Throes of the Modernist Dream: Prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press
An exhibition of contemporary prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press contending with the urban world and “the death throes of the modernist dream.”
| Mon 13 February 2012 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
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| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
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| 9:30AM - 3:30PM |
Archaeological discovery days - time travel for beginners Led by Dr Carenza Lewis, well-known from Channel 4’s Time Team, Discovery Days are Half-Term holiday courses which introduce new knowledge, ideas and approaches from the multi-disciplinary subject of archaeology in practical hands-on activities. |
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| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight Attention seekers Some artworks are big and shouty, others are small and whispery. Join artist Jo Chapman to hunt out artworks in the house and make your own attention-seeking or bashful creation. For 5-8 year olds and their parents/carers |
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| 10:15AM - 1:15PM |
Discover how to identify birds with wildlife expert David Chandler and try out your newly acquired bird spotting skills in the Botanic Garden. Places are limited so please book in advance. |
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| 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
Feminist debates over NRTs revisited: or whatever happened to FINRRAGE? Professor Sarah Franklin, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge will give the next Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar |
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| 1:00PM - 3:00PM |
Highlight Attention seekers Some artworks are big and shouty, others are small and whispery. Join artist Jo Chapman to hunt out artworks in the house and make your own attention-seeking or bashful creation. For 5-8 year olds and their parents/carers |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
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| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Highlight Gilding the lily: understanding angiospearm diversity through petal evolutionand development Lecture by Dr Beverley Glover of the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge |
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| Tue 14 February 2012 | 7:00AM - 8:30AM |
Love letters of Robert Falcon & Kathleen Scott - a reading Angela Pleasence and Oliver Cotton read private letters exchanged between Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Kathleen Bruce. |
| 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
|
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
|
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
|
| 9:30AM - 3:30PM |
Archaeological discovery days - the bones in the garden Led by Dr Carenza Lewis, well-known from Channel 4’s Time Team, Discovery Days are Half-Term holiday courses which introduce new knowledge, ideas and approaches from the multi-disciplinary subject of archaeology in practical hands-on activities. |
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| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Highlight I love Art Which painting, sculpture or pebble makes your heart flutter? FInd inspiration in the house to make your own beloved artistic creation. Artist Bethany Mitchell will offer support and ideas with a range of quality art materials. For 9-12 year olds |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
We welcome students studying GCSE and A Level art, to research and sketch their exam theme using our collections as inspiration. |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
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| 10:00AM - 4:30PM |
A-level and GCSE art advice for students preparing for their exams |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 10:15AM - 1:15PM |
Discover how to identify birds with wildlife expert David Chandler and try out your newly acquired bird spotting skills in the Botanic Garden. Places are limited so please book in advance. |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
This introductory seminar (with examples in the context of scores on a test) is aimed at people with little or no knowledge of statistics. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
|
| 7:30PM |
One of the most extraordinary love stories re-told through the love letters of Robert Falcon and Kathleen Scott, read by Angela Pleasence and Oliver Cotton. |
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| Wed 15 February 2012 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
|
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:30PM |
A-level and GCSE art advice for students preparing for their exams |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
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| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Drop-in and draw at the Fitzwilliam Museum. |
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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
This course is aimed at beginners only, which started in October and continues in the Lent term |
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| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
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| 2:15PM - 4:00PM |
Rethinking the Church of England's response to the Holocaust Tom Lawson (Winchester) |
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| 4:30PM |
Highlight Shadowy tales Unravel the secrets of Kettle's Yard with theatre company Indefinite Articles. Start with a story and then explore the house by twilight. |
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| 4:30PM - 7:30PM |
Pick of the month Twilight at the museums Bring your torches for this year's chance to explore Cambridge’s wonderful museums and collections after dark. |
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| 5:30PM |
Highlight Radical print culture from 1815 to 1822 A talk by Dr. John Gardner of Anglia Ruskin University for the Friends of Cambridge University Library |
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| 5:30PM |
Highlight Shadowy tales Unravel the secrets of Kettle's Yard with theatre company Indefinite Articles. Start with a story and then explore the house by twilight. |
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| 6:30PM |
Highlight Shadowy tales Unravel the secrets of Kettle's Yard with theatre company Indefinite Articles. Start with a story and then explore the house by twilight. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:30PM |
Highlight Cambridge inernational piano series: Tom Poster Tom Poster returns to his second home to display his outstanding gifts of intelligent and insightful musicianship in a carefully constructed programme of miniatures which he will contrast with two of the greatest sonatas of Beethoven and Chopin. |
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| Thu 16 February 2012 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
|
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:30PM |
A-level and GCSE art advice for students preparing for their exams |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
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| 1:10PM |
Gaudier- Brzeska: from Drawing to Sculpture |
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| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination With Dr Kathleen Doyle, Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts, The British Library |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Girton College has an extremely unusual Egyptian mummy called Hermione, which can now be viewed in the College’s small museum. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:15PM |
After blue labour? state and democracy Professor Marc Stears, Professor of Theory at the University of Oxford and Visiting Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research |
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| 5:30PM |
The Rede Lecture is the University of Cambridge’s oldest and most prestigious special appointment and was founded by the Chief Justice to Henry VII and Henry VIII, Sir Robert Rede. |
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| 6:00PM - 7:00PM |
Highlight Kind of cruel book launch by Sophie Hannah Poet and novelist Sophie Hannah will be launching her latest psychological thriller at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
Come and get me! how plants attract their pollinators Cancelled Clive Nuttman will talk about some of the ways plants attract pollinators/ |
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| 8:00PM - 11:00PM |
Highlight CCMS Lent Term concert Haydn, The Creation - Clare College Music Society - Soloists : Stefan Kennedy, Nicholas Mogg, Maud Millar - Conductor : Timothy Brown |
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| Fri 17 February 2012 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
| 9:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
|
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:30PM |
A-level and GCSE art advice for students preparing for their exams |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
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| 1:10PM |
Passionate playing from students of the University of Cambridge. Performances by students of the University of Cambridge. Please note due to building work, the Friday concerts will be held over the road at St Giles Church. |
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| 1:15PM - 3:30PM |
Israeli films with English subtitles will be shown in the faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies during Lent term 2012. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
|
| 5:30PM - 6:30PM |
Life in conflict, Dr Mark de Rond Darwin College Lecture Series - Life |
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| 7:15PM - 1:00PM on Sun 19 February 2012 |
Corsica: intimate and monumental The French call it 'The Island of Beauty' for its astonishing scenic variety and its unspoilt coastline. On this weekend course at Madingley Hall, you will consider the culture and architecture of the island and discover why writers such as Boswell, Lear, Alan Ross, John Minton and Dorothy Carrington held Corsica in such high regard. |
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| Sat 18 February 2012 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
| 9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Highlight Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books Ten great book collectors whose volumes have enriched the University Library's holdings from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries. |
|
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight These Rough Notes: Captain Scott's last expedition A chance to see unique manuscripts from the archive of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) on show to commemorate the centenary of the first British expedition to the attain the South Pole. |
|
| 10:00AM - 4:30PM |
A-level and GCSE art advice for students preparing for their exams |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 11:30AM - 2:00PM |
Fortnightly drawing workshops. With artists David Kefford and Jane Waterhouse |
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| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
|
| Sun 19 February 2012 | 8:30AM - 5:00PM |
Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Enchanted landscapes-the beauty of travelling. Artist and writer Merle Sild is opening her exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings |
| 9:00AM - 8:00PM |
A 50 Years Restrospective of Self Portraits |
|
| 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Highlight Miranda Boulton: Lost in the Middle ‘Lost in the middle’ is a brave statement and defines the artistic practise and visual language of Miranda Boulton. |
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| 12:00PM |
Alison Blunt, Violin, Ian Mitchell, David Ryan, Clarinets, Joe Zeitlin, Cello. |
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| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
England and the Dutch Republic in the age of Vermeer Coins and medals from the 17th-century |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Discover the extraordinary expressive potential of the pencil in a display ranging from 17th-century miniatures on vellum to compositional sketches by George Romney and William Blake, and drawings by Ingres and Degas. |
|
| 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Work, rest and play: Women and children in prints after Chardin This exhibition investigates the appeal of Chardin’s familial imagery for the 18th-century public, and takes a close look at the skill of the printmakers who interpreted his canvases into graphic art. |
|
| 1:00PM - 3:00PM |
Cambridge curiosity and imagination family workshop A creative workshop led by Idit Nathan and Helen Stratford, exploring the permanent collection with our new 'props box'. |
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| 1:00PM - 5:00PM |
Artists in focus: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Selected works from the collection will be on show in the exhibition gallery during the closure of the house extension. The first of these displays will look at the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. |
|
| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
The People’s Portraits exhibition captures on canvas ordinary people from different walks of lives in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st Century, and is rich in its diversity of subjects and styles. |
|
| 6:00PM - 6:25PM |
Organ recital Cancelled Organ Recital to be performed by Daniel Moult (London) |