This event is now sold out. Anyone interested in attending is welcome to add their names to the TicketSource waiting list. There are often a small number of cancellations. If sufficient numbers are on the waiting list it may be possible to arrange a private tour of the exhibition at another time.
The Society’s Special Interest Day on November 5th is being arranged to coincide with a major exhibition of 20th century art at Southampton City Art Gallery (SCAG): Art Then! British Painting 1910-1960. This exhibition will celebrate half a century of modern British art. Curated by Art Society speaker, David Boyd Haycock, and in collaboration with the Ingram Collection of Contemporary Art, it will feature over 90 paintings, sculptures and drawings. Taking its cues from Herbert Read’s seminal book, Art Now, which reviewed how British artists had reacted to the Modernist revolution the Art Then exhibition includes works by leading British artists of this period, including Paul Nash,Graham Sutherland, Eric Ravilious, Dora Carrington, Barbara Hepworth and Lucian Freud, as well as showcasing works by a number of less well known – but no less fascinating – figures.
Our Special Interest Day will have three exciting elements:
· A private tour of the exhibition on display in the gallery’s newly-updated rooms by leading art expert and the gallery's ex-curator, Tim Craven
· A talk on Eric Ravilious, war artist and great English watercolourist of the English landscape and everyday objects, presented by National Gallery and Art Society speaker, Jo Walton. This talk looks at Ravilious alongside some of his contemporaries who were working on the Home Front in the Second World War. It will reference work on display in the gallery.
· A behind the scenes talk by gallery staff highlighting the work.
Number will be limited to 40.
Timing: Registration at 10.15, Events at 10.30 - 15.00 hrs (lunch 1300-14.00 hrs); gallery doors open at 10.00 hrs.
Cost: £34 plus a small booking fee to include mid-morning refreshments served in the gallery’s main atrium.
Book through the Ticketsouce logo on the home page of this website. Numbers limited to 40.
Image: Eric Ravilious, Beachy Head.
The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art