| Thu 26 November 2015 | 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
Threads of life - an exhibition by Jenny Langley Exploring and celebrating the structural diversity of proteins through embroidery and printing |
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight By endurance we conquer: Shackleton and his men This major exhibition commemorates the centenary of the Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17). |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Cradled in caricature: visual humour in satirical prints and drawings This exhibition looks at the methods used by British artists from James Gillray to Glen Baxter to amuse and entertain, ranging from the simple exaggeration of facial features and burlesque comedy, to more complicated word-play and ironic literary allusions. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Following Hercules: the story of classical art Hercules is one of the best loved heroes from ancient Greece. Known in antiquity for completing twelve tasks or ‘labours’ that confirmed his status as a god, Hercules is today tasked with one more — to show visitors to the Fitzwilliam how sculptures made in the Mediterranean millennia ago came to define western art. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Ronald Searle: Obsessed with drawing Born in Cambridge, Ronald Searle is best known as the inventor of the fictional girls’ school St. Trinian’s (1948) and for his collaborations on Geoffrey Willans’ Molesworth series (1953-58). This exhibition shows the diversity of his art, from working as a war artist, to making drawings for book and magazine illustration, travel reportage, theatre, film, medals and political caricature. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Singing the King's death What they really thought about Louis XIV: Street songs and gossip in a lecture-recital to mark 300 years since the Sun King’s death in 1715. |
