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Wonderful watercolours and drawings
10 June 2016 by Lisa
Belém Tower, Lisbon (April 30th 1877) by Dr Richard Caton (1842 – 1926)
Curator, Alex Patterson, tells us some of the stories behind the watercolours in the Walker Art Gallery’s collection…
“Digitising the works on paper collection is such a great project to work on. I get to see all the wonderful watercolours and drawings that are rarely displayed due to their light sensitivity. Read more…
Drawing inspiration from the museum stores
Atta Kwami sketching African artefacts in the museum store. Image courtesy Pamela Clarkson.
Not all museum projects are part of a long-term plan. Some come about by chance and it was through a stroke of good luck that I was at World Museum when the Ghanaian artist and curator Atta Kwami paid a visit to the African displays in our World Cultures gallery a few months ago. On that occasion I was able to meet Atta over a coffee in the museum café to discuss his current work. Read more…
Turner and the landscape genre
4 April 2014 by Lisa
‘Scene on the French Coast’ by JMW Turner
Alex Patterson our Assistant Curator of Fine Art has been busy working on our new Turner exhibition over the past few months. Now that the show is open, she has been reflecting on what she’s discovered about Turner along the way… Read more…
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