Image: Winifred Knights, Edge of Abruzzi; boat with three people on a lake, 1924-30, Oil on canvas, Private Collection
JUNE 2016 WHAT’S ON AT DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY
EXHIBITIONS
Winifred Knights (1899 – 1947)
Declared a genius for her award-winning, apocalyptic work, The Deluge, Winifred Knights (1899-1947) was one of the most original British artists of the first half of the 20th century. Knights triumphed at the Slade School of Fine Art, winning awards including the prestigious Prix de Rome scholarship. Knights’ key influences will be revealed in the first major exhibition of her work, most notably her training and experiences of wartime England. Her completed masterpieces will come together for the first time since their creation alongside nearly 120 preparatory works and life studies, providing a true insight into Knights’ artistic process.
8 June – 18 Sept
You can book tickets to all forthcoming events online at www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
DISPLAYS
Rubens’ Ghost
Visit a life-size X-Ray of the Gallery’s painting Venus, Mars and Cupid by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens revealing some fascinating alterations made by the expert. This display will also explore other works by Rubens in the Gallery’s collection revealing the ways in which he recycled panels or altered designs such as those used for The Miracles of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Hagar in the Desert.
26 April – 3 July 2016
SPECIAL EVENTS
SUPPER CLUBS
Father’s Day Meet, Meat & Meantime
Food for Dads! The feast will take place in the Gallery’s garden. We’ll serve a shared platter of hearty starters followed by a mouthwatering barbeque. The food will be paired with beer from the Meantime Brewing Company in Greenwich and Meantime’s beer guru will join us to explain why each beer has been chosen.
In partnership with the Gallery Café.
Sunday 19 June
From 12pm
£22 per adult, £10 per child. Family ticket, 2 adults & 2 children £60.00
Architecture Tours: a building for art
Join us throughout June to celebrate the London Festival of Architecture with a free guided tour taking you on a journey through the history of the building from the Gallery’s foundation in 1811 to the opening of its doors in 1817 through to extensions to the period building and its most recent contemporary extension by Rick Mather Architects.
In partnership with London Festival of Architecture.
Every Sunday throughout June
3pm
Free of Charge
FILM
Gallery Film
Each evening includes a complimentary glass of wine and snacks and film notes.
Bar at 7pm, screenings at 7.30pm Linbury Room.
£9, £7 Friends
White Mischief
(1988)
True story of the notorious Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941, when Sir “Jock” Delves Broughton was tried for the murder of the Earl of Erroll. Diana, his wife, succumbs to the charms of the debauched Earl, who is later found dead in his car in a remote location.
Cert 18/107 mins
Monday 13 May
LECTURES & TALKS
Taking Liberties
From Magna Carta to mass-surveillance, the new Contextual Lectures Series is a wide-ranging examination of rights, freedoms and civil liberties. The series will explore some of the most challenging issues facing the UK and the world today, from free speech to equal rights. Expect informed debate and critical insight from a renowned panel of speakers.
Tuesday mornings
10.30 – 11.30am
£12, £10 Friends
John Locke
John Dunne
Tuesday 31 May 2016
The World is Not Simple, it’s Complicated
Sir David Cannadine
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Liberty: Ancient and Modern
Prof Jo Wolff
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Magna Carta: 800 Years of Precisely What?
Prof Nicholas Vincent
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Tuesday Evening Lecture Series: Women Artists in the 20th Century
7 – 7.30pm/ Linbury Room
£12, £10 Friends; includes a complimentary glass of wine
Georgia O’Keeffe: From East to West
Hailed as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, O’Keeffe excelled at landscapes, and moving to New Mexico produced work capturing the unique atmosphere of the American South West. Lecturer: Peter Scott
Tuesday 14 June
‘Outstanding Artist of her Generation’: The Art of Winifred Knights
One of the Slade School generation that included Paul Nash, Mark Gertler and Stanley
Spencer, Winifred Knights was inspired by the Italian Quattrocento. Feted early, but
fading from the public eye, her exquisite studies and clarity claimed revived appreciation a hundred years on. Lecturer: Jessica Saraga
Tuesday 21 June
Winifred Knights (1899 – 1947)
Talks & discussion inspired by our major summer exhibition
Winifred Knights (1899 – 1947): Public Lecture
Join exhibition curator, Sacha Llewellyn for an exploration of Winifred Knights.
Thursday 9 June
12.30 – 1.30pm
£12, £10 Friends
DISCOVERY DAY: The Renaissance of a Slade Scholar Winifred Knights (1899 – 1947)
Winifred Knights was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome (1920) and one of the most outstanding British women painters of the twentieth century. Join us for a day of discovery encompassing her life, from her years at the Slade School of Fine Art and her evacuation during the First World War, through to her time at the British School at Rome and the commissions she worked on in the years leading up to World War II. Includes a private view of the exhibition and a tour with the curator. Supported by an Educational
Programme grant from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Sunday 12 June
Tea and coffee provided on arrival
Lunch provided 12.30 – 1.30pm
Insight Lecture Series: How we are housed?
You might live in a terrace house, or in a suburban villa. North, there are former council tower blocks, long considered a failure until the same idea was marketed to rich investors. Why these types of houses? When were they built? What has ensured their longevity? What next?
10.30 – 11.30am/ Linbury Room; coffee afterwards
Single Lecture: £12, £10 Friends
3 Lecture Series: £32, £26 Friends
The Suburban House: the best or worst of all worlds?
Around 1800, a new type of house was offered by London builders, and by the 1930s ‘suburban’ had become a term of abuse, denoting self-delusion and social conservatism, a prejudice still present today. However, the anti-urban dream of suburbia also influenced high-rise buildings. Lecturer: Alan Powers, writer, teacher and conservationist.
Wednesday 1 June
The Street Strikes Back
In designing radical urban housing for inner London Boroughs, Peter Barber has favoured compact low-rise urban forms, terraced houses and apartments, to encourage sociability and optimise land use. Lecturer: Peter Barber, Peter Barber Architects Ltd.
Wednesday 8 June
ART FOR ADULTS
Rubens and the Art of Landscape
Explore the Gallery’s grounds after hours in this unique Rubens inspired landscape
course. Work with ink, watercolour and acrylic on canvas, engage with found objects and create a range of works that echo the pastoral style of the Old Master, Peter Paul Rubens.With artist Jo Lewis
Five Tuesdays from 7 June to 5 July
7 – 9pm
£150, £145 Friends & Concs.
Painting a Modern Allegory
Take inspiration from Winifred Knights and her contemporaries to create studies from the
human figure, which evoke dramatic symbolism. Produce sketches and watercolour
drawings from life and works in the exhibition, develop modern allegorical compositions in oil paint and investigate the relationships between from, tone and colour. With Artist Nikki Gardham
Three Sundays 19 June, 3 July and 10 July
10.30am – 1pm
£100, £95 Friends & Concs.
Mixed Media Drawing
Engage with landscapes and mark making in this mixed media drawing course. Work
with ink, graphite, watercolour and collagraph to produce finished works on paper.
Enhance your observational skills while utilising texture and pattern to create distinctive
landscapes. With artist Jo Veevers
Five Tuesdays from 7 June to 5 July
10.30am – 12.30pm
£150, £145 Friends & Concs.
ART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
After School Workshops
Classes take place in the the Sackler Centre for Arts Education. Book online at dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk or by phone on 020 8299 8750
7 – 10yrs
Painting Landscapes
Explore different methods of painting using colour, shape, texture and the landscape as the subject matter. Using these skills create an imaginative picture or sequence of images. With artist Jo Lewis
Five Thursdays from 15 June to 13 July
4.30 – 6pm
£75
11 – 14yrs
Photo Lab
Develop analogue photography techniques by creating pinhole cameras and photographing the Gallery. Shape your photography portfolio with shadow prints and
transformed digital negatives. With artist Francesca Centioni
Five Thursdays from 16 June to 14 July
4.30 – 6pm
£75
15 – 18yrs
A Moveable Feast: Painting Old Masters
Look to the Old Master, Peter Paul Rubens and to Modern Masters such as Matisse and Giacometti to develop your observation and compositional skills. Learn to emphasise movement and embrace bold changes in your compositions to create large-scale, still-life
and figurative artworks. Throughout this course you will cultivate your own tool-kit of materials, and experiment with dry mediums, printmaking and painting. Develop confidence with your compositions and build an energised portfolio. With artist Nikki Gardham
Five Tuesdays from 14 June to 12 July
4.30 – 6pm
£75
The Creatives: Young People at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Off the Wall
Join one of our facilitators in the Gallery for a creative session led by you! Challenge perceptions of what galleries and museums are and explore universal themes of power, inequality, love, beauty and war which feature throughout the Collection through informal conversation and creative activities.
Saturday 11 June
2pm
Open to ages 11 – 18yrs
FREE
ART FOR FAMILIES
Mini-Masterpieces
Experience the delights of our collection with your child aged 6 – 18 months. Enjoy an informal, child-friendly gallery visit followed by a hands-on, sensory art session tailored for you and your baby. Collection based themes change monthly – come to one or all!
10.30am – 12pm
£16 per adult and child
Windows and Light: Exploring the Architecture of Dulwich Picture Gallery
Tuesday 7 June
Windows and Light: Exploring the Architecture of Dulwich Picture Gallery
Thursday 16 June
Family Sundays
Sackler Room and Gallery
2 – 4pm
Every Sunday families with a Gallery ticket can now enjoy a range of free drop-in activities.
ARTPLAY
2 – 4pm
Free with Gallery Ticket
Selected Sundays of every month: Get creative together at Artplay, our practical drop-in session, making everything from bunting to block prints.
Miniature Soane Gallery
Design your own miniature Gallery complete with paintings, furniture and decorative pieces. Be inspired by one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the world to create your designs. With Artist Francesca Centioni.
In partnership with London Festival of Architecture.
Sunday 5 June
Van Huysum Festoon Ringlet
Van Huysum’s still-lifes are some of the most extraordinary floral paintings in the world. Visit the Gallery and create your own ornate bouquets informed by ‘Vase with Flowers’. With artist Francesca Centioni.
Sunday 19 June
Gallery Stories
2.30pm and 3.10pm
Free with Gallery ticket
Participate in interactive storytelling in the main gallery. Please meet the storyteller at the gallery ticket desk at 2.30 and 3.30pm. Last Sunday of every month.
Sunday 15 June
Sunday 26 June
Family Trails
Pick up your FREE family trail on the front desk, at the Friends desk or ask a Gallery Assistant. Trails are updated frequently, and are available on both the temporary exhibition and permanent collection.
GALLERY TOURS
Free Tours
Enjoy a free tour of the permanent collection on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm (Gallery admission charges apply).
Group Tours and Bookings
Book a private tour for your group with one of our gallery guides, by filling out our online enquiry form at www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/visit/group-visits/ (Source: Dulwich Picture Gallery press release)
NEW TATE ‘GATEWAY’ TO SOUTHWARK OPENED
Southwark council have officially opened the new and improved Sumner Street.
The council has been working with the Tate to improve the street ahead of the completion of the new Tate Modern extension in June.
The extension includes a new main entrance to the south of the building, opening out onto the street and creating a new thoroughfare to bring visitors all the way from St Paul’s and the City, over the Millennium Bridge, through the Tate and down into Southwark.
Southwark’s cabinet member for regeneration and new homes Cllr Mark Williams said: “Tate Modern has played a vital role in the regeneration of Southwark over the last 20 years and by opening out the building to the south and creating a new access point, the extension will continue to drive investment and tourism to our borough and be a focal point for a second wave of economic growth already underway.
“The improvements on Sumner Street will support this with a welcoming and attractive new pedestrian route and public open space leading from the Tate, down into the heart of the borough.”
Cllr Darren Merrill, Southwark’s cabinet member for the environment and the public realm, added: “The Sumner Street revamp also provides a safer and more inviting space for our residents who live in the surrounding area, many of whom have been directly involved in the design and consultation work.
“I am very pleased we have been able to deliver such a pleasant new space for people to relax and meet just a few steps away from one of our most popular tourist spots.” (Source: Southwark council press release)
