanding quality and glittering opulence. Along with this\, Andrew will bring many of the actual jewels that he made for the film and series for you to see up close. \nTickets £15 – THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nEvent information\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThere will be a pop-up bar for refreshments.\nThere will be an opportunity for Q&A after the lecture.\nArrive promptly for a 6.30pm start.\n\nImage: Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley © courtesy Andrew Prince – photography by Catherine \n \nAbout Andrew Prince\nAndrew Prince’s love for jewellery began in childhood — by age five\, he was already crafting pieces from beads and copper wire. His passion deepened after visiting exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and handling historic jewels by Fabergé and Giuliano. \nAt 16\, Andrew started working on Bond Street with antiques expert Ian Harris\, learning to value jewellery for its design rather than its price. Later\, working with jeweller Elizabeth Gage\, he explored rare gems and refined his craft. His bold\, extravagant pieces caught the attention of Vogue’s Isabella Blow\, leading to high-profile commissions and magazine features. \nAndrew’s work expanded to Harrods\, and his costume jewellery — inspired by Victorian designs using crystals and glass — became sought after by clients like Michael Jackson and Shirley Bassey. He believed jewellery should be about beauty\, not cost\, saying\, “If it has to be locked up\, it’s a worry.” \nHis talent led to commissions for films like The Young Victoria\, Downton Abbey\, and Cinderella. Today\, he lectures globally at institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum and Christie’s\, sharing his deep knowledge and passion for jewellery history and design.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/downton-to-gatsby-jewellery-and-fashion-from-1890-to-1929/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:Fashion in Painting: Reading the Detail
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illuminating talk with jewellery designer and historian Andrew Prince\, exploring the connection between fashion and painting.\nThroughout the talk Andrew will reveal how clothing\, accessories\, and embellishments in historical portraits offer insights into social status\, wealth\, identity\, and political allegiance. \nWith his deep knowledge of historical fashion\, Andrew will decode often-overlooked elements—from Elizabethan lace ruffs to Rococo jewels—bringing artworks to life. This talk promises a fresh perspective on familiar paintings\, highlighting the evolving trends of fashion and their symbolic significance. Perfect for art enthusiasts\, fashion lovers\, and history buffs alike\, it’s a chance to see art through a new\, detailed lens. \nTickets £15 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled or transferred to another event up to one week beforehand. Changes to your booking after this date can only be made if the ticket can be re-sold. \n \nEvent information\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThere will be a pop-up bar for refreshments.\nThere will be an opportunity for Q&A after the lecture.\nArrive promptly for a 6.30pm start.\n\nImage: © courtesy Kenwood House\, English Heritage \nAbout Andrew Prince\nAndrew Prince’s love for jewellery began in childhood — by age five\, he was already crafting pieces from beads and copper wire. His passion deepened after visiting exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and handling historic jewels by Fabergé and Giuliano. \nAt 16\, Andrew started working on Bond Street with antiques expert Ian Harris\, learning to value jewellery for its design rather than its price. Later\, working with jeweller Elizabeth Gage\, he explored rare gems and refined his craft. His bold\, extravagant pieces caught the attention of Vogue’s Isabella Blow\, leading to high-profile commissions and magazine features. \nAndrew’s work expanded to Harrods\, and his costume jewellery — inspired by Victorian designs using crystals and glass — became sought after by clients like Michael Jackson and Shirley Bassey. He believed jewellery should be about beauty\, not cost\, saying\, “If it has to be locked up\, it’s a worry.” \nHis talent led to commissions for films like The Young Victoria\, Downton Abbey\, and Cinderella. Today\, he lectures globally at institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum and Christie’s\, sharing his deep knowledge and passion for jewellery history and design.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/fashion-in-painting-reading-the-detail/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:Helaine Blumenfeld in Conversation with Calvin Winner
DESCRIPTION:45 minute talk with 15 minutes for questions\nJoin us for an exclusive\, intimate talk featuring renowned artist Helaine Blumenfeld OBE and our Executive Director\, Calvin Winner. During this conversation\, Helaine will share insights into her creative process—Blumenfeld\, a master carver working in marble and wood\, is celebrated for her innovative approach to sculpture\, creating dynamic forms that explore the interplay of light and shadow. Her work resonates with the poetic sensibility and rhythmic fluidity found in Thomas Gainsborough’s art\, bridging centuries through a shared universal language of beauty. \nSet against the backdrop of Helaine’s exhibition\, this event offers a unique opportunity to explore how art bridges time\, integrating the human form with the intricacies of beauty in nature and emotion. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and delve deeper into the inspiration behind Helaine’s transformative works. \nTickets are limited and booking is essential. \nTickets £15\nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \n \nEvent information\n\nDoors open at 2:30pm.\nThe Watering Place café will be open for refreshments before the event.\nThis event is held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\n\nEvent image credit: © Henryk Hetflaisz \nAbout Helaine Blumenfeld OBE\nHelaine Blumenfeld OBE was born in New York in 1942. Upon gaining her phD in philosophy at Columbia University in 1964\, Blumenfeld moved to Paris to train in sculpture at the Ecole de la Grande Chaumière\, where she studied with the Russian Cubist sculptor Ossip Zadkine. \nIn 1973\, Blumenfeld moved to England and the same year exhibited at Kettles Yard\, Cambridge. 1978 marked a turning point in her work when she first visited Pietrasanta\, Italy and started carving marble. \nBlumenfeld has developed a practice inspired by Cycladic sculpture and Futurism\, creating a sculptural vocabulary that is entirely her own. Excelling in a male dominated field\, Blumenfeld exhibited alongside Henry Moore at the Alex Rosenberg Gallery in New York in 1985\, and became the first female sculptor to win the international sculpture prize ‘Premio Pietrasantaela Versilianel Mondo’ in 2007. Today\, Blumenfeld lives and works between her studios in Cambridge\, UK and Pietrasanta\, Italy.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/helaine-blumenfeld-in-conversation-with-calvin-winner/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:Portrait of Jewels: Following Missing Treasures through Canvas
DESCRIPTION:This lecture unravels the extraordinary journeys of lost and rediscovered treasures\, offering a captivating glimpse into the shifting tides of power\, fashion\, and fortune throughout history.\nWhat inspired Andrew to create this talk was a visit to the National Portrait Gallery. Seeing all the Tudor\, Stuart and Hanoverian monarchs dressed in their finery\, he wondered what had happened to all their spectacular jewellery? \nAmong the many jewels he traces\, Andrew follows ropes of glowing pearls that belonged to Catherine de Medic\, Mary Queen of Scotts\, Elizabeth 1st\, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II\, as well as a striking diamond that was bought by James 1st\, sold by Queen Henrietta Maria\, stolen during the French Revolution and later set in a tiara worn by an American Heiress\, who became the first female British member of Parliament. Jewel hunting has never been more fascinating! \nTickets £15 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \n \nEvent information\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThere will be a pop-up bar for refreshments.\nThere will be an opportunity for Q&A after the lecture.\nArrive promptly for a 6.30pm start.\n\nAbout Andrew Prince\nAndrew Prince’s love for jewellery began in childhood — by age five\, he was already crafting pieces from beads and copper wire. His passion deepened after visiting exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum and handling historic jewels by Fabergé and Giuliano. \nAt 16\, Andrew started working on Bond Street with antiques expert Ian Harris\, learning to value jewellery for its design rather than its price. Later\, working with jeweller Elizabeth Gage\, he explored rare gems and refined his craft. His bold\, extravagant pieces caught the attention of Vogue’s Isabella Blow\, leading to high-profile commissions and magazine features. \nAndrew’s work expanded to Harrods\, and his costume jewellery — inspired by Victorian designs using crystals and glass — became sought after by clients like Michael Jackson and Shirley Bassey. He believed jewellery should be about beauty\, not cost\, saying\, “If it has to be locked up\, it’s a worry.” \nHis talent led to commissions for films like The Young Victoria\, Downton Abbey\, and Cinderella. Today\, he lectures globally at institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum and Christie’s\, sharing his deep knowledge and passion for jewellery history and design.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/portrait-of-jewels-following-missing-treasures-through-canvas/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:Dusting off the Eighteenth Century with Ian Griffiths\, Max Mara
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the opening of our new season including the launch of our exhibition\, Masterpieces from Kenwood: the Splendour of British & French Painting.\nThere have been various revivals\, but in the early 1980s\, the eighteenth century was the height of fashion. On the post-punk scene\, young people\, including Ian Griffiths\, posed and pouted like peacocks in clubs such as Blitz in London and Pip’s in Manchester. With extravagant hair\, make-up\, and costumes\, the most popular ‘looks’ were inspired by the dandies\, pirates\, and highwaymen of the eighteenth century. Spread by bands like Adam and the Ants\, Spandau Ballet\, and Bow Wow Wow\, it became a major fashion trend. \nVivienne Westwood and John Galliano continued to be inspired by the period\, their designs frequently echoing specific works by Gainsborough\, Boucher\, and others. However\, in Ian Griffiths’ visits to various fashion schools in the UK and overseas\, he has noticed that few students today reference the Baroque or the Rococo. He wonders whether historical sources like these are now regarded as dry\, dusty\, or even problematic. \nGriffiths has always been a fan of Voltaire\, particularly his picaresque novella Candide\, written in 1759 as a rebuttal of the philosophy of optimism. While searching for a muse for Max Mara’s autumn/winter 2023/24 collection\, he discovered Voltaire’s long-term lover\, Emilie du Châtelet—an eminent philosopher and scientist whose work is still consulted today. \nIn his talk\, Ian Griffiths will describe his relationship with the Age of Enlightenment\, how the Marquise du Châtelet led him back to the eighteenth century\, and how he found in the world of Gainsborough\, Kauffman\, and Boucher a source of rich inspiration. \nTickets £15\nThis event is now fully booked.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nEvent information:\n\nThis event will be held in the Landscape Studio which is accessible via lift.\nThe Watering Place café is open for refreshments before the start of this event.\n\n \nAbout Ian Griffiths\nCreative Director\, Max Mara \nIan Griffiths was born in the UK and studied Art and Design in Manchester at the time of the new wave music scene\, which has been a lifelong influence. \nHe studied Architecture initially\, then Fashion. He graduated with a first class honors degree from Manchester then joined the Masters course at the Royal College of Art in London. One of his first projects at the RCA was a competition organised by Max Mara. As a result of winning the competition\, he joined the company as a designer on graduating in 1987. He has always shared the company’s philosophy of wearable modern classics\, discrete luxury and intelligent design. \nIan began teaching at Kingston University in 1990 and was Head of Fashion at Kingston from 1992 to 2000. His aim was to develop creative talents focused on the needs of the fashion business\, building close links between industry and education. He has a strong interest in the intellectual framework of fashion and currently is a Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorates at the Royal College of Art and Manchester Metropolitan University\, and an Honorary Professorship at University of the Arts Norwich. \nIan is Creative Director of the Max Mara label with a team of designers from around the world. He believes in fusing the brands luxurious appeal with a streetsmart sense of cool. He lives between Italy\, London\, Spain and his country hideaway in Suffolk. His interests include contemporary art and culture\, music\, architecture and gardens
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/dusting-off-the-eighteenth-century-with-ian-griffiths/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:EA Festival: Lynn Barber at Gainsborough's House
DESCRIPTION:Join EA Festival and Gainsborough’s House as we welcome renowned journalist and memoirist\, Lynn Barber\, to Gainsborough’s House for a fireside chat with her agent and publisher\, Clare Conville.\nThe occasion of her talk is the publication of A Little Art Education\, her newest book of interviews featuring some of Britain’s leading artists\, including Grayson Perry\, Phyllida Barlow\, Lucian Freud\, David Hockey\, Maggi Hambling\, Tracey Emin. It should come as no surprise that the book’s subjects possess personalities as outsized and vivid as their artworks. But then again\, Lynn is one of the best interviewers of all time… \nTickets £22 – this event is now fully booked!\nBook your tickets through the EA Festival website. \n \nAbout Lynn\nLynn Barber was born in 1944\, and studied English at the University of Oxford. She began her career in journalism at Penthouse\, and progressed to the Independent on Sunday\, the Observer\, the Telegraph\, and the Sunday Times\, as well as Vanity Fair. She has won six British Press Awards and published two volumes of her celebrated interviews\, Mostly Men (1991) and Demon Barber (1998). An Education (2010)\, Lynn’s memoir about her schoolgirl affair with a con man\, was made into an Oscar-nominated film of the same title in 2010\, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby\, starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. A Curious Career\, published in May 2014\, continued the story of her life as a journalist and interviewer. A Little Art Education\, published in 2023\, documents her fascination with art and artists. \nAbout A Little Art Education\nDespite failing O-Level Art\, and with a self-proclaimed lack of skill and knowledge of the subject\, Lynn has devoted much of her illustrious career to observing art and the people who make it. From the trials and tribulations of being a juror for the 2006 Turner Prize to dining at the Hotel Meurice with Salvador Dalí’s ocelot\, and her enduring friendships with David Hockney and Tracey Emin\, this beautifully illustrated book documents Lynn’s unusual and inspiring journey from curious outsider to finding her place among some of the most admired artists of the last hundred years.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/ea-festival-lynn-barber-at-gainsboroughs-house/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:Maggi Hambling in Conversation with Calvin Winner
DESCRIPTION:45 minute talk with 15 minutes for questions\nJoin us for this special event with Maggi Hambling in conversation with Gainsborough’s House Executive Director\, Calvin Winner. To co-inside with our latest exhibition Revealing Nature: the Art of Cedric Morris & Lett-Haines\, Maggi will be recalling her time with the two 20th century artists at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at Benton end. \nWe are delighted to offer 10x free tickets to Students (17–25 with a valid ID card) for this evening talk. These are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. To claim your space\, please contact mail@gainsborough.org for ticket confirmation. We will request proof of ID when redeeming tickets at the event. \nTickets £12\nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \n \nAbout Maggi Hambling CBE\nMaggi Hambling was born in Suffolk in 1945. She studied at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing from 1960 under Cedric Morris and Lett Haines\, then at Ipswich School of Art\, Camberwell\, and finally the Slade School of Art\, graduating in 1969. \nIn 1980 she was the First Artist in Residence at the National Gallery\, London\, and in 1995 she won the Jerwood Painting Prize (with Patrick Caulfield). Public sculpture include A conversation with Oscar Wilde\, 1998 at Adelaide Street\, London\, facing Charing Cross Station and Scallop\, 2003\, a sculpture to celebrate Benjamin Britten\, at Aldeburgh beach\, Suffolk and for which the artist was awarded the Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture. A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft was unveiled in Newington Green\, London in 2020. \nMuseum exhibitions include: Maggi Hambling\, Serpentine Gallery\, London\, 1987\, An Eye Through a Decade\, Yale Center for British Art\, Newhaven\, Connecticut\, 1991\, A Matter of Life and Death\, Yorkshire Sculpture Park\, 1997\, George Always\, The Walker Art Gallery\, Liverpool\, 2009\,  Maggi Hambling – The Wave\, the Fitzwilliam\, Cambridge\, 2010\, War Requiem\, Installation\, SNAP 2013 purchased for Aldeburgh Music by the Monument Trust\, Wall of Water\, The Hermitage\, St Petersburg\, Russia\, 2013\,  Walls of Water\, National Gallery\, London 2014\, War Requiem & Aftermath\, Somerset House\, London 2015\, Touch\, British Museum 2016/17\, CAFA\, Beijing. \nHambling’s work is held in public collections including at Tate\, British Museum\, CAFA\, Beijing and the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/maggi-hambling-in-conversation-with-calvin-winner/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:Talk: Benton End Remembered – 6 September 2024
DESCRIPTION:  \nA Lesson in Art and Life\, the Colourful World of Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett Haines celebrates the long relationship of the two men and their enjoyment of life through gardening\, cooking and painting. Join us for an evening with Hugh to find out where his interest in the world of Cedric and Lett stems from and what inspired him to write the book. \nWe are delighted to offer 10x free tickets to Students (17–25 with a valid ID card) for this evening talk. These are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. To claim your space\, please contact mail@gainsborough.org for ticket confirmation. We will request proof of ID when redeeming tickets at the event. \nTickets £12\nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nAbout Hugh\nHugh St. Clair is an experienced arts and design journalist with reviews and features published in numerous British and international magazines and newspapers from House and Garden and Country Life to The Art Newspaper and Bonhams auction house magazine. He has edited and written four books on paintings including three editions of Miller’s Pictures Price Guide and Miller’s Buying Affordable Art. \n \nEvent image credit:\nCedric Morris (1889–1982)\nPoppies\n1926\nOil on canvas\nCourtesy of Philip Mould & Company\, London \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/talk-benton-end-remembered-6-september-2024/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240725T200000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with the Author of Secret Gardens of the South East and East Anglia - Barbara Segall
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for an Evening with the Author of Secret Gardens of the South East and East Anglia – Barbara Segall. \nBarbara is an award-winning horticulturist\, an author of numerous books and a freelance garden writer whose work appears in specialist gardening publications. Living and writing in Suffolk\, Barbara will touch on the inspiration for both her previous book Secret Gardens of East Anglia and this new tour of delightful gardens that we should all be exploring this summer. \nCome along for a glass of wine and a special evening at Gainsborough’s House. Copies of the book will be available for the author to sign\, specially discounted for the evening. \nTickets £12 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nBook bio\nA tour of some of the UK’s most beguiling gardens in the counties of Kent\, Sussex and Surrey\, the counties that exemplify ‘the garden of England’. \nIn these three counties\, a wealth of history and horticulture has combined with geography in the shape of rolling landscapes\, wooded valleys and meandering waterways\, to provide an attractive and fascinating collection. They are in villages and towns\, as well as in deep countryside\, and all are privately owned. Some have been in the possession of the same family for many generations\, while others have recently been transformed by new owners. Some open for the National Garden Scheme\, while others are open privately and in some cases for just the occasional day for charity. \nThe stunning gardens explored in this visually rich guide include: Arundel Castle\, Denmans\, Gravetye Manor\, Munstead Wood and Sussex Prairie Garden. Filled with stunning\, specially commissioned photographs by Clive Boursnell\, Secret Gardens of the South East is a unique guide that opens the gates to the most intriguing gardens in this part of England. \nAbout Barbara Segall\nBarbara Segall is a well-known horticulturist and garden writer. Her work appears in a number of popular publications such as Gardeners World\, The Garden\, Kitchen Garden\, Country Life\, Your Garden and Country Living. She is also a regular contributor on garden subjects to the Times. She is editor of The Horticulturist\, the quarterly journal of the Institute of Horticulture.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/an-evening-with-the-author-of-secret-gardens-of-the-south-east-and-east-anglia-barbara-segall/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book launches,Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:175th anniversary celebrations of the opening of the Chappel Viaduct and Marks Tey to Sudbury Line
DESCRIPTION:With Dr Steven Parissien in collaboration with Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership & Greater Anglia\nComing of the Railway\, lecture 1: 11am–12pm\nExploring British Railway Stations\, lecture 2: 2–3pm \nTo help celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Gainsborough Line\, Dr Steven Parissien presents two lectures: the first exploring how the coming of the railway completely changed the lives of every Briton\, the second analysing the changes in taste\, style and ambition of English railway stations. \nLectures are £18 each or £30 for both. When booking both lectures\, your payment includes standard admission to Gainsborough’s House for you to explore between each lecture. \nBook lecture 1 – Coming of the Railway – here. \nBook lecture 2 – Exploring British Railway Stations – here. \nBook both lectures here.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/175th-anniversary-celebrations-of-the-opening-of-the-chappel-viaduct-and-marks-tey-to-sudbury-line/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240618T160000
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Tour with Sandra de Laszlo – Tuesday 18 June
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin Sandra de Laszlo for an exclusive Afternoon Tour of the exhibition\, Philip de László: Master of Elegance. \nA personally guided tour by a member of the de Laszlo family. Sandra de Laszlo is married to Damon de Laszlo\, one of the artist’s 7 grandsons. She is Founding Editor of the de László Catalogue Raisonné\, and Chairman of the De Laszlo Archive Trust. \nThe tour will explore key highlights from both exhibition spaces\, which feature rarely-seen loans from private collections as well as important works from the Royal Collection. The tour will include a break for hot drinks and biscuits between each exhibition space. \nBook your space now. \n£30 a ticket\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/afternoon-tour-with-sandra-de-laszlo-2/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240606T183000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Local Author of The Secret Sister - Liz Trenow
DESCRIPTION:‘A heartbreaking\, heartwarming novel full of love\, romance\, sadness\, fear\, strength\, bravery and family values.’ — NETGALLEY REVIEWER\nJoin us for an evening with the Author of The Secret Sister\, Liz Trenow. \nCome along for a glass of wine and a special evening at Gainsborough’s House. Copies of the book will be available for the author to sign\, specially discounted for the evening\, plus other titles she has written. \nTickets £12 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nBook bio\nA completely gripping and uplifting WW2 page-turner\, The Secret Sister is Liz Trenow’s ninth novel. Living and writing in Suffolk\, Liz takes inspiration from the county and her roots inbedded deep within her childhood home in Sudbury. \nLiz says “One strand running through some of my novels stems back to my family background: I was born and brought up in a house next to the family silk mill\, a company which was founded nearly 300 years ago and is still going strong today.” \nA reader says\, “Liz Trenow writes like a painter\, with broad strokes to set a scene\, and then takes a small brush for the details\, capturing the essence of the time quite effortlessly.” \nAbout Liz Trenow\nLiz Trenow is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction\, including Under a Wartime Sky and The Silk Weaver. Her novels are published worldwide and have been translated into many languages. \nA former journalist\, Liz spent fifteen years working for regional and national newspapers\, and BBC radio and television news\, before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in East Anglia with her artist husband and they have two grown-up daughters and three beautiful grandchildren.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/an-evening-with-local-author-of-the-secret-sister-liz-trenow/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book launches,Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Local Author of Anyone for Edmund? – Simon Edge
DESCRIPTION:“This historical and politically prescient comedy will have you chuckling long after the last page. It’s at once hilarious and painfully believable” — THE LADY\nJoin us for an evening with the Author of Anyone for Edmund?\, Simon Edge. \nCome along for a glass of wine and a special evening at Gainsborough’s House. Copies of the book will be available for the author to sign\, specially discounted for the evening\, plus other titles he has written. \nTickets £12 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nBook bio\nUnder tennis courts in the ruins of a great abbey\, archaeologists find the remains of St Edmund\, once venerated as England’s patron saint\, but lost for half a millennium. \nA canonical comedy featuring a medieval patron saint\, a tennis court and a Westminster spin doctor. \nAbout Simon Edge\nSimon Edge was born in Chester and read philosophy at Cambridge University. \nHe was editor of the pioneering London paper Capital Gay before becoming a diary columnist on the Evening Standard and then a feature writer for the Daily Express\, where he was also a theatre critic for many years. He has an MA in Creative Writing from City University\, London\, on which course he has also taught as a visiting lecturer. \nHe is the author of six novels: The Hopkins Conundrum (longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award)\, The Hurtle of Hell\, (a semi-finalist for the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award)\, A Right Royal Face-Off\, Anyone for Edmund?\, The End of the World is Flat and In the Beginning. He lives in Suffolk with two over-indulged whippets.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/an-evening-with-local-author-of-anyone-for-edmund-simon-edge/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book launches,Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:Face Jobs: The Modern British Portrait – Modern Life (3)
DESCRIPTION:with Dick Humphreys\nModern Life: Re-Inventing the Portrait from Whistler to Bacon\nTake a close look at the extraordinary and often eccentric world of British portraiture during the twentieth century\, a period of enormous change in all areas of life\, with Dick Humphreys. \nEmbracing painting\, sculpture\, and photography\, the talks include major works by artists such as Walter Sickert\, Philip de László\, Gwen John\, Wyndham Lewis\, Stanley Spencer\, Alfred Munnings\, Cecil Beaton\, Rex Whistler\, Francis Bacon\, Bert Hardy\, Lucian Freud and David Hockney. \nTickets £20 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nImage: Mrs George Owen Sandys\, née Dulcie Edythe Angela Redford\, 1915\n© Jack Loan\nCourtesy of the de Laszlo Foundation
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/face-jobs-the-modern-british-portrait-modern-life-3/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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SUMMARY:Face Jobs: The Modern British Portrait – Low Life (2)
DESCRIPTION:with Dick Humphreys\nLow Life: Outsiders and No-Hopers from Sickert to Freud\nTake a close look at the extraordinary and often eccentric world of British portraiture during the twentieth century\, a period of enormous change in all areas of life\, with Dick Humphreys. \nEmbracing painting\, sculpture\, and photography\, the talks include major works by artists such as Walter Sickert\, Philip de László\, Gwen John\, Wyndham Lewis\, Stanley Spencer\, Alfred Munnings\, Cecil Beaton\, Rex Whistler\, Francis Bacon\, Bert Hardy\, Lucian Freud and David Hockney. \nTickets £20 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nImage: Philip Alexius de László\, 1925\n© Matthew Hollow\nCourtesy of the de Laszlo Foundation
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/face-jobs-the-modern-british-portrait-low-life-2/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240423T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240423T180000
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SUMMARY:Face Jobs: The Modern British Portrait – High Life (1)
DESCRIPTION:with Dick Humphreys\nHigh Life: Mask and Performance from De László to Annigoni\nTake a close look at the extraordinary and often eccentric world of British portraiture during the twentieth century\, a period of enormous change in all areas of life\, with Dick Humphreys. \nEmbracing painting\, sculpture\, and photography\, the talks include major works by artists such as Walter Sickert\, Philip de László\, Gwen John\, Wyndham Lewis\, Stanley Spencer\, Alfred Munnings\, Cecil Beaton\, Rex Whistler\, Francis Bacon\, Bert Hardy\, Lucian Freud and David Hockney. \n£20 a ticket \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nImage: Francis Adam\, 1935\n© Roy Fox Fine Art Photography\nCourtesy of the de Laszlo Foundation
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/face-jobs-the-modern-british-portrait-high-life-1/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240418T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240418T200000
DTSTAMP:20240322T160700Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with the Author of The Painter's Daughter – Emily Howes
DESCRIPTION:“A fantastic debut… The Painter’s Daughters is a beautiful\, heartbreaking\, stunningly perceptive read about love and art\, hope and expectation. And so gripping too – I devoured it!” — Caroline Lea\, author of THE GLASS WOMAN\nJoin us for a book signing and an evening in conversation with the Author of The Painter’s Daughters\, Emily Howes. \nCome along for a glass of wine and a special evening at Gainsborough’s House. Copies of the book will be available for the author to sign. \nTickets £12 \nBook your space now.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. \nBook bio\n1759\, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. \nThey spy on their father as he paints\, they rankle their mother as she manages the books\, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age\, Molly has had a tendency to forget who she is\, to fall into mental confusion\, and Peggy knows instinctively that no one must find out. \nAbout Emily Howes\nEmily Howes has worked as a storyteller\, theatre maker\, performer\, writer and director in stage\, television and radio. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize\, the Bath Short Story Award\, the New Scottish Writing Award and she won the Mslexia Novel Award 2021. In addition to writing fiction\, Emily has a Masters in Existential Psychotherapy and works as a psychotherapist in private practice. She lives in London with her children. The Painter’s Daughters is her first novel.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/in-conversation-with-the-author-of-the-painters-daughter-emily-howes/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book launches,Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:EA Festival (Book Launch): Building Britannia by Dr Steven Parissien
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Steven Parissien\, will talk about his new book\, Building Britannia: A History of Britain in Twenty-Five Buildings\, with EA Festival director\, Joanne Ooi. Join us in the Landscape Studio for a wonderful evening of literature\, architecture and British history! \nBuilding Britannia is a chronicle of social\, political and economic change seen through the prism of the country’s built environment\, but also a sequence of closely observed studies of a series of intrinsically remarkable structures: some of them beautiful or otherwise imposing; some of them more coldly functional; all of them with richly fascinating stories to tell. \nDr. Parissien tells both a national story\, tracing how a growing sense of British nationhood was expressed through the country’s architecture\, and also examines how these structures were used by later generations to signpost\, mythologise or remake British history. \n£12 a ticket\nBook your tickets directly with EA Festival here. \nAbout Steven\nDr Steven Parissien is Director of Studies and Departmental Lecturer in Architectural History at the University of Oxford\, Fellow of Kellogg College\, Oxford and Interim Director of Gainsborough’s House. \nBorn in London and raised in Chesham\, Buckinghamshire\, Steven obtained both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Oxford. He has worked in the heritage\, arts and education sectors for over thirty years and has written extensively on architectural and cultural history.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/ea-festival-launch-building-britannia-by-dr-steven-parissien/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book launches,Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Tour with Sandra de Laszlo – Friday 5 April
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin Sandra de Laszlo for an exclusive Afternoon Tour of the exhibition\, Philip de László: Master of Elegance. \nA personally guided tour by a member of the de Laszlo family. Sandra de Laszlo is married to Damon de Laszlo\, one of the artist’s 7 grandsons. She is Founding Editor of the de László Catalogue Raisonné\, and Chairman of the De Laszlo Archive Trust. \nThe tour will explore key highlights from both exhibition spaces\, which feature rarely-seen loans from private collections as well as important works from the Royal Collection. The tour will include a break for hot drinks and biscuits between each exhibition space. \nBook your space now. \n£25 a ticket\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold.
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/afternoon-tour-with-sandra-de-laszlo-friday-5-april/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Talks
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Rebecca Salter & Thomas Marks
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin the artist Rebecca Salter\, President of the Royal Academy\, and writer and critic Thomas Marks\, as they discuss Rebecca’s current exhibition\, In View: Rebecca Salter at Gainsborough’s House. You won’t want to miss this special opportunity to hear from the artist herself about her practice! \nThe conversation will shed light on Rebecca’s complex\, attentive methods of painting and drawing\, including what they owe to Japan\, where she trained\, and how her annual excursions to the Lake District continue to challenge her as an artist. It will explore the process of coupling her drawings with works from the Gainsborough’s House Collection for the exhibition – and what we might learn about drawing itself from these surprising but sympathetic pairings. \nThe Shop will be open following this event so that you can check out our exciting Rebecca Salter exhibition range. \nTickets: £20 per person\nTo book your space\, please see here.\nTickets for this Event can be cancelled up to one week beforehand. Refunds will be given after this date only if the ticket is re-sold. 
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/in-conversation-with-rebecca-salter-thomas-marks/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181116T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181116T123000
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SUMMARY:TURNER TO ROSSETTI: MASTERPIECES OF 19TH CENTURY ART
DESCRIPTION:16\, 23\, 30 November and 7 December 2018\, 10.30am–12.30pm\n \nThis series of talks by art historian and former Tate curator Richard Humphreys looks in detail at eight masterpieces from the great age of Romantic and Victorian art. \nAs in his previous series looking at works by artists from Sickert to Bacon\, Richard will also consider his chosen works in relation to the artists’ entire careers and their wider historical context. \nThe works discussed are by John Constable\, J.M.W Turner\, Sir Edwin Landseer\, Sir John Everett Millais\, William Holman Hunt\, William Dyce\, William Frith and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They include Constable’s ‘The Leaping Horse’ about which Richard has recently published a book for the Royal Academy. \nCoffee & pastries included £60 for the series of lectures\nTo book: call 01787 372958 or mail@gainsborough.org
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/turner-to-rossetti-masterpieces-of-19th-century-art/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Featured,Lectures,Talks
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170913T123000
DTSTAMP:20190722T112537Z
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SUMMARY:Four Views of Russia: Church\, Landscape\, Country Life and Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Sold out: 13\, 20 September\nLimited places: 27 September & 4 October \nIn this series of talks Jenny Antill will explore four fascinating aspects of Russian culture using examples from Russian art\, literature and theatre. \nBetween Heaven and Earth traces the history and art of the Russian Church from its foundation in the 10th Century; Russian Roads explores artistic responses to the vast Russian landscape; A Month in the Country examines life on the Russian Country estate and at the dacha; and finally\, Resistance\, Art Against Autocracy 1825 to 1957 considers the reaction of Russian artists and poets to the power of the state following the Revolution of 1917. \nCoffee & Pastries are included\n£60 for the series or £15 per lecture\nTo book: call 01787 372958 or mail@gainsborough.org \n 
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/four-views-of-russia-church-landscape-country-life-and-revolution/
LOCATION:Friends (Quaker) Meeting House\, 22 Friars Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Lectures,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170828T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170828T170000
DTSTAMP:20170810T095935Z
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SUMMARY:Sudbury Villages Festival Talks
DESCRIPTION:Sold Out \nWe are proud to host two talks from the Sudbury Villages Festival \nThe Silk Family by Liz Trenow\nSilk: From China to Sudbury by Richard Humphries \nTickets: £10\, coffee included \nFor more information:\ncall 01787 372958 or mail@gainsborough.org
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/sudbury-villages-festival-talks/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks
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SUMMARY:Art and Beauty: The Life and Work of William Morris (2nd lecture in the series)
DESCRIPTION:Friday 23 and 3o June 2017 \nExplore the work of the artist\, designer\, conservationist\, and socialist William Morris\, whose ideas laid the foundations for the Arts & Crafts Movement and revolutionised the appearance of Victorian crafts and the home. \nA man of prodigious talents and energy\, Morris urged his contemporaries to “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful\, or believe to be beautiful”. His insistence on artistry\, craftsmanship and quality helped revolutionise the late-Victorian interior and left a legacy that is still significant today. This course explores his art and ideas. It includes a discussion of Morris’s genius as a designer of flat pattern in textiles and wallpapers\, and his collaboration with Philip Webb\, Dante Gabriel Rossetti\, Edward Burne-Jones and other artists associated with Morris & Co. It also reviews the development of Morris’s ideas about craft and society and the evolution of his political beliefs. And the course describes his role in the creation of the Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts phenomenon. \n Lecturer: Jo Banham\, curator of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement\, Juan March Fundacion\, Madrid\, 2017 \nCoffee & Pastries included\n£30 for the two lectures\nTo book: call 01787 372958\nor mail@gainsborough.org
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/art-and-beauty-the-life-and-work-of-william-morris/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Lectures,Talks
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170623T123000
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SUMMARY:Art and Beauty: The Life and Work of William Morris
DESCRIPTION:Friday 23 and 3o June 2017 \nExplore the work of the artist\, designer\, conservationist\, and socialist William Morris\, whose ideas laid the foundations for the Arts & Crafts Movement and revolutionised the appearance of Victorian crafts and the home. \nA man of prodigious talents and energy\, Morris urged his contemporaries to “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful\, or believe to be beautiful”. His insistence on artistry\, craftsmanship and quality helped revolutionise the late-Victorian interior and left a legacy that is still significant today. This course explores his art and ideas. It includes a discussion of Morris’s genius as a designer of flat pattern in textiles and wallpapers\, and his collaboration with Philip Webb\, Dante Gabriel Rossetti\, Edward Burne-Jones and other artists associated with Morris & Co. It also reviews the development of Morris’s ideas about craft and society and the evolution of his political beliefs. And the course describes his role in the creation of the Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts phenomenon. \n Lecturer: Jo Banham\, curator of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement\, Juan March Fundacion\, Madrid\, 2017 \nCoffee & Pastries included\n£30 for the two lectures\nTo book: call 01787 372958\nor mail@gainsborough.org
URL:https://gainsborough.org/event/art-and-beauty-the-life-and-work-of-william-morris-2/
LOCATION:Gainsborough’s House\, 46 Gainsborough Street\, Sudbury\, CO10 2EU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults,Lectures,Talks
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