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SUMMARY:Sculpture in Britain Today and Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:British sculpture enjoyed a renaissance in the 20th century\, led by Moore and Hepworth. They were followed by a new generation of British-based sculptors including Rachel Whiteread\, Antony Gormley\, Maggi Hambling\, Anish Kapoor\, Richard Long and David Nash\, who have produced sculptures that are glorious\, challenging and moving in equal measure. \nA range of their work is examined along with a review of the sculptures that have adorned the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square\, and those proposed for 2026-28. The lecture concludes with a glimpse of the rising stars. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book this event:\n\n\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online\, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr Raymond Warburton\n\n\nRay has had a life-long love of art. However\, in his twenties\, Ray studied social sciences at the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies. These studies led to a career in health and social care\, with art being an evening and weekend passion. But all that changed in 2011\, when Ray became a guide at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Then from 2014 to 2017\, he studied art history at the Open University\, and then at the University of Buckingham\, from where he gained an MA in the History of Art. And to cap it all\, Ray became an Arts Society lecturer in 2017. Ray also knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end of lectures as he is a member of his local Arts Society in Blackheath. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY
URL:https://putney.news/event/sculpture-in-britain-today-and-tomorrow/
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SUMMARY:Nikolaus Pevsner and The Buildings of South West London
DESCRIPTION:Pevsner\, a German refugee from Hitler\, an internee and a jobbing journalist\, became the Grand Old Man of English art history through his extraordinary one-man survey of all the architecturally significant buildings in the country\, county by county. \nThis lecture explores what Pevsner said\, rightly or wrongly\, about some of the buildings in our Society’s area – churches\, houses\, shops\, town halls\, tower blocks – and sets his pronouncements in the context of The Buildings of England as a whole. His books have both detractors and passionate defenders\, but no imitators. \nIMAGES (courtesy of the lecturer unless stated) \nA page from the passport of Nikolaus Pevsner (detail) \nThe tomb of explorer Richard Burton in Mortlake (courtesy G Grunwald) \nThe roof of the Palm House in Kew Gardens. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book this event:\n\n\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online\, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMs Susie Harries\n\n\nA writer\, editor and lecturer\, specialising in 20th century culture and the arts. Has published eight books on subjects including official war art\, opera and the composer Elisabeth Lutyens. The most recent is the biography of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner\, published in August 2011. Lectured to a range of audiences\, from the Imperial War Museum and British Museum to the Twentieth Century Society and the RSA\, most recently at the Cheltenham and Bridport Literary Festivals and the Victorian Society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\,
URL:https://putney.news/event/nikolaus-pevsner-and-the-buildings-of-south-west-london/
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SUMMARY:Music and National Identity in Victorian Britain
DESCRIPTION:The Victorians revered many of the same names that still fill concert programmes today\, Haydn\, Mozart\, Beethoven etc.\, composers who we often think of as ‘German’. But how did this fit with the parallel contemporary desire to promote ‘native’ British music? \nMusicologist Dr Bruno Bower has found some answers from an unexpected source: programme notes\, a new form of writing for the nineteenth century. These texts tend not to emphasise nations for these composers\, but instead use language that is much more redolent of empire; a very different kind of political entity. \nIMAGES (courtesy of the lecturer) \nCrystal Palace 1873 concert programme (detail) \nCanterbury Hall (Music Hall) 1856 – Wikimedia Commons \n1875 Handel Festival \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book this event:\n\n\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online\, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBruno Bower\n\n\n\n\nDr Bruno Bower (FRSA\, FHEA) is a musicologist\, performer\, composer\, and music editor. He has written and presented on subjects as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan\, John Cage\, and Victorian polymaths\, and has produced critical editions of music by Peter Gellhorn and Norman O’Neill. He teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and runs adult education courses at Imperial College London and at various private institutions around London.
URL:https://putney.news/event/music-and-national-identity-in-victorian-britain/
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SUMMARY:Murillo and Baroque Seville: City of Faith\, Art and Empire
DESCRIPTION:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is the last great painter of the Spanish Golden Age\, yet today his works are often maligned as “cute” and “saccharine”. This lecture reassesses his paintings in the context of 17th-century Seville\, the great port city for the Spanish Empire and a centre of Catholic reform. By looking at Murillo’s most innovative and beautiful paintings we will see how his art blends faith and empire\, from his grand cycle in Santa Maria la Blanca to his small works painted of imported Aztec mirrors. \nIMAGES (courtesy of the lecturer) \nThree Boys by Murillo (detail) \nImaculate Conception by Murillo \nSelf-portrait by Murillo \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book this event:\n\n\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online\, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMs Isabelle Kent\n\n\nIsabelle is an academic and educator specialising in the baroque\, with a particular focus on Spain and its empire. She received a BA and MPhil in History of Art from Trinity College\, Cambridge\, where she is currently completing her PhD on the art of Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán. From 2017 to 2019 she worked as the Enriqueta Harris Frankfort Curatorial Assistant at the Wallace Collection and in 2020 her book Collecting Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in Britain and Ireland was published by CEEH. Alongside her academia\, Isabelle is an expert guide for a travel company\, leading groups around Spain and beyond\, and she also teaches regularly for the V&A\, Art Fund\, Royal Academy\, Chelsea Arts Club\, Wallace Collection and University of Cambridge. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY
URL:https://putney.news/event/murillo-and-baroque-seville-city-of-faith-art-and-empire/
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SUMMARY:An Englishman in New York: The Art of Lord Duveen
DESCRIPTION:There was only one man whose quintessential English wit and charm made it look easy as he convinced the hard-nosed\, tight-fisted titans of Wall Street that\, “when you pay high for the priceless\, you’re getting it cheap”. \nFrick\, Mellon\, Rockefeller\, J.P. Morgan\, Vanderbilt etc. all vied for his latest discoveries which remain the core collections of many of the United States’ most famous museums. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book this event:\n\n\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online\, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr Mark Meredith\n\n\nMark is a writer\, the founder of HouseHistree.com\, and lectures regularly at societies\, festivals and clubs in both Europe and the United States. After leaving Stowe School\, Mark worked for twenty years as a plumber in London. However\, his real passion has always been for history\, particularly the history behind houses through the characters that conjoin to create them. His special interest lies with the great American houses and their relationships with those in Europe\, both socially and architecturally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY
URL:https://putney.news/event/an-englishman-in-new-york-the-art-of-lord-duveen/
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SUMMARY:Discussion with Colin Cooper\, CEO of Wimbledon & Putney Commons Conservators
DESCRIPTION:The Putney Society is running this event with speaker Colin Cooper\, CEO\, Wimbledon & Putney Commons Conservators. \n\nWhat plans are there for Putney Heath and Putney Lower Common over the next few years?\nHow can WPCC fund improvements?\nWetter winters lead to floods and muddy paths – what can be done?\nCan anything be done to reduce the silt in Beverley Brook?\nWhat is WPCC doing to remove invasive species?\nHow can we all ensure that Putney is better represented on the board of trustees?\n\nColin Cooper will be addressing these points and many more on Monday 28 April at the Community Church\, Werter Road SW15 2LL. at 7.30pm. Refreshments served from 7:15pm \nThere will also be a chance to meet the Chair of Friends of Wimbledon and Putney Commons to find out more about the way they support the Commons. They welcome new members who play a crucial role in preserving\, protecting\, and maintaining this unique and special place.
URL:https://putney.news/event/discussion-with-colin-cooper-ceo-of-wimbledon-putney-commons-conservators/
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SUMMARY:Our Canal Heritage: A Fusion of Art and Architecture
DESCRIPTION:A colourful introduction to the world of our 2000-mile canal network\, looking at their exceptional artistic\, architectural and engineering vernacular. Features range from sweeping aqueducts to tiny bollards; from colourful historic narrowboats to iconic ‘Roses and Castles’ artwork; from grand World Heritage Sites to quirky and unusual landmarks. \nOur canals have been called a ‘poor man’s art gallery’ and only the National Trust and the Church of England have more listed buildings than our canals. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book this event:\n\n\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online\, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr Roger Butler\n\n\nRoger Butler is a landscape architect and an experienced writer\, photographer and lecturer. He has a particular interest in the unique history\, architecture and traditions of our canal network and worked on some of the UK’s major canal restoration projects. He has also acted as a consultant to bodies such as Waterways Ireland\, Natural England and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. \nHe regularly contributes to waterway and heritage magazines and writes and provides images for a range of countryside and outdoor titles. Roger is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society\, a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. He lives near Stratford upon Avon and lectures to groups such as the National Trust\, RSPB\, U3A\, history societies\, etc. across the Midlands and further afield. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALLERY
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