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A Ruthin Craft Centre study day in partnership with the Open University. Anni Albers (1899-1994) is one of the best-known textile artists of the twentieth century. Her influential work also included prints, wall hangings and jewellery. To coincide with the opening of two complimentary exhibitions at Ruthin Craft Centre, this study day will look at Anni Albers’ innovatory work and her remarkable legacy. Speakers will include design historians and a new generation of artists inspired by her work. Speakers: Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

In Conversation with Lisa Appignanesi - Video Part 2

In Conversation with Lisa Appignanesi - Video Part 1

Chris Kirby, Head of Collections and Programmes at the Herbert, explores what we know about the Pharaoh Akhenaten. This talk accompanied the display of a world-class Ancient Egyptian object at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum from 7-14th September 2010. The Pharaoh Akhenaten was one of the most remarkable rulers of Ancient Egypt.

Part 3: speakers Helen Baker interviews artist Cornelia  Parker.

Part 2: Talk by Cornelia Parker.

Part 1: Introduction by Alessandro Vincentelli curator at the Baltic.

Judith Clark and Adam Phillips explore how their respective interests and ideas are expressed through The Concise Dictionary of Dress. In conversation with Lisa Appignanesi  (President of English PEN and the author of the prize-winning Mad, Bad and Sad: a History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present). 

The video is in two parts:

Part 1

Part 2

This study day, in collaboration with the Open University, explores art, music and chance, looking at the vital legacy of John Cage’s experimentation in music, composition and art. Speakers include: Cornelia Parker, artist, Laura Kuhn, John Cage Trust, Atau Tanaka, artist / director of Newcastle University Culture Lab, Jeremy Millar, artist and curator, Helen Baker, Gallery Director at Gallery North and Principal Lecturer in Fine Art, Roger Malbert, Senior Curator Hayward Touring Exhibitions and Alessandro Vincentelli, BALTIC Curator.

There are eight parts to this study day.

This study day explored issues raised by the Surreal House exhibition and considered the role and meanings of the theme of the house in modern and contemporary art, film, architecture and culture. Contributors included Jane Alison, Senior Curator, Barbican Art Gallery; Gill Perry, Professor of Art History, OU; Barry Curtis, Professor of Art History, Royal College of Art; Brian Dillon, UK Editor of Cabinet; Dagmar Weston, Dr of Architectural Theory, Edinburgh University; Krysztof Fijalkowski, Dr of Art History, Norwich School of Art and James Lingwood, Co Director, Artangel.