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Wed 22 Jan, 2020 Friends
Friends Event: An Exclusive Evening of Art and Music
We are delighted that the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) will be joining us to bring together a unique evening of music and art from our prints and drawings collection. Visit our Objects Room to view a selection of prints curated exclusively for Friends and Patrons of OAE…
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Wed 30 Oct, 2019 Friends
Friends at Somerset House: 24/7 A Wake Up Call for our No...
This autumn Somerset House presents 24/7 A Wake Up Call for our Non-Stop World, a timely exhibition examining the non-stop nature of modern life, with a series of immersive, playful works from some of today’s most exciting global artists. Free for Friends and one guest. Register with membership@courtauld.ac.uk For more…
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Sat 30 Nov, 2019 Alumni, Friends
An Exclusive Day at Charleston (Alumni & Friends)
Exclusive Lecture, Tour and Exhibition Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops Saturday 30 November 2019 14.00pm – 18.00pm Charleston Farmhouse Firle Lewes East Sussex BN8 6LL We would like to invite Courtauld alumni and Friends to attend an exclusive afternoon at Charleston Farmhouse, the former home and meeting place of members…
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Sat 5 Oct, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Membership
The Big Draw Festival
The Big Draw Festival #DrawnToLife: Creativity and Wellbeing Saturday 5 October, 1.00 – 5.00pm The Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square The Courtauld Institute of Art is thrilled to invite you to The Big Draw Festival, #DrawnToLife: Creativity and Wellbeing on the 5th of October between 1 pm and 5pm!…
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Tue 22 Oct, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Membership, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Jan Six XI and his Rembrandt discoveries
Our cultural partner, The Dutch Cultural Centre, is thrilled to announce that in the year that marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death, Jan Six, art historian, Old Masters dealer and direct descendant of Jan Six I, the Amsterdam mayor whose portrait was famously painted by Rembrandt in 1654, will share…
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Sat 28 Sep, 2019 Friends, Membership
Friends event: Robin Simon led guided tour of HogarthR...
Guided visit of Hogarth’s House, Chiswick We are delighted to have Robin Simon giving us a guided tour of Hogarth’s House, country home of William Hogarth in the 18th century, which contains an extensive collection of prints and engravings by the artist. The house has been restored to tell the…
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Thu 23 May, 2019 Friends, Membership
Friends event with Dutch Cultural Centre: The van Gogh Si...
Willem-Jan Verlinden, art historian and author of The van Gogh Sisters (De Zussen van Gogh) will give a talk on the unique life story of the three van Gogh sisters, based on the letters they wrote as well as family documents. Followed and preceded by drinks. Talk starts at 7pm,…
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Mon 24 Jun, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Membership
Friends event with KTW London: Isabelle van Zeijl: The Ca...
The Courtauld Friends have been invited by our arts partner KTW London to attend a guided tour of Dutch artist Isabelle van Zeijl’s solo exhibition: The Camouflaged Beauty of Fashion. Isabelle van Zeijl creates striking photographic self-portraits, which reference the works of Old Masters – producing the entirety of the scenes independently, from the costume design and…
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Thu 23 May, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Membership
Friends event with KTW London: Jake Wood-Evans: Legacy &#...
The Courtauld Friends have been invited by our arts partner KTW London to attend the preview and guided tour of Jake Wood-Evans’ largest solo exhibition to date: Legacy & Disorder. Alongside a first look of Wood-Evans’ exhibition, the evening will include an ‘In Conversation’ between the artist and renowned curator,…
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Wed 24 Jul, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Membership, Samuel Courtauld Society, Support
The Courtauld Summer Party 2019
THE COURTAULD SUMMER PARTY HAS NOW SOLD OUT! The Courtauld Summer Party is a much-loved celebration that brings together leading figures from across the art world including our graduates, academic staff, students, members and patrons. This year we are very excited to be hosting The Courtauld Summer Party at The…
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Thu 18 Apr, 2019 - Mon 6 May, 2019 Friends
Friends at Somerset House: 2019 Sony World Photography Aw...
Friends enjoy a 20% discount on tickets for this fabulous exhibition which will show a major collection of stunning photographs with the world’s best imagery from 2018 here at Somerset House for the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. To Book tickets go to your latest Friends e-newsletter and click on Sony…
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Sat 6 Apr, 2019 - Sun 14 Apr, 2019 Friends
Friends at Somerset House: NOW PLAY THIS
Annual games festival Now Play This returns this April for its biggest edition ever, with even more exciting hands-on gameplay for all ages to enjoy. Part of the city-wide London Games Festival, Now Play This brings the latest in experimental game design from around the world, across an extended nine-day festival.…
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Thu 2 May, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Book Sale 2019
The Courtauld’s much-loved Book Sale returns on Thursday 2 May 2019! This spring we open our doors once again to sell thousands of books on art and architecture at bargain prices. This year the sale will be a one-day event and we will be taking over the 2nd floor of…
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Tue 30 Apr, 2019 Friends, Membership
Friends at Somerset House Studios visit
The Friends have been offered a tour of Somerset House Studios where you will have the opportunity to meet some of our residents artists over drinks and who will be talking about their upcoming work at Somerset House. Somerset House Studios is a recently opened experimental workspace in the centre…
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Tue 11 Jun, 2019 Friends, Membership
Friends at Somerset House: Private View of Get Up, Stand ...
A major new exhibition celebrating the past 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond. Beginning with the radical Black film maker Horace Ové and his dynamic circle of Windrush generation creative peers and extending to today’s brilliant young Black talent globally, a group of around 100 interdisciplinary artists will showcase…
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Thu 16 May, 2019 - Sun 19 May, 2019 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends Photo London
Photo London returns in May with a 2-4-1 offer for Courtauld Friends. This offer is limited, so buy your tickets quickly in order to enjoy the very best of the past, present and future of photography, with over 100 of the world’s leading galleries featuring artists ranging from established…
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Fri 6 Sep, 2019 Friends
Friends event: Clerkenwell Architectural Walk
Clerkenwell Guided Walk We are delighted to have Madeline Edmead, alumna (MA 1980), leading this guided walk starting at the former Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green and going past some of the notable buildings of the area including the Finsbury Health Centre, Bowling Green Lane, St John’s Gate and the…
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Thu 14 Mar, 2019 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends Annual General Meeting 2019
You are warmly invited to The Friends’ Annual General Meeting to approve the Report and Financial Statement for the financial year ending 31 July 2018. The report has been attached for you to look at and/or download. If you wish to receive a paper copy, please email membership@courtauld.ac.uk or write to…
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Tue 19 Mar, 2019 Alumni, Friends
Friends and Alumni event: Historical Photographs
Historical Photographs The Courtauld is in the middle of digitising one of the largest historic photographic collections of images of art and architecture in the world. There are a few places left for a behind-the-scenes look at this project, which will offer a unique opportunity to view rare, unpublished photographs…
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Fri 25 Jan, 2019 Alumni, Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: House Warming at Vernon Square
Come and see our new second campus for a drink and a mingle with Courtauld staff, fellow Friends and Alumni. It is free to attend but please accept this invitation by emailing libby.ayres@courtauld.ac.uk
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Mon 25 Feb, 2019 Conservation and Technology, Friends, Research Forum
The Girl in the Spotlight: A technical examination of Ver...
Abbie Vandivere will give a lecture about the recent technical examination of Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665). This is the most beloved painting in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Netherlands. It was last examined in 1994, during a conservation treatment. Although further…
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Wed 12 Dec, 2018 Friends, Membership
Friends event: Expert Tour of Somerset House by Kyle Leyden
Kyle Leyden, Courtauld PhD student of Prof. Christine Stevenson and Prof. Katie Scott, will give an expert guided tour of the history and architecture of Somerset House. Kyle has conducted many tours and has done thorough research of Somerset House and it is one of his favourite buildings. Somerset House…
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Fri 5 Oct, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: The Art Masters Summit
The Courtauld is delighted to be partnering with the inaugural Art Masters Summit which will be held during the week of Frieze 2018. Members are invited to attend some or all of this exciting one day summit which presents a host of speakers on the topic of disruption in the…
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Wed 3 Oct, 2018 Friends, Membership
Friends event at Somerset House: Launch of 1:54 Contempor...
Founded in 2013, 1-54 is the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. This autumn marks 1-54’s sixth consecutive edition at Somerset House, having returned from its fourth New York edition this May. The fair will welcome leading galleries from countries across Africa, Europe,…
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Thu 25 Oct, 2018 - Sun 3 Mar, 2019 Friends, Membership
Free for Friends at Somerset House: Good Grief, Charlie B...
GOOD GRIEF, CHARLIE BROWN! brings together Charles M. Schulz original Peanuts cartoons with work from a wide range of acclaimed contemporary artists and designers who have been inspired by this highly influential and much-loved cartoon. Unique in its enduring appeal, this exhibition will explore Peanuts’ renewed agency in contemporary culture and society. …
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Fri 19 Oct, 2018 Friends, Membership
Friends event with KTW London: John Virtue at Fortnum �...
The Courtauld Friends have been invited by our arts partner KTW London to attend a guided tour of Fortnum X Frank 2018 (FXF18) with curator Robert Upstone. Fortnum & Mason is continuing its annual artistic collaboration Fortnum’s X Frank 2018 (FXF18) with eminent art collector, Frank Cohen, presenting a rich body…
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Thu 11 Oct, 2018 Friends, Membership
Friends event with KTW London: Paul Feiler and Catharine ...
The Courtauld Friends have been cordially invited by our arts partner KTW London to a guided tour of Paul Feiler, Elusive Space: A Centenary Retrospective and a visit of Catharine Armitage: The Way She Sees It These two exhibitions are running concurrently to showcase a large-scale retrospective of Paul Feiler’s paintings,…
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Wed 26 Sep, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: Courtauld Impressionists: From ...
A private visit and tour led by Anne Robbins, Associate Curator of Post 1800 Paintings of the National Gallery. This collaborative exhibition displays major Impressionist paintings from the Courtauld Gallery alongside works from the National Gallery collection. Paying tribute to Samuel Courtauld, the exhibition shows crucial developments in French painting…
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Fri 14 Sep, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: Visit to Eltham Palace and a pr...
A half day visit to include a guided tour of the palace followed by an exclusive talk by author Dr. Louisa Treger, whose book The Dragon Lady about Stephen and Virginia Courtauld will be published in summer 2019. After morning coffee, we are invited into the private garden of Ruth…
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Wed 7 Nov, 2018 Alumni, Friends, Membership
Friends and Alumni event: In Conversation: Alumna Charlot...
Susie Hamilton, daughter of explorer Augustine Courtauld who in turn was a cousin of Samuel Courtauld, will launch her new book On Margate Sands: Paintings and Drawings based on T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. ON MARGATE SANDS takes its inspiration from At the Violet Hour (part of Turner Contemporary’s ‘Journeys…
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Mon 17 Sep, 2018 - Sun 20 Jan, 2019 Friends, Membership
Free for Friends: Courtauld Impressionists at the Nationa...
The National Gallery has kindly offered The Friends of The Courtauld to visit the Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne exhibition for free (until 20 January 2019). For the first time in London since 1948 the National Gallery will display major Impressionist paintings from the Courtauld Gallery, bought in the 1920s by Samuel…
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Tue 13 Nov, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends visit of Coventry: Guided visit of the Herbert Ar...
This is a day trip to Coventry to visit the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, attend a talk on Cézanne’s Mountain by Dr Barnaby Wright, Deputy Head of The Courtauld Gallery and Curator of 20 C. Art, and visit Coventry Cathedral. Join us for a guided tour of the Herbert’s collection…
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Thu 4 Oct, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Courtauld Impressionists at the National G...
For the first time in London since 1948 the National Gallery will display major Impressionist paintings from the Courtauld Gallery, bought in the 1920s by Samuel Courtauld, alongside works from its own collections which the businessman financed and helped acquire. Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne will trace the development of Impressionist and…
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Wed 20 Jun, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: Vauxhall Voices
A walking tour in Vauxhall to see work by some of the most intriguing contemporary artists practising today. Meeting at Kennington station, we will walk 10 minutes to Corvi-Mora to see the work of British artist Roger Hiorns, whose projects include the burial of an aeroplane and a council flat…
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Wed 20 Jun, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: Vauxhall Voices
A walking tour in Vauxhall to see work by some of the most intriguing contemporary artists practising today. Meeting at Kennington station, we will walk 10 minutes to Corvi-Mora to see the work of British artist Roger Hiorns, whose projects include the burial of an aeroplane and a council flat…
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Wed 6 Jun, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Gambier Parry,collector and philanthropist
Dr Alexandra Gerstein, Courtauld Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, will give an illustrated talk about the fascinating life and collection of Thomas Gambier Parry (1816-1888), philanthropist, amateur artist, collector and author. Many of the works in The Courtauld’s Medieval and Renaissance Gallery are from his formidable collection which was…
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Tue 3 Jul, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Masterpiece London: Courtauld alumnus curator led tour
Private breakfast reception followed by a tour from Dr Wolf Burchard, Courtauld alumnus and a member of Masterpiece’s vetting panel. Dr Burchard will lead us through a selection of his own personal highlights. Wolf Burchard is an art and architectural historian, specialising in 17th and 18th century royal patronage. He…
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Wed 20 Jun, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event at Somerset House: Tour of Somerset House S...
Welcome drinks will be served at 6.30pm in the Paint Room, Somerset House and be followed by a tour of Somerset House Studios with artists Jayisha Patel and artist duo FRAUD. Tickets: Tour is FREE for Courtauld Friends but registration required Those who would like to stay for dinner…
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Tue 12 Jun, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event at Somerset House: Launch of Cockayne Commi...
A series of new works from Studio resident artists Alan Warburton, AlbumCorp and FRAUD, commissioned with the generous support of the London Community Foundation and Cockayne – Grants for the Arts. What are the implications of producing, collecting and sorting data for society and the individual? The works in the exhibition…
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Mon 11 Jun, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event at Somerset House: Private View of Print! T...
Independent British magazines changing the world. Explore the history and impact of the British independent magazine scene today in Print! Tearing It Up. This exhibition charts the evolution of polemic and progressive print publications and celebrates the current diverse industry of innovative independent magazines. Tickets: FREE for Friends but registration…
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Thu 7 Jun, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event at Somerset House: Launch of Halo and Print
Anglo-Korean artist duo Kimchi and Chips has been commissioned by Somerset House to create a new installation for its neoclassical courtyard. Around 200 mirrors will reflect the light of the sun through the mist of Somerset House’s famous fountains to ‘draw’ a shape of light suspended in the air. Bringing…
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Mon 18 Jun, 2018 Alumni, Friends, Membership, Samuel Courtauld Society
The Courtauld Summer Party 2018
The Summer Party is a celebration that brings together alumni, academic staff, students, Friends, patrons and distinguished figures from across the art world. This year’s party marks an important moment for our community, as we embark upon the much-anticipated transformation of The Courtauld as a physical space and as a…
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Mon 21 May, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: Private tour of the Picasso exh...
A private guided tour of Tate’s EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932, Love, Fame, Tragedy led by Dr Nancy Ireson, Curator of International Art (BA 1999, MA 2000, PhD 2007) preceded by breakfast on Level 3.
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Wed 18 Apr, 2018 Alumni, Friends, Membership
Alumni Event – In Conversation with Eva Rothschild
On Wednesday 18 April the internationally-acclaimed sculptor Eva Rothschild will be in conversation with Caroline Douglas, Director of the Contemporary Art Society, to discuss her latest exhibition ‘Iceberg Hits’ at Modern Art on Vyner Street. Thanks to alumna Eleanor Crabtree (MA 2009) we have a select number of alumni spaces…
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Fri 15 Jun, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Breakfast with the Director and Private Cu...
Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director of The Courtauld, will give an introductory talk about The Courtauld’s exciting vision for the next five years. Following Professor Swallow’s presentation, we are now offering an early morning private curatorial tour of our last display before refurbishment Artists at Work by alumna (BA 2008;…
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Wed 25 Apr, 2018 Alumni, Friends, Membership, Research Forum, Samuel Courtauld Society
RES|FEST 18
On 25 April 2018, The Courtauld Institute of Art hosts RES|FEST 18 – a FREE festival of art historical research. This is an action-packed evening of lightning talks, performances and exhibits that celebrate art history, curating and conservation. With events spilling across The Courtauld’s buildings in Somerset House, RES|FEST 18…
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Thu 17 May, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Private tour of Linklater’s Art Coll...
Linklater’s Art Collection is a large corporate art collection consisting of over 2000 artworks. The core of the collection is Modern and Contemporary abstract painting. During the tour we will look at highlights of the collection, spread over the meeting rooms and reception areas of the building. The tour will…
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Mon 16 Apr, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Private tour of Spencer House
Spencer House is one of the finest 18th century great houses in London. The House was originally designed in 1756 by John Vardy, a pupil of William Kent, who was then superseded by James ‘Athenian’ Stewart in 1758. Vardy made it his showcase for classical design and a great house…
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Sat 14 Apr, 2018 Alumni, Friends, Membership
Alumni and Friends Tour at the Jewish Museum
Alumni and Friends are warmly invited to a private tour of the Designs on Britain exhibition at the Jewish Museum, with co-curator and alumna Julia Weiner (PG Dip 1990.)
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Wed 9 May, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Day Trip to Eton College
Eton College holds a remarkable collection of fine and decorative arts, including paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, stained glass and textiles. The college’s collection of watercolours by some of the best-known artists in the medium, including Gainsborough, Thomas Girtin, J. M. W. Turner and Samuel Palmer has many parallels…
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Thu 15 Mar, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends Annual General Meeting
You are warmly invited to The Friends’ Annual General Meeting to approve the Report and Financial Statement for the financial year ending 31 July 2017. The report has been attached for you to look at and/or download. If you wish to receive a paper copy, please email membership@courtauld.ac.uk or write to…
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Wed 11 Apr, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
London Painters: Private Visit to Ordovas
London Painters is an exhibition which brings together works by a group of artists identified as the main proponents of the so-called ‘School of London’, Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj and Leon Kossoff. Through a selection of self-portraits, depictions of their loyal sitters…
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Mon 26 Mar, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Richard Wallace – the overnight multimillionaire and his ...
Lynne Woolfson (MA 1987) from the Wallace Collection, will lead us on an insightful and highly entertaining tour of the Wallace Collection in the bicentennial year of Richard Wallace’s birth. Wallace led an extraordinary life and the collection that was left to the British nation includes some of the finest…
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Thu 15 Mar, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Studio Visit: Patrick Hughes
A private visit to the studio of Patrick Hughes. Hughes is best known for his three dimensional relief paintings which challenge the viewer’s perception and raise questions about the subconscious. We will hear from the artist about how he views his work and his place within the art world. Drinks…
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Mon 5 Mar, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Visioning the Future
Stephen Witherford of architects Witherford Watson Mann will give a tour and talk about Courtauld Connects, our major transformation project which will revitalise one of the UK’s most important cultural institutions. Guests are invited for an illustrated talk followed by a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the galleries and Institute.…
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Wed 28 Feb, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Drawing Workshop and Tutorial
We are delighted to be offering the first ever participatory session for members of the Director’s Circle, a relaxed morning of discussion and practical application. Led by renowned tutor, Mark Cazalet of the Royal Drawing School, the morning starts in the Drawings Study Room where we will examine drawings held…
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Fri 23 Feb, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Charles I King and Collector: Courtauld alumnus tour
A private breakfast visit and tour led by Courtauld alumnus, Dr. Per Rumberg, Curator, and Dr. Guido Rebecchini, Senior Lecturer in 16th-century Southern European Art at The Courtauld to this major exhibition which brings together 150 important works amassed during the reign of Charles I to form one of the…
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Thu 8 Feb, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Film Night and Farewell: Focus on Van Gogh
Drinks and talk in the Gallery in front of one of The Courtauld’s greatest masterpieces, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear followed by a private screening of the award-winning film Loving Vincent . Gallery talk starts 6.30pm. Film starts 7.00pm.
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Wed 7 Feb, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Antoine Caron: Drawing for Catherine de...
This focused international loan exhibition, the first dedicated to the drawings of Antoine Caron, brings together a celebrated group of drawings executed by Caron (1521-1599) for his patron Queen Catherine de’ Medici of France (1519-1589). Concentrated around the Valois series, a set of drawings of courtly pageantry here reunited for…
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Wed 21 Feb, 2018 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends event: Samuel Courtauld and his Collection Talk
The Friends are warmly invited to a tour of our gallery concentrating on the paintings and the history of the core collection as brought together by founder Samuel Courtauld. Lynne Woolfson, alumna and Patron of the Samuel Courtauld Society, prize winning journalist and TV producer, independent curator and lecturer, will…
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Fri 19 Jan, 2018 Alumni, Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends and Alumni Talk and Tickets for Cézanne Portraits...
The Friends and Courtauld Alumni are offered a one hour talk on this major international exhibition: Cézanne Portraits, which is at the National Portrait Gallery from 26 October to 11 February and brings together for the first time over fifty of his portraits from collections across the world, including works which have never…
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Wed 15 Nov, 2017 Alumni, Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends and Alumni guided visit of Everything at Once exh...
A great opportunity to visit the exhibition Everything at Once, organised by Lisson Gallery in collaboration with The Vinyl Factory at the Store Studios, 180 Strand, one of London’s most dynamic new art spaces and home of the acclaimed exhibition Infinite Mix presented by the Hayward Gallery last year. This contemporary art exhibition…
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Tue 5 Dec, 2017 Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends Annual Christmas Lunch
The Friends are warmly invited to the Annual Christmas Lunch at The Bleeding Heart Bistro. We will enjoy The Bistro Christmas menu which you can download as a PdF. This buzzing French Bistro with its striking 19th Century French wine posters and eccentric Vineyard Sculpture combines a warm ambience and…
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Fri 24 Nov, 2017 Alumni, Friends, Samuel Courtauld Society
Friends and Alumni Portcullis House Portraiture Tour
This is an opportunity to have a guided tour of Portcullis House, the only new building commissioned by Parliament since the Palace of Westminster in the 19th century. Portcullis House was designed by leading British architect Michael Hopkins and officially opened in February 2001. We will also enjoy a guided…
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Thu 26 Oct, 2017 Friends
Friends guided visit Two Temple Place and INK Fair London...
This is a great opportunity to visit Two Temple Place, a spectacular neo-Gothic building and one of London’s architectural Victorian gems. It was designed by John Loughborough Pearson as an office for William Waldorf Astor and has the most opulent interior. The Friends have been generously invited to attend the INK…
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Wed 29 Nov, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Courtauld Alumna Tour: Basquiat: Boom for Real
Basquiat: Boom for Real is the first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960—1988). A pioneering prodigy of the downtown New York art scene, Basquiat came to the media’s attention in 1978 when he teamed up with his classmate, Al Diaz, to graffiti…
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Thu 25 Jan, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Curatorial Tour: Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) produced some of the most memorable art of the early twentieth century. Born in Livorno, Italy and working in Paris from 1906, his career was tragically short but experimentation was a consistent priority. Connecting biography with practice and including works in different media, the exhibition places Modigliani’s…
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Fri 19 Jan, 2018 Samuel Courtauld Society
Last Chance Breakfast: Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, ...
Please join us in the final weeks of Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys. for an exclusive tour by exhibition curators Dr Barnaby Wright, Deputy Head of The Courtauld Gallery and Daniel Katz Curator of 20th Century Art, and Dr Karen Serres, Schroder Foundation Curator of Paintings.
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Tue 5 Dec, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Director’s Winter Drinks
Director’s Circle members are invited to drinks hosted by Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director, to celebrate the festive season. Guests will have an exclusive presentation in the Drawings Study Room by Dr Ketty Gottardo, Martin Halusa Curator of Drawings.
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Thu 16 Nov, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Modigliani: The Forgery Epidemic
Kenneth Wayne (MA,1987), a leading Modigliani scholar, is also an expert in the study of Modigliani fakes. With a huge demand for works by the artist, there has also been a rise in fakes and even the most water-tight provenance can be brought under scrutiny. Kenneth Wayne will offer some…
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Thu 9 Nov, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Director’s Breakfast: Soutine’s Portraits: Co...
Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director, warmly invites you to a seated breakfast in the beautiful Courtauld Gallery, followed by a curatorial tour of the exhibition.
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Wed 18 Oct, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Private View: Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters a...
Associate members of the Samuel Courtauld Society and the wider Courtauld community are warmly invited to the Private View of Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys.
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Tue 17 Oct, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Director’s Preview: Soutine’s Portraits: Cook...
Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director, warmly invites you to join her in celebrating the opening of Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys. This exhibition will bring together an outstanding group of portraits by Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943). Soutine was one of the leading painters in Paris in the 1920s and…
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Tue 10 Oct, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Private Collection Visit
This collection, which reflects the keen interest of the owners in British art, includes paintings, works on paper, and bronzes by many of the most important British mid-20th century artists such as Paul Nash, John Minton, Peter Lanyon, Roger Hilton, Keith Vaughan, Graham Sutherland, John Craxton, William Scott, Ivon Hitchens,…
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Mon 2 Oct, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Phillips Auction House: Object Handling Session
To coincide with Frieze London 2017, members of the Director’s Circle and Patrons’s Circle are exclusively invited to an object handling session with a work from Phillips’ 20th Century and Contemporary Art sale, lead by experts from the department.
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Tue 26 Sep, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Courtauld Alumnus Tour: Alma-Tadema – At Home in An...
Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity explores Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s fascination with the representation of domestic life in antiquity and how this interest related to his own domestic circumstances expressed through the two remarkable studio-houses that he created in St John’s Wood together with his wife Laura and daughters. His work fixed ideas…
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Wed 18 Oct, 2017 Friends
Friends Curatorial Talk: Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks...
This exhibition brings together an outstanding group of portraits by Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943). Soutine was one of the leading painters in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s and was seen by many as the heir to Vincent van Gogh. In the early 1920s, Soutine became fascinated by the cooks and…
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Tue 19 Sep, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society Visit: The Encounter, National P...
This exhibition is a celebration of portrait drawing from the life during a period of extraordinary artistic ingenuity across Europe. Spanning the period from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century it will examine the moment of encounter between artist and sitter, and the range of drawing tools and media…
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Fri 22 Sep, 2017 Samuel Courtauld Society
Samuel Courtauld Society: Courtauld Expert Architectural ...
From its 18th-century origins, Somerset House has been a centre for debate and discussion including the first home of the Royal Academy of Arts and other learned societies – an intellectual powerhouse for the nation. For over 200 years the building housed various government departments including the Public Records office and the…
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Tue 6 Jun, 2017 Friends
Friends Courtauld Connects Meeting
The Friends of the Courtauld are pleased to invite you to a meeting on the Courtauld Connects project. Courtauld Connects is a major redevelopment project which will transform The Courtauld Gallery and Institute at Somerset House. The presentation will be led by: Stephen Witherford, Project Architect; Professor Deborah Swallow, Director…
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Wed 5 Jul, 2017 Alumni, Friends
Alumni and Friends architectural walking tour of Regents ...
Madeline Edmead, Courtauld Alumna (MA 1980) and architectural historian specialising in 18th and 19th century topics relating to the history of art and architecture and wider historical issues, will take us on a guided architectural walk of Regents Park. The South, East and most of the West side of this…
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Fri 16 Jun, 2017 Alumni, Friends
Courtauld Summer Party 2017
Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director, and Stuart Lochhead, Chairman of the Courtauld Association, invite you to The Courtauld Annual Summer Party at Two Temple Place on Friday 16 June from 19:00 – 23:00. The Courtauld Annual Summer Party is a gathering of alumni, staff, students and supporters. We will…
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Sat 24 Jun, 2017 Alumni, Friends
Alumni and Friends private guided tour of Farley’s ...
A unique opportunity to discover Farley’s House and Gallery, Home of the Surrealists Lee Miller and Roland Penrose in a small, private group of Alumni and Friends of The Courtauld with their son Antony Penrose and granddaughter Ami Bouhassane. Together they offer an intimate and unique insight into the world of their…
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Thu 27 Apr, 2017 Friends
Friends visit of Westminster Abbey 2
Due to enormous demand, I have secured another guided tour of Westminster Abbey. This tour will be led by Meg Bernstein, Kress Institutional Fellow at the Courtauld, Courtauld Associate Lecturer (BA1 Westminster Abbey) and PhD candidate in Art History at UCLA; this tour will also last for two hours. Westminster Abbey…
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Mon 24 Apr, 2017 Friends
Friends Curatorial View: Reading Drawings
Inscriptions on drawings reveal essential information about their authorship, dating, subject matter, purpose and history. In Reading Drawings, a selection of works from The Courtauld Gallery’s own collection demonstrates the varying reasons both artists and collectors wrote on drawings, ranging from straightforward signatures to lengthy captions, invented languages and marks…
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Mon 24 Apr, 2017 Friends
Friends Annual General Meeting
You are warmly invited to The Friends’ Annual General Meeting to approve the Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 31 July 2016. The report is attached and can be downloaded. If you wish to receive a paper copy, please email membership@courtauld.ac.uk or write to Membership, Courtauld Institute of Art,…
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Mon 6 Mar, 2017 Friends
Facing the Future: Dr Maria Balshaw
Museums for a shared future? Museums of the future should be places where people feel at ease – to encounter things that they may not know as well as things that they do, where they can explore things in the company of strangers. People should find the past, and its…
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Fri 30 Jun, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
VIP Tour: Masterpiece London 2017
Offering for sale museum-quality works with superb provenance from over 150 leading galleries worldwide, Masterpiece provides a unique opportunity to buy the best pieces available across multiple disciplines in the current market. Showcasing works that span over 6000 years of art history, from antiquity to the present day, the Fair…
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Fri 16 Jun, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Private Tour: Queens House
Inigo Jones’s architectural masterpiece has reopened after major restoration, with 22 spectacular rooms filled with great art representing 400 years. An ambitious new work by Turner Prize-winner Richard Wright is revealed on the Great Hall ceiling, and the iconic Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I is now on display. Christine…
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Mon 22 May, 2017 Associates, Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Samuel Courtauld Society Visit: Winchester
Dr Tom Nickson, Associate Dean; Lecturer in Medieval Art, will guide a tour of Winchester Cathedral and the Hospital of St Cross. In the afternoon we are lucky enough to have access to the recently opened Winchester College treasury, which houses an outstanding collection of art and archaeology of the…
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Thu 27 Apr, 2017 Director's Circle
Annual Director’s Dinner
Save the date for the 2017 Director’s Dinner. Professor Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing Director of The Courtauld Institute of Art, invites Director’s Circle members to a beautifully curated dinner in the stunning Courtauld Gallery.
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Fri 7 Apr, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Courtauld Expert Tour: Revolution: Russian Art 1917 ̵...
One hundred years on from the Russian Revolution, this powerful exhibition explores one of the most momentous periods in modern world history through the lens of its ground-breaking art. Taking inspiration from a remarkable exhibition shown in Russia just before Stalin’s clampdown, this show will mark the historic centenary by…
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Thu 30 Mar, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Curatorial Tour: Reading Drawings
This display examines the intriguing variety of inscriptions that can be found on drawings, from artists’ signatures to casual notes and records of ownership. Featuring works by Canaletto, Corot, Signac and others this selection reveals how such annotations can shed light on the purpose, history and use of drawings. Join…
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Fri 24 Mar, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Curatorial Introduction: Vanessa Bell (1879 – 1961)
Widely acclaimed as a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group, the modernist painter, Vanessa Bell (1879 – 1961) was a pivotal player in 20th century British Art, inventing a new language of visual expression. A radical innovator in the use of abstraction, colour and form, Bell will be presented for a…
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Tue 14 Mar, 2017 Associates, Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Curatorial Tour: Bloomsbury Art and Design
The Courtauld holds one of the most extensive collections of paintings, design drawings, ceramics and furniture by artists from the Bloomsbury Group. Led by Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, these artists brought a new radical language of art to Edwardian Britain. Producing paintings and decorative arts, the group…
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Wed 1 Mar, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Private Tour: The Garrick Club
The Garrick Club holds a remarkable collection of art works representing the history of the theatre, much of which is displayed throughout the building. There are over 1000 paintings, drawings and sculptures, a fascinating selection of theatrical memorabilia, and thousands of prints. Garrick Club member and Financial Times Art Critic,…
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Thu 16 Feb, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Van Gogh’s Ear: The True Story
On 23 December 1888 in Arles, Van Gogh sat in front of his mirror, took hold of a cut-throat razor used for shaving and sliced into his own ear. It was an act of astonishing savagery and has come to define the man, the art and the myth. Join Bernadette…
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Thu 9 Feb, 2017 Associates, Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
In Conversation: Curating Bowie’s Collection
Beth Greenacre (BA, 1997) worked with David Bowie as curator of his art collection for more than sixteen years, during which time they became close friends as well as collaborators. Beth will talk about her experiences of working with Bowie, and along with fellow Courtauld Alumnus, Simon Hucker (MA, 1997),…
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Tue 7 Feb, 2017 Director's Circle, Patrons' Circle
Private Tour: The Reform Club
The Reform Club is one of the finest Victorian buildings in the country, a palatial masterpiece by Sir Charles Barry that has remained largely unchanged since it was completed in 1841. In his design, Barry was inspired by the Italian Renaissance architecture that he absorbed as a young student in…
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