Cambridge University Reporter


Fitzwilliam Museum: Events

Art in Context talks will take place on Wednesdays from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. Admission is free, and no booking is required.

14 February The workmen of Deir el Medina, by Helen Strudwick, Outreach Officer (Egypt).
21 February Splendid 17th century silver from Paris and London, by Julia Poole, Keeper of Applied Arts.
28 February Mummy portraits, by Lucy Wrapson, Intern at the Hamilton Kerr Institute.
7 March 'Starting at Zero': Josef Albers and Black Mountain College, by Julia Tozer, Head of Education.
14 March Pictures that tell a story: Joseph Highmore's print series after Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela', by Elenor Ling, Documentation Assistant.

Lunchtime Talks, linked to the exhibition Treasures of Today, will take place on Thursdays from 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. Admission is free, and no booking is required.

22 February Revealing silver's secret past - the use of compositional analysis, hallmarks, and radiography to detect fakes in antique silver, by Dr Robert Organ, of the Goldsmiths Company.
1 March The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and its patronage of modern silver, by Rosemary Ransome Wallis, of the Goldsmiths Company.
8 March The art of the enameller, by Jane Short, silversmith and exhibitor in Treasures of Today.
15 March Silver sense, by Hiroshi Suzuki, silversmith and exhibitor in Treasures of Today.

Exhibitions

until 11 March Rembrandt and Saskia
until 29 April Treasures of Today - Silver from Goldsmiths' Hall, London 1980-2006
No Straight Lines: Maggi Hambling Drawings, 1963-2007
6 March - 10 June Frank Auerbach: Etchings and Drypoints, 1954-2006
20 March - 5 August Vive la différence! The English and French stereotype in satirical prints 1720-1815

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For further information, telephone 01223 332900, or see the website at http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/.