Exhibitions
Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime
Experience the dynamic paint, vivid colour, and bold vision of contemporary British painter Frank Bowling. Celebrating a career lasting nearly seven decades, our exciting display brings together a lifetime of the artist’s work.
| Wed 2 April 2014 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
An exhibition of paintings by the Well Oiled Group |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sula Rubens- artist in residence Sula Rubens is currently working as Artist in Residence at The Michaelhouse. You are welcome to talk to her about her work. |
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| 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight The Well-Oiled Painting Group A lively colourful and diverse exhibition of local art |
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| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
SURFACE – An exhibition of contemporary abstract prints by Patricia Grant and Susan Mealing |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Ediacaran Enigmas: resolving the fossil record of early animals This new display is a snapshot of the research taking place in the department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge on fossils from the 540-580 million year old Ediacaran Period, known as the 'Ediacaran Biota'. |
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Sea monsters to sonar: mapping the polar oceans This exhibition traces the development and use of maps of the Polar oceans and coastlines. The gallery space will be transformed into a trail of discovery revealing imagined and established trade routes, and journeys made for scientific discovery. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight A world of private mystery: John Craxton, RA (1922 -2009) A fresh retrospective on John Craxton - from his beginnings as a young hope of post-war British art, creating dark, meditative images of the natural world, to works of incredible vibrancy, light and colour from his later life in Crete. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
From root to tip: Botanical art in Britain This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collection of botanical art. It draws on over 300 years of work by both professional and amateur artists, tracing a history of flower drawing in Britain. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
The Rampant Lions Press: A letterpress odyssey This exhibition displays a beautiful selection of books produced by The Rampant Lions Press since their last retrospective exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1982. |
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| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Chiefs and governors: art and power in Fiji A major exhibition of Fijian Art at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, drawing from its historically significant collections |
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| 10:30AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Tapa: barkcloth paintings from the pacific This exhibition draws upon the Museum’s world-class collection of barkcloth, dating from the eighteenth century to the present day. |