Posted in Art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Reviews, tagged Jackson Pollock, Edward Hopper, British Museum, John Sloan, George Bellows, Blanche Lazzell, New York on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Anna Sayburn reviews American prints at the British Museum
If the Coming of Age exhibition at Dulwich has whetted your appetite for American art, don’t miss a fascinating complementary exhibition on until September at the British Museum.
The American Scene – Prints from Hopper to Pollock not only namechecks many of the same artists on display in [...]
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Meet Kate Knowles, Head of Communications at Dulwich Picture Gallery
I am obsessed by Dulwich Picture Gallery - to such a degree that I am a cracking bore. No friend of mine would DARE not visit the Gallery and at dinner parties I always come away with converts. It’s probably because I’ve worked at [...]
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Liz Moody’s Dulwich Life is written by Anna Sayburn, inspired by Gainsborough’s portrait “Mrs Elizabeth Moody and Her Two Sons”. It imagines how Mrs Moody might live today.
Saturday 27 April
Huge panic! Realised I’d forgotten to get any wine for the olive oil tasting party tomorrow. Well, obviously, there’s Mr M’s cellar, but he made [...]
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Kelly Richards, author of “Anne Shelton – With a Smile and a Song”, has very kindly donated three signed copies of her book for our prize draw. (You can read Kelly’s article about Anne Shelton below.)
All you have to do to stand a chance of winning a copy is to add a relevant comment [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Events, Family Activities, What's On, tagged activities, arts, culture, Dulwich, Events, festival, london, se21, south on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
In anticipation of the annual Dulwich Festival, which takes place this year from 9th to 18th May, Victoria Goode, Co-Director of the Dulwich Festival, writes about what it takes for her and the Festival team of volunteers to put it all together while juggling day jobs and all their other commitments.
My husband and I moved [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Competitions & Offers, Diaries, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Film, Theatre & Music, Past Events, Uncategorized, tagged Dulwich Picture Gallery, InSight lectures, All Saints Church, concert, harp concert, lecture, talk, Arts of China, China, The Splendours of Ancient China on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Wednesday morning at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The 1st in the series:Highlights from 4 millennia of the arts in China
The Splendours of Ancient China details
Saturday 3rd May at All Saints’ Church, West Dulwich
Sing Sweet Harp - a concert for lovers of harp music
7.30pm
In aid of the All Saints’ Organ Fund
Eminent French Harpist, Geneviève Létang of the Paris Conservatoire will play [...]
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Posted in Competitions & Offers, Local History, South London People, Uncategorized, tagged Anne Shelton, Court Lane, Dulwich, Dulwich Park, Kelly Richards, se21 on April 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
One of the commenters on our article about Glyn Davies was Kelly Richards, who remembered Glyn from her childhood. Here she talks about growing up in Dulwich and life with her aunt, Anne Shelton.
My name is Kelly Richards, and I am very proud to say that I am the niece of one of the [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Events, Film, Theatre & Music, What's On, tagged East Dulwich, oxfam, oxjam, the blockheads, andrea mann, sarah gillespie, kate williams trio, chaz jankel, john turnball, derek hussey, se22, charity, live music on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Calling all music lovers. Local East Dulwich resident and jazz singer, Andrea Mann, has organised an ‘Oxjam’ charity gig at the East Dulwich Tavern (EDT) this coming Tuesday 29th April.
The evening promises to be a very special, one-off event. Three living British music legends - Chaz Jankel, John Turnbull and Derek Hussey of The Blockheads [...]
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East Dulwich based film maker, Laverne Hunt, writes about her work with a Latin American group of dancers and artists aged 11-25 who specialise in Regathon style music (a cross between Hip Hop and Reggae).
I have a background in law and also had a very brief spell as professional dancer and actress. My [...]
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by Iain Betterton, Dulwich Picture Gallery shop manager
I must confess not being overly optimistic about generating huge sales from shop merchandise for the Guido Reni’s Saint Sebastian exhibition. I’ve been looking at DPG postcard sales now for close to four years and let’s just say sales of the St Sebastian image were not breaking any [...]
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