Painter Bernie Victor introduces the Friends of the Horniman Museum’s art exhibition.
This weekend the Victorian Conservatory at the Horniman Museum is the venue for the annual Friends of the Horniman Art Exhibition. This is a selected show and features work by a wide selection of local artists. There are paintings, sculptures and prints in a [...]
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As part of the “I love Peckham” festival, the Chronic Art Foundation, in association with the Chronic Love Foundation, is hosting an exhibition (14-20 July) of works by artists based in the Bussey Building, a warehouse studio in Peckham.
The Exhibition is open to the public so feel free to go along, enjoy the art and [...]
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Posted in Community, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Family Activities, LATES, What's On, tagged Dulwich Picture Gallery, late, Late Opening, Family Fun, Donkey Rides, family event on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
There’s loads to do at the LATE night opening at the picture gallery next week. Where to start? Well, there’s the donkey rides and fairground games. Who could resist giant Connect4, test your strength, or the chance to Milk The Cow?
There’s a bouncy castle, live music in the garden from DJ and Dulwich OnView [...]
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Ian Dejardin, director, explains why he went to Poland and what he thought of the new Warsaw.
Dulwich Picture Gallery has some interesting Polish baggage amongst the jumble of its history. The last king of Poland, Stanislaw Augustus Poniatowski, was the man who commissioned our art dealer founders, Noel Desenfans and Francis Bourgeois (pictured left, [...]
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Posted in Community, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Family Activities, Film, Theatre & Music, What's On, tagged Events, Shakespeare, theatre, Dulwich Players, Dulwich Picture Gallery events, Midsummer Night's Dream, Gallery Gardens on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare performed by the Dulwich Players
3 - 6 July
Jan Rae, director, reflects on past productions at the Gallery, and looks forward to Thursday
If you were down at Dulwich Picture Gallery on Sunday you may have seen the peace of the gardens being disturbed by a strange group of people who [...]
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Antonia Coonan, Head of Operations at Dulwich Picture Gallery, gives the background to the organisation of that amazing day.
Photos by Benedict Johnson
Friday 20th June. Knowing that the BBC Roadshow was coming to Dulwich Picture Gallery kept the Operations Department excited for weeks!
The preparations started months ago. I worked closely with the BBC Antiques Roadshow Directors [...]
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Posted in Around Dulwich, Art, Books and poetry, Community, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Local History, South London, What's On, tagged Dulwich, Dylwich College, Canaletto, campanile, Jan Piggott, The Stonemason's Yard on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
The Clock Tower at Dulwich College
by Dr J R Piggott, former Keeper of Archives, Dulwich College and author of ‘Dulwich College A History’
Canaletto’s painting THE STONEMASON’S YARD (1728) at THE NATIONAL GALLERY (right) in London shows the prominent campanile of S Maria della Carità at Venice. Although the magnificent tower had collapsed in 1744 – the [...]
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Posted in Art, Community, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Film, Theatre & Music, LATES, What's On, tagged Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, BBC Antiques Road Show, Antiques Road Show, Late openings on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Kate Knowles, Head of Communications at Dulwich Picture Gallery, looks forward to an amazing day on 19 June
You can’t imagine the excitement at Dulwich Picture Gallery when we got a phone call from the Antiques Roadshow…
I’d approached them over the years and once they did come and visit the Gallery, and then declared it was [...]
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Posted in Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Film, Theatre & Music, LATES, What's On, tagged Dulwich Picture Gallery, Late Night Opening, short films, My China Now, China Now on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »
by Anna de Pass
A Taste of China is the theme for the next DPG LATE Night opening on 19th June. The Gallery will be presenting a collection of 34 short films commissioned by CHINA NOW and never seen by UK audiences.
These tell the story of China through a programme of short films by documentary [...]
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Posted in Competitions & Offers, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Film, Theatre & Music, Food & Drink, Past Events, tagged Dulwich Picture Gallery, Events, Add new tag, Spaghetti opera, recipe, spaghetti, Italian food on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
SPECIAL OFFER for Dulwich OnView readers
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Low-brow opera with plenty of laughs, Opera on the Run is coming to DPG on June 13 with their hilarious new [...]
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