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 20 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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| 10:00AM - 12:00PM |
Invasion! Exploring the clash of cultures A new short course at Madingley Hall exploring the divergent experiences of invasion, occupation and migration through a series of five case studies from the last 2,000 years. |
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| 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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| 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
Choice feminism, breast implants and ideas of consent in north American feminist theory Dr Joanne Wright, Political Science, University of New Brunswick, Canada; Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, will give the next Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar |
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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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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Saints or sinners: the representation of women in Victorian art and fiction A new short course at Madingley Hall which considers how Victorian fiction and art reflected social concerns, and how their idealized images contrast with more realistic and challenging depictions. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:15PM |
The Graham Storey lecture by Alan Hollinghurst A Dandy in the Desert: Ronald Firbank after the War |
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| 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
Computer gaming and the art of narrative For our third seminar of Lent Term, the Cambridge Screen Media Group at CRASSH welcomes Dr Astrid Ensslin of Bangor University for a talk on computer gaming and the art of narrative. |
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| Tue 21 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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| 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 - 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. |
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| 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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| 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 |
Wealth, or the lack of it, is a concern for us all, as is our health, levels of sickness, the risk of death, and the effectiveness of medicine. This new short course at Madingley Hall provides a history of these essential aspects of life in Britain from 1601 to the present day and aims to challenge some of our 21st-century assumptions. |
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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 - 7:00PM |
Etgar Keret in Conversation with Yaron Peleg |
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| 7:00PM - 9:00PM |
Why should nothing matter? If anything matters, why should nothing matter? And yet it does, for there isn’t anything, it seems, that nothing does not touch, or anything that does not touch nothing. History, philosophy, religion, science, art, literature, music – all look towards nothing at some point, stimulating questions that would otherwise not be asked. |
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| 7:30PM - 8:30PM |
Highlight Cambridge cafe scientifique - Open your mind with Dr Hannah Critchlow Take an interactive journey through the workings of the nervous system with Dr Hannah Critchlow, a Naked Scientist at Cambridge University. If you're brave enough, she'll use you as an experimental guinea pig – read your brainwaves, activate your muscles electrically and even pick up when you are lying. |
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| Wed 22 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 And relative dimensions In space Led by Dr Carenza Lewis, well-known from Channel 4’s Time Team, Discovery Days are curriculum extension learning courses for school groups 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 - 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 - 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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| 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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| 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. |
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| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
With Lucilla Burn, Keeper of Antiquities |
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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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| 2:15PM - 4:00PM |
The (mis)use of history in Holocaust theology Daniel Langton (Manchester) |
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| 6:30PM - 7:30PM |
St John's started broadcasting Evensong for Ash Wednesday on BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong in 1972 and continues to do so every other year, alternating with a broadcast of Choral Evensong later in the year and supplemented by the annual broadcast of our Advent Carol Service. |
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| 7:00PM - 8:00PM |
Jarvis Cocker reads his song lyrics National icon Jarvis Cocker will read lyrics from his songs in an informal setting. This event is free, all welcome. Organised by Prof John Kinsella, Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow |
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| 7:15PM - 9:15PM |
This new short course at Madingley Hall will explore the multiple legacies and controversial memories of war. We will also uncover the marginalised voices of those who have been overlooked or forgotten. |
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| Thu 23 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 - 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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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| 2:00PM - 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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| 4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Film and History seminar series: teaching modern South Asian history with film and oral records The ‘Film and History’ seminar series is aimed at Cambridge University academics, students and researchers of South Asian history who are interested in acquiring and developing media research skills required when exploring the visual dimension of South Asia’s modern history. The seminar series is presented by Dr Annamaria Motrescu, Research Associate at the Centre of South Asian Studies. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:30PM |
Lecture considering the key fundamental issues of risk and reward, legal frameworks for financial investment and the effective financial management of companies in the technology sector. Followed by free drinks reception from 6.30pm. |
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| 7:30PM - 9:00PM |
A living cemetery: the flora and fauna of Mill Road Cemetery Keri Russell and Simon Ward talk about surveying Mill Road Cemetery |
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| Fri 24 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 |
Copy of postcolonial approaches to postsocialist experiences 2 day conference organised by the Memory at War project (University of Cambridge) and Passau University |
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| 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 - 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 and death of a cell, Professor Ron Laskey Darwin College Lecture Series - Life |
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| 7:00PM - 11:00PM |
Watersprite: the Cambridge international student film festival Cambridge university students will host a vibrant student film festival with participants from all over the world. The festival will involve talks, screenings, workshops and be centered around the Watersprite Awards Ceremony. One speaker we will not leave as a surprise is David Yates, the director of the final four Harry Potter films. |
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| Sat 25 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 - 6:00PM |
Copy of postcolonial approaches to postsocialist experiences 2 day conference organised by the Memory at War project (University of Cambridge) and Passau University |
|
| 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. |
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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 |
|
| 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 |
Watersprite: the Cambridge international student film festival Cambridge university students will host a vibrant student film festival with participants from all over the world. The festival will involve talks, screenings, workshops and be centered around the Watersprite Awards Ceremony. One speaker we will not leave as a surprise is David Yates, the director of the final four Harry Potter films. |
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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. |
|
| 10:00AM - 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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| 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
Michaelhouse Saturday Lunchtime Concert: Music for Cello Sebastian Kolin and Andrew Power started their cello duo while students at the Yehudi Menuhin School. |
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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. |
|
| 7:00PM - 10:00PM |
Watersprite: the Cambridge international student film festival Cambridge university students will host a vibrant student film festival with participants from all over the world. The festival will involve talks, screenings, workshops and be centered around the Watersprite Awards Ceremony. One speaker we will not leave as a surprise is David Yates, the director of the final four Harry Potter films. |
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| Sun 26 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 - 5:00PM |
Watersprite: the Cambridge international student film festival Cambridge university students will host a vibrant student film festival with participants from all over the world. The festival will involve talks, screenings, workshops and be centered around the Watersprite Awards Ceremony. One speaker we will not leave as a surprise is David Yates, the director of the final four Harry Potter films. |
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| 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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| 11:30AM |
Sunday coffee concert: flam by Orlando Gough Singers/Actors Rebecca Askew and Melanie Pappenheim. The Michael Harrison Concert. |
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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 - 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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| 1:15PM - 2:00PM |
A Sunday prom concert at the Fitzwilliam Museum |
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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. |
|
| 6:00PM - 6:25PM |
Organ recital to be performed by John Challenger (Asst. Organist, St John’s College) |
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| 7:00PM - 10:00PM |
Watersprite: the Cambridge international student film festival Cambridge university students will host a vibrant student film festival with participants from all over the world. The festival will involve talks, screenings, workshops and be centered around the Watersprite Awards Ceremony. One speaker we will not leave as a surprise is David Yates, the director of the final four Harry Potter films. |