PMC supported exhibitions and events Autumn 2017

The Paul Mellon Centre's Grants and Fellowships programme helps support a wide range of exhibitions and events through the Curatorial Research and Educational Programme Grants. Listed below are a selection of PMC supported events that are taking place this Autumn.

Exhibitions

Eileen Agar: Dreaming Oneself Awake
Redfern Gallery
12 - 30 September
To coincide with the publication of Eileen Agar: Dreaming Oneself Awake by Michel Remy, the Redfern Gallery will show a selection of her paintings, objects and works on paper.
The publication by Michel Remy was supported by a Publication Grant in Autumn 2016

Basic Instincts
The Foundling Museum
29 September 2017 - 7 January 2018
Curated by Dr Jacqueline Riding, this exhibition explores Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore.
Supported by a Curatorial Research Grant in Autumn 2016

No Man's Land: Women's Photography and the First World War
Impression's Gallery
7 October - 30 December 2017
No Man's Land offers rarely-seen female perspectives on the First World War, featuring images taken by women who worked as nurses, ambulance drivers, and official photographers, as well as contemporary artists directly inspired by the conflict.
Supported by a Curatorial Research Grant in Autumn 2016

Events

Symposium: Art of Power
University of Glasgow
Monday 2 October
Day one of this three day symposium will be open to the public and will include papers that explore the themes explored in the exhibition Art of Power: The 3rd Earl of Bute, Politics & Collecting in Enlightenment Britain.
Supported by an Educational Programme Grant in Spring 2017

Conference: Knowing 'as much of art as the cat': 19th century women writers on the Old Masters
National Gallery
Friday 10 November
This major conference examines the role of English-speaking women as disseminators of knowledge about Old Master paintings and historic painting techniques during the Victorian era.
Supported by an Educational Programme Grant in Spring 2017

Symposium: William Gear
RBSA
Sunday 12 November
A symposium exploring the work and life of William Gear, former RBSA member.
Supported by an Educational Programme Grant in Spring 2017

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