Jo Underhill

Turk Talk: Gavin Turk Talks to Louisa Buck and Charlotte Higgins

Thu 26 January 2023

Howard Theatre

J?oin us for a free-wheeling conversation between Gavin Turk, Louisa Buck, and Charlotte Higgins on the reclining female nude, the Ariadne myth, and the endurance of meme and memory in contemporary art. The Heong Gallery will remain open until 6PM to enable visitors to the talk to see Gavin Turk: In Search of Ariadne before proceeding to the Howard Theatre.

F?ree. Booking essential.

About Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk (b 1967) is a British born, international artist. He has pioneered many forms of contemporary British sculpture, including the painted bronze, the waxwork, the recycled art-historical icon and the use of waste in art. Turk’s Oeuvre deals with conversations of authorship and identity. Concerned with the ‘myth’ of the artist and the authenticity of a work.


A?bout Louisa Buck

Louisa Buck is a writer and broadcaster on contemporary art. She is a Contributing Editor and Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper and a regular reviewer and commentator on BBC radio and TV.

Her articles have appeared in publications ranging from The Guardian and Vogue to Frieze and Artforum.


A?bout Charlotte Higgins

As an author, most of Charlotte Higgins's books touch on the classical world: Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) prize, among other awards, and has been adapted into a play by David Greig. Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths, which took the Ariadne myth as its starting point, won the Arnold Bennett prize and was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Her latest, Greek Myths, with illustrations by Chris Ofili, was shortlisted for the Waterstones book of the year 2021.

Cost: Free