Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Jordan Well
Coventry
CV1 5QP
England
Website
Telephone
024 7683 2386
Fax
024 7629 4790
We provide places for the people of Coventry and visitors to the City to meet, celebrate and explore their cultural and creative past, present and futures.
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery, Archive
Collection details
Archaeology, Decorative and Applied Art, Film and Media, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Social History
Caught in the Crossfire: Artistic responses to conflict, peace and reconciliation
Caught in the Crossfire explores how artists grapple with both the brutality of war and the desire for peace.
The exhibition takes us on a challenging journey from the home front to the frontline and back again, as seen through the eyes of artists, soldiers and people affected by conflict. Visitors will travel through divided lands, debate the role of protest art, explore the aesthetics of violence and machinery of war, and reflect upon the aftermath of war where hope emerges and lives are rebuilt.
On show will be historical works alongside contemporary works by Banksy, Peter Howson,
kennardphillipps and John Keane.
A Heritage Lottery Fund Collecting Cultures project in partnership with Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Exposed: The Body in Art from Dürer to Freud
- 22 November 2013 — 21 April 2014 *on now
The exhibition explores a range of artistic responses to the human body. At its heart is Burne-Jones’s Pygmalion series (1878), which brings together the five themes explored in the exhibition: the body as a focus for the artist's observation, the creation of the 'ideal' body, the mutation of the body, art as the means of preserving and memorialising the body, and the body as a vehicle for the artist's imagination and fantasy.
Exposed includes works by Albrecht Dürer, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Barbara Hepworth, Helen Chadwick and Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
£4 (free for under-18s)
Fabulous Fossils
- 24 April 2014 10:30-11:30am
Learn about the formation of fossils through object handling, casting and then painting your own fossil.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
- 14-15
Admission
Booking is required. £2.50 per child. Suitable for age 6+. Booking opens on the first day of the Easter activity programme, please call 024 7623 7521 or ask at reception.
Website
http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions
An Uninvited Guest…
- 25 April 2014 11am-1:30pm
Join us for a short interactive talk with specimens from our collection about the bugs that we share our homes with. Eeuuuuhhh! These talks will be held at 11:00 and 13:00.
Suitable for
- Any age
Website
http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/easter-holidays-natural-world
Beastly Bugs
- 22 April 2014 10:30am-3pm
Use art straws, model making techniques and colourful materials to make a beastly bug of your own design. There will be bugs from our natural history collection on hand for inspiration. This workshop will run at 10:30 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 15:00.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£1.00.
X- rayed!
- 23 April 2014 10:30am-3pm
A great chance to look at some of our animal skeletons and create your own x-ray work of art.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
£1.00.
Website
http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/easter-holidays-natural-world
Life in the Air…
- 24 April 2014 1:30-2pm
A fantastic opportunity for children to meet an expert from Brandon Marsh Nature reserve at this informal family talk. Learn lots of interesting facts about our beautiful British birds and how we can attract them to our garden. You can also ask questions.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Website
http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/easter-holidays-natural-world
Beaking Mad
- 24 April 2014 10:30am-3pm
Using junk modelling materials, make a hand puppet bird that can talk using a clever mechanism. This workshop will run at 10:30 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 15:00.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
£1.00.
Website
http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/easter-holidays-natural-world
The Modern Toss Late Night Activity Centre
- 16 May 2014 From 6:30pm
For one night only... the ever inventive, mischievous cult cartoonists Modern Toss celebrate a decade of their ground breaking satirical artwork.
With participatory delights such as live drawing event 'The F***YEUX 2 Tapestry', The Modern Toss Portrait Booth and The Periodic Table of Swearing, the evening promises to be a unique, foul mouthed occasion you'll never experience again!
Also featuring Drink & Draw - Coventry's favourite social event for anyone who loves to doodle!
Suitable for
- Not suitable for children
- 18+
Museums At Night
- 17 May 2014 From 6:30pm
Join us to discover the life of the museum out of hours! Enjoy live music, marching Romans, make and take activities and film screenings - we'll have something to delight families and grown-ups alike.
Find out full details and reserve your place at www.theherbert.org.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Any age
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