To celebrate the inaugural Sudbury Silk Festival (7 September 2019), Gainsborough’s House is proud to display four ensembles by the iconic British fashion designer and activist Vivienne Westwood. Ranging from the last two decades, they show how Vivienne has repeatedly taken inspiration from historic dress, particularly that of the eighteenth century. Vivienne first became known...
On this exclusive Friends visit we will be given a special tour of the exhibition of Scottish paintings and an insight to some of the ‘behind -the-scenes’ preparations for a Sotheby’s auction. After a break for lunch, we will take a short walk to Handel House to visit the home of the famous composer. Places...
From the middle of the Eighteenth Century, the Russian nobility began to travel for pleasure and education in Western Europe. Although the experiences of these ‘Grand Tourists’ were similar in some ways to those of their English counterparts, Russian factors presented special obstacles and incentives. In this talk, we will meet a number of notable...
Join us to celebrate the beginning of our next phase of redevelopment and another step closer to becoming a National Centre for Thomas Gainsborough. See Gainsborough’s House for the last time and as never before, stripped back and emptied, as we prepare to hand over the keys to our appointed builders. Free to all our...
The Life Drawing Group has re-located to The Jetty, Quay Lane, CO10 2AN. The Jetty is the single story cream building next to the garage. There should be plenty of parking available in The Quay car park opposite. The drawing group is held on the first Saturday of every month from 10-4pm. Cost £18 Dates...
Come and experience the outside appear inside our amazing camera obscura. Create your own mini-camera, make a kaleidoscope and experiment with light. Saturday 16 May 2020, Hadleigh Agricultural show for more information visit www.hadleighshow.co.uk Friday 29 May 2020, Wild in the Stour Valley for more information visit www.riverstourfestival.com Saturday 11 and 12 July 2020, Bures...
An opportunity to see inside the newly completed Gainsborough’s House before the installations of our exhibitions and displays, 15th - 18th September 10am - 5pm. Come and visit the brand new Galleries and restored historical House and look out from the Landscape Studio to see the landscape that Gainsborough saw nearly 300 years ago. There...
Suffolk and Flanders are not far apart as the crow flies. There have been connections between them for centuries, ever since Flemish merchants came to Suffolk to buy the coveted wool of Suffolk sheep for Flemish weavers to turn into high-quality cloth. By Gainsborough’s day, in both England and Flanders, new manufacturing processes are already...
Unknown Artist after Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788). Ignatius Sancho, c. 1802-20. Gainsborough’s House and National Portrait Gallery. Entrance is included in price of House admission. In 1768 Thomas Gainsborough painted the portrait of Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-1780), who was then valet to the Duke of Montagu. The portrait of Sancho is a rare depiction of a black man in...
Day-long film soundtrack course for 13+ year-olds Are you a young musician who wants to experiment with writing music for films? Soundtrack Live is a free, day-long workshop where you’ll do exactly that! Over the course of one day, you will get hands on with professional musical equipment, create your own sound design and effects,...
Masterpieces on loan from the Woburn Abbey Collection by artists including Thomas Gainsborough, Claude Lorrain, Aelbert Cuyp, David Teniers the Younger, Sir Edwin Landseer and Richard Parkes Bonington. "This exhibition explores the origins of Gainsborough’s landscape art through the examples of Dutch and Flemish seventeenth century paintings in the Woburn Abbey collection collected by the...
Colourful lithographs by artists including Dia al-Azzawi, David Bowie, Uzo Egonu, Tracey Emin, Terry Frost, Alexis Hunter and Paula Rego. Striking Editions celebrates the art of lithography through a diverse body of artists working in the second half of the twentieth century. Both figurative and abstract, these striking images reflect a vibrant period of experimentation...
