Meet the Artist: Exclusive Tours with Candace Bahouth £6 (limited numbers, booking advised to avoid disappointment) Join artist Candace Bahouth for an exclusive tour of her display in the Davidson Gallery. Hear all about her artistic influences and creative practice in mosaicking and tapestry, and enjoy her beautiful pieces on display.
Meet the Artist: Exclusive Tours with Candace Bahouth £6 (limited numbers, booking advised to avoid disappointment) Join artist Candace Bahouth for an exclusive tour of her display in the Davidson Gallery. Hear all about her artistic influences and creative practice in mosaicking and tapestry, and enjoy her beautiful pieces on display.
Is Nature Healing? Exploring the History and Future of the ‘Nature Cure’ with Dr Samantha Walton FREE (book your place at bathspalive.com) Join us for the first event in the Bath Spa University Public Lecture series at the Holburne Museum for 2019/20. All are welcome. Visit bathspalive.com to book your free place. The 'nature cure'...
Downton Abbey revealed: The Story of Highclere Castle The enormous success of the television series has made Highclere Castle one of the most recognisable buildings in the country. This lecture will reveal that truth is stranger than fiction, telling the story of the castle and family who own it, the Earls of Carnarvon. Highclere is...
Meet the Artist: Exclusive Tours with Candace Bahouth £6 (limited numbers, booking advised to avoid disappointment) Join artist Candace Bahouth for an exclusive tour of her display in the Davidson Gallery. Hear all about her artistic influences and creative practice in mosaicking and tapestry, and enjoy her beautiful pieces on display.
Widely hailed as the greatest Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt was one of the most experimental printmakers of the seventeenth century. In this talk An Van Camp will explore Rembrandt’s working methods and his innovative printmaking techniques, in addition to his talents as a storyteller and an observer of life. An Van...
FREE (Bath Spa Public Lecture Series) Book online at www.bathspalive.com This talk will explore the ‘democratisation of poetry’ and look at poetry’s robust capacity to withstand immense change, looking at the deleterious effects of social media and the internet in general, and how the identity of poetry is beginning to change under pressure of huge...
In Partnership with Mytton Williams Book your free ticket through Eventbrite Inspired by Mytton Williams’ book, Made in Bath, this event is a celebration of the dynamic spirit of makers in the city. Enjoy fascinating and inspirational, PechaKucha (Japanese for chit-chat) style, talks from 8 brilliant local makers including creatives, crafts people, engineers and innovators....
Guided tours to celebrate International Women’s Day FREE (with Museum admission) Tours last 30 mins, starting on the hour. Please sign up on arrival as numbers are limited. Sun 8 March from 12–4pm Wed 11 March from 1–4pm Picture credit: Angelica Kauffman, Henrietta Laura Pulteney, about 1777 © The Holburne Museum
In partnership with Lawrences Auctioneers Leonardo's Mona Lisa may claim to be the most famous image in Western Art. 98% of all the visitors to the Louvre go to see it: over 6,000,000 people every year. In this talk, Richard Kay assesses the origins of the picture and its history, its allure in popular...
Iain R. Webb In Conversation with Princess Julia and Christine Binnie - 1980s Fashion To complement Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years, fashion writer Iain R Webb, Neo Naturist founder member Christine Binnie and DJ and fashion writer Princess Julia explore the 1980s post-punk counter-cultural explosion, centred on clubs like Billy’s, Blitz, Hell, and Taboo and...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details FREE (Bath Spa Public Lecture Series) Book online at www.bathspalive.com Join Sian Sullivan, Professor of Environment and Culture at Bath Spa University, to find out more about her research in west Namibia where she has carried out ethnographic and oral history field work for 25 years. Using spoken...