Re-introducing Helen Rosenau’s brilliant war-time study: Woman in Art: From Type to Personality Join us for a talk by Professor Griselda Pollock to coincide with the publication of a new edition of Helen Rosenau’s 1944 book Woman in Art in collaboration with Cambridge Visual Culture. Helen Rosenau (1900–1984) was part of the influential migration of European Jewish […]
Find out moreJoin us for a tour of Women & Water with exhibition curator Naomi Polonsky, including an in-depth analysis of the artworks on display, a broader look at the theme of water-themed works by women and an insight into the curatorial decisions behind the exhibition. BOOK HERE. Women & Water explores the relationship between women and water […]
Find out moreJoin us for an illustrated talk and drinks reception with leading international artist Eileen Cooper whose work is part of the current Radium Dreams exhibition. Eileen will share work from across her 45 year career and will speak about her longstanding relationship with The Women’s Art Collection. The talk will be followed by an in-conversation […]
Find out moreJoin us to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, Women & Water, which explores the relationship between women and water in the works of 17 women artists, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present day. The exhibition examines how water has been used by artists both as subject matter and artistic medium […]
Find out moreRadium Dreams is a unique collaboration between award-winning poet Sue Hubbard and internationally acclaimed artist Eileen Cooper RA who together illuminate the struggles and triumphs of one of the most brilliant women of modern times. The exhibition showcases a series of poems and artworks inspired by the remarkable life story of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist […]
Find out moreTo coincide with the Radium Dreams exhibition this event brings together artist Soheila Sokhanvari with writers Megan Hunter and Rebecca Sollom to explore the overlaps and interrelations between science, text and art. Before becoming an artist and writer, Soheila and Rebecca were practising scientists so will offer a unique viewpoint on their process within their […]
Find out moreSue Hubbard’s poetry forms the basis of the current Radium Dreams exhibition and participants will have the opportunity to see the exhibition out-of-hours and produce poetry inspired by The Women’s Art Collection. This event has been organised in collaboration with the Blackbirds Poetry Society. Sue Hubbard is a poet, novelist and art critic. She has […]
Find out moreThis event brings together the artist Esther Teichmann and scientist Sarah Teichmann in a discussion focusing on their interdisciplinary collaboration Constellations, a project that produced an experimental film and online publication informed by research into the Human Cell Atlas funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge. An excerpt of the […]
Find out moreJoin us to discover the story behind Europe’s largest collection of art by women. The Women’s Art Collection was established in 1992 after a call for donations to women artists in the UK. It has continued to grow and now includes over 600 works, nearly all of which are on permanent display at Murray Edwards […]
Find out moreJoin us for the opening of our next exhibition ‘Radium Dreams’. Register here for free. Radium Dreams is a unique collaboration between award-winning poet Sue Hubbard and internationally acclaimed artist Eileen Cooper RA who together illuminate the struggles and triumphs of one of the most brilliant women of modern times. The exhibition showcases a series of […]
Find out moreLife is Still Life presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its associations with women and the home. Despite this, still life has been the site of radical experiments […]
Find out moreJoin us for an afternoon of talks with artists and academics on the topic of still life in modern and contemporary art. The event will explore the radical and enduring nature of still life by women artists and its role as a site for artistic experimentation. Speakers include Sekai Machache (artist in Life is Still […]
Find out moreJoin us for a panel discussion on the legacy of Modern British art and the influences between generations of women artists from the twentieth century to the present day. The event accompanies the recent publication of Revisiting Modern British Art, edited by Jo Baring. The event is generously supported by the Ingram Collection. Book your […]
Find out moreTake part in this interactive flower workshop, including a curator-led tour of Life is Still Life with a focus on the artists’ radical representations of flowers, a tour of the award-winning gardens at Murray Edwards College and a hands-on session with Anna Taylor of Anna’s Flower Farm where participants will create their own posies to […]
Find out moreJoin us for a curator-led tour of the exhibition ‘Life Is Still Life’. Register here for free. ‘Life Is Still Life’ presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its […]
Find out moreJoin us for the opening of our next exhibition ‘Life Is Still Life’. Register here for free. ‘Life Is Still Life’ presents an exciting selection of modern and contemporary works by women artists in the genre of still life. Throughout the history of art, still life has been denigrated and dismissed, largely because of its […]
Find out moreWhat Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles brings together a multi-generational, international group of women artists and collectives, using textiles to comment on politics and society. Traditionally, the history of textiles is the history of women’s work. Whether hung over beds, laid on floors or worn on the body, textiles have a unique ability to communicate collective […]
Find out moreBook your free tickets here. Join us for a curator-led tour of What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics Textiles which brings together a multi-generational, international group of women artists and collectives, using textiles to comment on politics and society. Traditionally, the history of textiles is the history of women’s work. Whether hung over beds, laid on floors […]
Find out moreBook your free in-person and livestream tickets here. CALL FOR PAPERS Join us for an afternoon of talks relating to the theme ‘Weaving Cultural and Personal Memory’. Speakers will present their papers on a range of topics and the event will culminate with presentations from two keynote speakers. The intersection between cultural and personal memory underpins […]
Find out moreBook your free in-person tickets here. We are delighted to be hosting Dr Pamela Whitaker, Lecturer in Art Psychotherapy at Belfast School of Art, for a guided sewing session on using needle and thread to explore our personalised stitches. This will be an opportunity to create an artwork in response to the exhibition What Lies Beneath: Women, […]
Find out moreBook your free online tickets here. Among the mediums associated with women’s artistic practices, quilting holds a significant place. Quilts are physical embodiments of our connections to others, they express our personal or cultural histories, and they keep us warm. Whilst traditionally understood as a private, domestic practice, modern and contemporary quilting has forged new relevance […]
Find out moreNarcissus Nature Morte Mukbang by Emily Perry is made in response to Gayle Chong Kwan’s photographic series Cockaigne (2004) and the wider collection of art by women in The Women’s Art Collection. It uses humour to explore consumption, feminism, the fetishisation of nature and food in the context of the pandemic and climate crisis. In […]
Find out moreJoin us for a performance by Linda Karshan in which the artist will enact one of her innovative ‘walked drawings’ in response to the iconic Brutalist architecture of Murray Edwards College, in collaboration with the filmmaker Ishmael Annobil. The performance will be followed by a panel talk on the theme of embodiment in art with […]
Find out moreJoin us for a Latin American art festival, with artist talks, poetry readings, a pop-up textiles display and delicious food & drink. Book your free tickets here. This event will present a pop-up exhibition of Latin American textile art accompanied by a poetry reading by Pablo Lopez, discussions with artists Juana Ruiz and Erika Silva […]
Find out moreCome and participate in a bandana-making workshop with Erika Silva from the Chilean feminist art collective Memorarte. Book your free tickets here. The workshop offers an opportunity to discuss the power of embroidery in social justice campaigns as you learn to sew bandanas. “A bandana that I wear over my mouth conveys what I feel, […]
Find out moreJoin us for the opening of our next exhibition, ‘What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles’ which brings together works by women artists and collectives using the medium of textiles to comment on gender and society. For centuries, needlework was dismissed as “women’s work” and excluded from the realm of fine art. Artists using fabric were […]
Find out moreWe are delighted to be hosting an online in-conversation between artist Coral Woodbury and art historian Griselda Pollock. To register for this free talk, please email gallery@hackelbury.co.uk and you will be sent a Zoom link. The conversation accompanies Coral Woodbury’s solo exhibition at HackelBury Fine Art and will explore the inspiration and process behind her […]
Find out moreMaud Sulter: The Centre of the Frame spotlights the work of Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter (1960–2008), whose practice is rooted in questioning the representation of Black women in art and literature. The exhibition brings together Sulter’s iconic photographic series Zabat (1989), which features portraits of contemporary Black female figures dressed as the Greek Muses. […]
Find out moreJoin us for tour of the Women’s Art Collection, which focuses on the medium of photography in the work of artists such as Alexis Hunter, Cindy Sherman and Tracey Emin. Book your free tickets here. Meet at the Porters Lodge for the start of the tour.
Find out moreBook your free in-person or online tickets here. Organised to coincide with the exhibition Maud Sulter: The Centre of the Frame at the New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, this panel focuses on the life, work and legacy of Scottish-Ghanaian artist, Maud Sulter (1960–2008). Featuring curators, researchers and artists, the discussion will explore the multi-disciplinary […]
Find out moreJoin us for a curator-led tour of Maud Sulter: The Centre of the Frame, which brings together Sulter’s iconic 1989 series, Zabat. Book your tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for tour of the Women’s Art Collection, which focuses on the genre of portraiture in the work of artists such as Ishbel Myerscough, Linder and Rebecca Fortnum. Book your free tickets here. Meet at the Porters Lodge for the start of the tour.
Find out moreJoin us for a curator-led tour of Maud Sulter: The Centre of the Frame, which brings together Sulter’s iconic 1989 series, Zabat. Book your tickets here.
Find out moreAs part of Open Cambridge this online talk explores how the subterranean world is inspiring the artwork being developed by Lilah Fowler for the new community centre at the Meadows in Arbury/ King’s Hedges. Speakers include Jen McGaley, a plant scientist at Cambridge University, artist Lilah Fowler and artist & poet Alec Finlay, who will be […]
Find out moreFemfolio brings together the work of twenty women artists who were influential in the feminist art movement of the 1970s in America. Commissioned in 2007 by the Brodsky Center at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Femfolio presents a variety of feminist voices and styles. The feminist art movement empowered women to produce […]
Find out moreTo celebrate our partnership with Art Night we screened their online programme across one evening on Thursday 15th July. The 2021 festival was titled Nothing Compares 2U after the song written by Prince and most famously performed by Sinead O’ Connor. The title acts as a frame for the festival, it pulls at a thread […]
Find out moreWe are delighted to be partnering with Art Night on a new commission by Alberta Whittle. Her performance DIS- A lesson in Reversal or Unlearning was intended to be shown at Murray Edwards College but due to rising cases of COVID 19 this has been moved to Two Temple Place in London. ABOUT THE WORK Holding the […]
Find out moreJoin us online for a screening of HALLUCINATIONS by Suki Chan programmed as part of the Cambridge Festival 2021. The film is an immersive journey into the personal experiences of two women Pegeen O’Sullivan and Wendy Mitchell who are living with dementia, juxtaposed with the perspective of two carers. The film reveals intimate details that convey […]
Find out moreWe are thrilled to be collaborating with BAIT, the termly magazine created by students in Cambridge, on their latest issue on the theme of Currents. New Hall Art Collection artist Lexi Strauss will speak about her work at the launch event as well as announcing the winner of the poster competition. The event will be […]
Find out moreJoin us online for a talk by Dr Carol Jacobi on Isabel Rawsthorne, a key artist in Women’s Art Collection. Following the publication of her new monograph on Rawsthorne, Jacobi will discuss the artist’s fascinating life and extraordinary work, as well as her own approach to feminist art history. The talk will be followed by […]
Find out moreJoin artist Aura Satz in discussion with Women’s Art Collection curator Harriet Loffler and academic Mina Gorji. Aura Satz will share her most recent work and will reflect on her practice as a sound artist. Aura Satz’s work encompasses film, sound, performance and sculpture. Her work centres on the trope of ventriloquism in order to […]
Find out moreRegistration – https://www.leonardo.info/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=544 Join us for the launch of the Cambridge LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) an international programme of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists and communities together for informal presentations and conversations. This event was originally programmed as part of Cambridge Science Festival 2020 and will be part of Columbia’s 1st Suratómica Festival of Art and Science in […]
Find out moreListen to the recording of the online talk by Alayo Akinkugbe and Anastasia Kolomiets focusing on works by four Black feminist artists in the Women’s Art Collection. The artists they discuss are Lubaina Himid, Maud Sulter, Emma Amos and Faith Ringgold. ———————- About the artists: Lubaina Himid is an artist, curator and academic. She was […]
Find out moreOn the occasion of the exhibition Linderism, a survey of the work of British artist Linder, Kettle’s Yard and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art are hosting a two-day conference that reflects on Linder’s five-decade-long career, and the many contexts in which she has practised. Best known for her photomontages, Linder’s work is central […]
Find out moreJoin us for a new performance by Linder with music and dance programmed as part of the ‘Linderism’ exhibition at Kettle’s Yard £10 (£5 concessions) Book tickets Murray Edwards College Image: Linder, Untitled, 2015, photomontage, 27.7 x 20.6 cm, 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 ins
Find out moreJoin us for the launch of the new Femfolio exhibition as well as lots more activities in celebration of International Women’s Day. At 3pm hear students from the History of Art Department at Cambridge University discuss the works in the Femfolio. The Femfolio comprises twenty works by the leading women artists who were central to the feminist […]
Find out moreAnne-Katrin Purkiss has taken photographs of people for over thirty years, portraying individuals from many disciplines and professional backgrounds. This exhibition brings together a selection of her portraits of scientists and artists to highlight the breadth of women’s achievements in both fields. All the artists in the exhibition have work in the Women’s Art Collection […]
Find out moreThis event is part of The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge programme hosted by Cambridge University Libraries and examines the theories of seeing, and perspectives primarily toward, the female form, but also in our attitudes and prejudices towards the naked body in art and in life. In order to link the creative process with the feminist […]
Find out moreThis event is programmed as part of the Auralities Research Network at CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) that is concerned with investigating, debating and understanding practices of audition, broadly conceived. This seminar will include a presentation and discussion led by Anna Brownsted focusing on her approach to sound and the importance […]
Find out morePanel discussion, drinks reception and chance to see the new exhibition ‘Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists.’ Anne Katrin Purkiss will share her experience of photographing artists and scientists for over thirty years and will be joined by an artist and scientist to discuss the creative aspects that are essential to their practice. […]
Find out moreWomen in Art: Hong Kong brings together the works of seven contemporary female artists covering the past 50 years of artistic development in Hong Kong. The works, which are in a variety of mediums from ink drawing to installation, all explore contemporary politics and the role of female artists within it. This timeframe encapsulates a […]
Find out moreCome and explore one of the oldest and most vibrant areas of Cambridge as venues on Castle Hill open their doors for the day. Historians, local experts, artists, musicians and dancers will come together to provide a variety of free, drop-in events for all ages. Pack a picnic or visit the food stalls and make […]
Find out moreYu-chih Lai, Associate Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan To coincide with the launch of her newly edited book and the ‘Women in Art: Hong Kong’ exhibition, Yu-chih Lai will discuss how gender perspectives have actively shaped the field of modern Chinese art history. The talk will explore how gender has been […]
Find out moreJoin us for an in-conversation with Professor Emma Wilson which will focus on the French filmmaker Céline Sciamma and her portrayal of young girls, an event organised in collaboration with Cambridge University French Society (CUFS). Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a screening of Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s emotional tale of girlhood and sisterhood, Mustang, as part of New Hall Art Collection’s festival celebrating female filmmakers. The screening will take place in the Buckingham House Lecture Theatre at Murray Edwards College. Book your free tickets here. Deniz Gamze Ergüven born in Ankara, Turkey in […]
Find out moreWhat is the point of art that elicits fear? Join us for a tour of Women’s Art Collection which will confront this question in relation to some of our most blood-curdling works, by artists such as Shani Rhys James, Evelyn Williams and Aleah Chapin. Book your tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a student-led tour of Women’s Art Collection, which will give you a sense of what it’s like to live among the artworks. The behind-the-scenes tour will include works not on public display! Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a screening of Greta Gerwig’s touching coming-of-age story, Lady Bird, as part of New Hall Art Collection’s festival celebrating female filmmakers. The screening will take place in the Buckingham House Lecture Theatre at Murray Edwards College. Book your free tickets here. Greta Gerwig (b.1983) is an American actress, writer and director. She […]
Find out moreJoin us for a screening of Ruth Beckermann’s lyrical film, The Dreamed Ones. Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a tour of Women’s Art Collection, which will focus on works made since the millenium by artists such as Fiona Banner, Gayle Chong Kwan and Lin Tianmiao. Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a tour of Women’s Art Collection, where we focus on sculptures by artists including Barbara Hepworth, Trupti Patel and Elizabeth Frink. Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a tour of Women’s Art Collection, in which we will focus on how female artists, including Maggi Hambling, Aleah Chapin and Partou Zia, have approached the female nude. Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for an in-conversation with Dr Martin Crowley on the topic of No Futures : The Politics of Cinematic Time in Marguerite Duras’s Films of the 1970s, an event organised in collaboration with the Cambridge University French Society (CUFS). Book your free tickets here. The discussion will be centred around Duras’s films “Nathalie Granger” […]
Find out moreAs part of New Hall Art Collection’s festival celebrating female filmmakers, we will be screening ‘The Future’ (2011) by the American director and artist, Miranda July, in the Buckingham House Lecture Theatre at Murray Edwards College. Book your free ticket here. Miranda July (b. 1974) is a film director, screenwriter, singer, actress, author and artist, […]
Find out moreReproductivities is an exhibition that draws connections between different ways of reproducing life – in plants, in humans, and in art – to ask how the carefully crafted cultures of in vitro life reflect the larger worlds around them. Recent technological means of modifying human, plant and animal reproduction share many elements in common with […]
Find out moreJoin us for a tour of the Women’s Art Collection, where we focus on artists who have broached the themes of motherhood and otherhood. Artists include Lexi Strauss, Beth Fisher, Chantal Joffe and others. Book your tickets here.
Find out moreThis event is part of the public programme for the Fitzwilliam Museum’s showing of Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings, and is a collaboration between the New Hall Art Collection, Kettle’s Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The panel discussion looks at landscape and feminism, different ways of seeing, and how things carry hidden […]
Find out morePlease join us for a talk, ‘An Alternative History of Art: Women Through the Ages (1550-1945)’ with curator and art historian, Katy Hessel, which will highlight how women, from female Renaissance artists up to the mid-century Surrealists have contributed to the history of art. Katy founded the Instagram page ‘The Great Women Artists’ which celebrates […]
Find out moreJoin us for a screening of Lucrecia Martel’s bone-chilling psychological thriller, ‘A Headless Woman’ (2008). Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a tour of Women’s Art Collection during which we will look at different artists, such as Tracey Emin, Paula Rego and the Guerilla Girls, who have engaged with different forms of feminism. Book your free tickets here.
Find out moreJoin us for a screening of Shirin Neshat’s beautiful and evocative film, ‘Women Without Men’ (2009) as part of our Female Filmmakers Festival. Book your free tickets here.
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