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. The 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...
with Ione Hunter-Gordon Part of the 'Defining Portraits' Art Class workshops, session 3 Unleash your creativity and refine your skills with our hands-on drawing workshops. Each session offers a unique approach to developing your artistic expression, using different techniques and subject matter. Sign up for a single session or all three—you're sure to flourish as...
Join Sue Marsdon with the life drawing group on the first Saturday of every month. Enjoy a full day of life drawing at Gainsborough's House with lots of different poses throughout the day. While Sue will suggest some poses and techniques, this session is untutored, and therefore best suited to those with some drawing experience....
Join us for some fun printmaking activities inspired by spring and nature. Drop-in and play with recycled materials, paper and paint to create your own nature inspired print. We’ll provide the materials and some inspiration, looking into our garden from the Landscape Studio, you just need to bring your creativity as a family. Things may...
with Patsy Rathbone Screen printing is sometimes called serigraphy or silk screen printing but all these names refer to the same basic method of creating an image on paper or fabric by pushing ink through a screen mesh with areas blocked off by stencils. Photo emulsion is a light sensitive coating used to create accurate...
Join us for a fun-filled Tom's Tuesday event where your family gets creative with the magic of silhouettes! Once a popular way to tell stories in Thomas Gainsborough's time, this craft transforms simple cut-out shapes into playful, backlit tales using light and shadow. Let your child's imagination lead the way, cutting shapes, creating stories, and...
This exhibition represents a unique opportunity to see masterpieces from Kenwood House featuring six by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88), including two of his most iconic paintings, Mary, Countess Howe (c. 1764) and Lady Brisco (c. 1776). This exciting exhibition also includes work by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92), George Romney (1734–1802), Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736)...
Katherine 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...
Join Sue Marsdon with the life drawing group on the first Saturday of every month. Enjoy a full day of life drawing at Gainsborough's House with lots of different poses throughout the day. While Sue will suggest some poses and techniques, this session is untutored, and therefore best suited to those with some drawing experience....
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. There 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...
We're thrilled to welcome back our Keeper of Art and Place, Emma Boyd for a very special Breakfast Tour... Join us to discover the story behind our exhibition, Masterpieces from Kenwood: the Splendour of British & French Painting. We will be exploring the Timothy & Mary Clode Gallery containing British artworks of the eighteenth century,...
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. What 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...
