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‘HELLO CAROUSEL’ Emerging British artist’s first solo show opens at Vegas Gallery

By Andrea Szeplaki | Published 25 July 2011

Gemma Nelson. One of the bubbliest people I have ever met. She is a friend, who is always there to offer a helping hand and a colleague, who is full of charisma ready to chat […]

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“Boring, isn’t it” The Takeaway Rembrandt

By Alan Kaill | Published 8 April 2011

Hello, its Alan again. Without doubt the most commonly asked question by visitors to Dulwich Picture Gallery while I was an attendant there was, “Which is the picture that is always getting stolen from here?”. Now when you […]

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Galleries - “Boring, isn’t it” Part 3

By Alan Kaill

Published 25 March 2011

Continuing the theme that some people, especially young ones, think art galleries are boring, I am often fondly reminded of the time spent as a Gallery Attendant at Dulwich Picture Gallery some twenty years ago. […]

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Art Galleries……”Boring, isn’t it?” part 2

By Alan Kaill

Published 22 March 2011

Continuing on the theme that some people, especially young ones, think art galleries are boring, I am often fondly reminded of the time spent as a Gallery Attendant some twenty years ago. Some of the […]

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Kimono - The Beauty and Spirit of Japan

By Eriko Okada Horsley

Published 18 March 2011

If there is one single piece of clothing that is associated with Japan, it is the kimono (literally translated as “the thing worn”); and as the French fashion designer Pierre Cardin once said whilst examining […]

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Art Galleries……”Boring, isn’t it?”

By Alan Kaill

Published 28 January 2011

For over ten years I was a ‘Gallery Attendant’ at Dulwich Picture Gallery, at a time (1986-1997) when, I dare to say, it was not so well known and busy as it is today. On […]

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A Gaggle of Ghosts and Santas in Dulwich Picture Gallery

By Ingrid

Published 3 December 2010

Bob Cox‘s imagination has materialised on Dulwich Picture Gallery Christmas cards. Bob, a talented artist and ex-warden at DPG explains: “Having spent many years walking the hallowed rooms of the Gallery as a warden, you […]

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