June missive

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Hello Everyone,

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I moved to live in Oxton in 1980 and came to claim the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum as my local gallery. On May 7th I attended the AGM for the Friends of the Williamson. It was well attended. I came away excited by news of some forthcoming exhibitions.

I was particularly intrigued by news of a link between the team at the Williamson and the Hayward Gallery, at Southbank.

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The link is with Hayward Gallery Touring. This latter I had never heard of but I now know, from the Hayward website, that “half a million people see Hayward Gallery Touring projects each year in over 45 cities and towns.”

So now I am looking forward to “Small Wonders: Reimagining British Art.” opening at the gallery on June 5th.

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To quote directly from the Williamson website, “In 1951 the Festival of Britain acted as a beacon of post-war hope, launching a landmark touring exhibition that brought world-class art to local museums and art centres across the UK.

Seventy five years later Hayward Gallery Touring honours this legacy with “Small Wonders: Reimagining British Art”, a contemporary reimagining of the original vision.”

 

Our June lecture, on Monday 15th is

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“Mania for Marble. The 18th. Century’s obsession with antique sculpture.”

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Nicholas Merchant will be our lecturer.

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Judith Wheat