Holburne Museum of Art
Great Pulteney Street
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4DB
England
Website
Telephone
01225 466 669
Fax
01225 333 121
This jewel in Bath's crown was once the Georgian Sydney Hotel, whose glittering society Jane Austen watched from her house opposite. It displays the treasures collected by Sir William Holburne: superb English and continental silver, porcelain, maiolica, glass and Renaissance bronzes.
The Picture Gallery contains works by Turner, Guardi, Stubbs and others plus portraits of Bath society by Thomas Gainsborough.
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery
Great Pulteney Street
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4DB
England
Website
Telephone
01225 466 669
Fax
01225 333 121
Collection details
Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Public access available to collections information
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Great Pulteney Street
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4DB
England
Website
Telephone
01225 466 669
Fax
01225 333 121
Louis Ghost Chair
Louis Ghost Chair, a new work by Simon Martin, exploring the classic design of the Louis XV armchair.
This ambitious new work has been jointly commissioned by the Holburne Museum and Film and Video Umbrella.
The film considers the chair’s contemporary afterlife in the form of Philippe Starck’s updated ‘Louis Ghost Chair’. From antique period-piece to modern-day style accessory, the chair’s transition from wood to plastic, from artisan workshop to high-tech assembly line is illuminated with commentary, spoken by a young female actor.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Free
Website
Great Pulteney Street
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4DB
England
Website
Telephone
01225 466 669
Fax
01225 333 121
Hip Hip Hooray – Three Chairs for the Holburne Museum
Holburne artists, storytellers, poets and musicians take over the Museum for the start of half term.
Be inspired by Simon Martin’s Louis Ghost Chair, join our team for a hands-on exploration of moments in art and design history.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
When
12-4pm
Admission
Free. For further information please call 01225 388568 or email v.fear@bath.ac.uk
Website
Lucy Soutter: Tradition and Transformation in Contemporary Still Life Photography
In this evening event associated with Art of Arrangement, photographer, critic and art historian Lucy Soutter, from the Royal College of Art, will discuss the persistence and dynamic transformation of photographic still life.
Using examples from the exhibition as well as from very recent work, Soutter will explore some of the different possibilities for still life in contemporary practice. Lecture with Q&A.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
- Not suitable for children
When
7:30-9pm
Admission
Ticket £10/£8 concs
Website
Saturday Art Club for 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 13 year olds
A weekly workshop for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills as you discover new techniques exploring the Museum’s permanent collection or temporary exhibitions with our experienced team of artists, creating something special to take home or add to your portfolio.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Admission
In the Clore Learning Space, £8.
Website
Saturday Art Club for 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 13 year olds
A weekly workshop for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills as you discover new techniques exploring the Museum’s permanent collection or temporary exhibitions with our experienced team of artists, creating something special to take home or add to your portfolio.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Admission
In the Clore Learning Space, £8.
Website
Saturday Art Club for 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 13 year olds
A weekly workshop for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills as you discover new techniques exploring the Museum’s permanent collection or temporary exhibitions with our experienced team of artists, creating something special to take home or add to your portfolio.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Admission
In the Clore Learning Space, £8.
Website
Saturday Art Club for 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 13 year olds
A weekly workshop for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills as you discover new techniques exploring the Museum’s permanent collection or temporary exhibitions with our experienced team of artists, creating something special to take home or add to your portfolio.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Admission
In the Clore Learning Space, £8.
Website
Saturday Art Club for 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 13 year olds
A weekly workshop for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills as you discover new techniques exploring the Museum’s permanent collection or temporary exhibitions with our experienced team of artists, creating something special to take home or add to your portfolio.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Admission
In the Clore Learning Space, £8.
Website
Pam Roberts: Roger Fenton (1819-1869) and the still life tradition
Pam Roberts explores the work of photographer Roger Fenton. Despite the cumbersome nature of mid/late 19th century photographic technology, the still life genre was used as both a traditional and experimental form during this period, especially so by Roger Fenton.
Fenton practised every aspect of photography during his ten-year career and only fully turned his attention to still life in 1860 producing large format still life prints that emphatically stated his artistic credentials. With Q&A.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
- Not suitable for children
When
3:30-4:30pm
Admission
£5 To book tel 01225 388569
Website
Artist’s Talk: Simon Martin
In this artist's talk, Simon Martin expands on the inspiration for his film project Louis Ghost Chair and reflects on the longstanding interest in art and design history that continues to inform his work. With O&A.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
- Not suitable for children
When
7:30-9:30pm
Admission
Tickets £8 / £6 Tel 01225 388569
Website
Saturday Art Club for 5 to 7 year olds and 8 to 13 year olds
A weekly workshop for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills as you discover new techniques exploring the Museum’s permanent collection or temporary exhibitions with our experienced team of artists, creating something special to take home or add to your portfolio.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
- Especially for children
When
10:30am-12:30pm
Admission
In the Clore Learning Space, £8.
Website
Ways of Seeing – Screening with Mike Dibb & Gareth Evans
As a companion event to Simon Martin’s artist’s talk on the inspiration for Louis Ghost Chair, he has chosen another classic of its type – John Berger’s documentary ‘Ways of Seeing’ – as a point of reference for his own investigations into the secret lives of objects.
In this special screening, Episode One of the original BBC series is introduced by its producer Mike Dibb, and the critic Gareth Evans. With Q&A.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
- Not suitable for children
When
7:30-9:30pm
Admission
Tickets £8 / £6 Tel 01225 388569
Website
Photography & Painting with Alexander Sturgis, Director
From its invention photography has both responded to and influenced the painter’s practice.
In this talk the Museum’s Director, Alexander Sturgis, considers the fascinating dialogue between painting and photography over the last century and a half as exemplified in many of the photographs in the exhibition Art of Arrangement. With Q&A.
Suitable for
- 16-17
- 18+
- Not suitable for children
When
3:30-4:30pm
Admission
£5 To book tel 01225 388569
Website
Jenny Uglow: Politics and Poetry
In the late 1790s, when light-hearted views of Bath appeared in Rowlandson's cartoons and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, the town's elegant crescents were also an unlikely haven for radicals.
Jenny Uglow looks at these passionately political circles and at the poetry related to them in the work of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, Southey and others - the birth of a new movement. With Q&A.
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
- Not suitable for children
When
7:30-9pm
Admission
Ticket £10/£8 concs
Website
Great Pulteney Street
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4DB
England
Website
Telephone
01225 466 669
Fax
01225 333 121
Great Pulteney Street
Bath
Somerset
BA2 4DB
England
Website
Telephone
01225 466 669
Fax
01225 333 121
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