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 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 […]
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