Linda Birch: Masterclasses
June 23, 2017 1:39 pm Comments Off on Linda Birch: MasterclassesOnce a month for most of the year a group of practitioners meet to join practical art to art history
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The Allure of Charles Chaplin
June 4, 2017 12:45 pm Comments Off on The Allure of Charles ChaplinThe charming work of the 19th-century French artist admired by Joséphine Bowes and currently on display at the exhibition marking
Creating The Bowes Museum: A PhD Project
May 12, 2017 2:35 pm Comments Off on Creating The Bowes Museum: A PhD ProjectThis introduction seems quite overdue, but I am Simon Spier, an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded PhD researcher based
Michael Eden: Wedgwood and Wouldn’t
May 5, 2017 4:16 pm Comments Off on Michael Eden: Wedgwood and Wouldn’tHaving been invited to exhibit my work at The Bowes Museum, I was excited but somewhat daunted by the thought
The Agony in the Garden: when Christ encountered the Angel
April 15, 2017 1:55 pm Comments Off on The Agony in the Garden: when Christ encountered the AngelWhen we think about the Agony in the Garden, we immediately recall the outstanding painting executed by the Italian Renaissance
Garrick in the Garrick
April 7, 2017 2:02 pm Comments Off on Garrick in the GarrickCarmen Holdsworth-Delgado, is Curator for the Garrick Club. In 2011 the Club, acquired two paintings by Johann Zoffany of David
St Luke Beats The Transfer Deadline
March 18, 2017 10:19 pm Comments Off on St Luke Beats The Transfer DeadlineThe oil painting ‘St Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child’, studio of Dieric Bouts was acquired by The Bowes Museum
The Emperor and the Everyman: Looking at Napoleon from a Different Perspective
March 12, 2017 10:38 pm Comments Off on The Emperor and the Everyman: Looking at Napoleon from a Different PerspectiveAmong the many Napoleonic objects collected by John and Joséphine Bowes is a charcoal and pencil sketch, simply titled Soldier
Intriguing Finds Observed During the Condition Survey in the Picture Galleries
March 11, 2017 2:43 pm Comments Off on Intriguing Finds Observed During the Condition Survey in the Picture GalleriesWhilst cleaning and surveying the paintings on open display in the 2nd floor galleries I was given a rare opportunity
Game of Thrones: Medieval Style
March 11, 2017 2:11 pm Comments Off on Game of Thrones: Medieval StyleOne of the pleasures of being a curator of decorative arts is that you often approach or see things differently from
Bouts is Still in the Building
February 27, 2017 4:40 pm Comments Off on Bouts is Still in the BuildingOn the 8th January our in-focus display celebrating our latest acquisition- ‘Image and Substance: St Luke Drawing the Virgin and
Spring Cleaning- Preventive Conservation in Action
February 13, 2017 11:48 am Comments Off on Spring Cleaning- Preventive Conservation in ActionIn the last six weeks you may have seen us working in the art galleries on the second floor. Myself,
Rebuilding the First French Empire
February 6, 2017 11:57 pm Comments Off on Rebuilding the First French EmpireWith the Bouts acquisition safely moved and on display, the past two weeks here at the Museum have been spent
SHELF LIFE: The Ornaments Are Talking To Me, Clarke’s Cabinets of Time Lost
February 1, 2017 3:52 pm Comments Off on SHELF LIFE: The Ornaments Are Talking To Me, Clarke’s Cabinets of Time Lost‘Mark Clarke is a master of the language of things’ Xa Sturgis, Director of The Ashmoleon Museum, Oxford. If you
‘Shelf Life: The Ornaments are Talking to Me’ Another Dimension
January 28, 2017 2:45 pm Comments Off on ‘Shelf Life: The Ornaments are Talking to Me’ Another DimensionThe current exhibition ‘Shelf Life: The Ornaments are Talking to Me’ has particular relevance to those suffering from Dementia as
