February 9, 2010 by ingrid
Kate Knowles, Head of Communications at Dulwich Picture Gallery, explains the reasons for putting on this exhibition and her marriage.

Paul Nash, Landscape from a Dream, 1936-8
In the 90s (or the Naughties as it seems to be called on television) a great friend of mine suggested that Dulwich Picture Gallery put on Modern British exhibitions.
His name was David Fraser Jenkins, and he suggested it because the Tate, where he was senior curator of Modern British art, had too many exhibitions and so weren’t doing any early 20th century British exhibitions. He said, the other reasons for doing it would be (a) because they are popular and (b) because they are cheap to put on, you don’t have to get them from abroad, they are all to be found in England. Continue Reading »
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February 9, 2010 by grevillehavenhand
Approaching Valentine’s day merchants and writers try to push rosé wine , but, perhaps surprisingly, pink is becoming fashionable, according to Greville Havenhand.
Did you know that more than 9% of the wine sold in this country is pink? Yes I know we call it rosé but we don’t usually talk about “rouge” or “blanc” so I prefer to stick to pink.
Time was when pink wine was either like liquid bubblegum or was that sweet, slightly fizzy Portuguese product of the marketing man’s art. At least the bottles vied with Chianti flasks as lamp bases in student’s rooms. Admittedly a lot of the increase in pink sales here is accounted for by low-alcohol sweetish Californian wine – wine for people who don’t like wine.
There are now more serious pinks from all over the world, Continue Reading »
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February 9, 2010 by shapa begum
Dulwich Picture Gallery invites you to enter an online art competition based on the new exhibition, Paul Nash: The Elements opening on 10 February.

Paul Nash, Totes Meer
Paul Nash (1889-1946) was probably the greatest British artist of the 20th century and admired as one of the most significant landscape painters of his generation. He is best known for his work as an official war artist, producing memorable images of both the First and Second World Wars, but also as a Surrealist, juxtaposing object in an unexpected and dream-like way.
The exhibition includes landscapes, interiors, abstracts and still lifes. There are paintings, drawings, photographs and photographic collages.
Using the Gallery and grounds as a starting point and inspired by the exhibition, create a work of art for the Nash Competition.
Your entry and a brief bio (if you like) will be published on Dulwich OnView and the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s Flickr group Paul Nash competition.
You may also vote for your favourite entry. Find out how. Continue Reading »
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February 5, 2010 by ingrid
Ian Dejardin, Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery, talks about a group of 20th century Canadian artists – to DOV and in person on 10 Feb at DPG.

Tom Thomson 'Maple Saplings' The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario
“I have just returned from Toronto. Why Canada? It was to finalise a show that is very dear to my heart.
Very few people in this country have heard of Tom Thomson. In Canada, he is legendary. Working in Toronto around 1910 as a commercial artist – nothing special, he tended to do rather slick illustrations in an arts and crafts / late Art Nouveau kind of a style – he encountered a group of like-minded artists who were interested in developing a ‘national’ landscape style. Continue Reading »
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February 2, 2010 by ingrid
Dulwich Picture Gallery does not only put on major exhibitions, there are often fascinating small displays in the main galleries that are easy to overlook.
Sarah Moulden, assistant curator, talks about one of these, comprising of only 2 paintings that opens today.

Soldi - Roubiliac sculpting David Garrick
“This display will focus on two portraits of sculptor, Louis Franςois Roubiliac (1702?-62), painted by the Florentine portraitist, Andrea Soldi (1703-71). Both paintings will be shown together for the first time, joining Dulwich Picture Gallery’s own with Soldi’s later one now at The Garrick Club, London.
Together, Soldi and Roubiliac provide fascinating subjects for study. Continue Reading »
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