Pallant House Gallery: Chief curator Melanie Vandenbrouck 30th May 24 at 7.30pm via Zoom.
Melanie Vandenbrouck is the new Chief Curator at Pallant House Gallery. She has recently been featured in the Guardian talking about this exhibition: The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain, Beauty, filth, violence and death: why still life art is more subversive than you think | Art | The Guardian
We are very fortunate that Melanie will be joining us via Zoom to talk about the new exhibition and also the works from Museum and Art Swindon which appear in the exhibition, including the stand out Edward Wadsworth’s Bright Intervals which appears on all promotional literature: The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain (pallant.org.uk)
About the PHG – https://pallant.org.uk/
‘We explore new perspectives on British art from 1900 to now through an ambitious programme of exhibitions and creative opportunities for all.’
We make British art relevant today by exploring contemporary, historic and international connections and redressing imbalances in its history.
Our audiences are at the centre of what we do. We constantly strive to understand their needs and motivations and involve them in our work.’
As their website says: ‘Our world-class collection tells the story of Modern British art from 1900 to now. All held within the unique setting of a Grade I listed 18th century townhouse and a 21st century contemporary extension.’
In Chichester, this 21st century art gallery has as its home an 18th century Pallant House. *
*From Middle English palant ‘palace enclosure‘. The surname is first recorded in Chichester (Sussex). It alludes to the Pallant the south-eastern quarter of the city where the Archbishop of Canterbury possessed a court for his own tenants and an ecclesiastical peculiar.
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 30/05/2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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