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Muses and women's creativity

Muses and women's creativity

FromArts & Ideas


Muses and women's creativity

FromArts & Ideas

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Iseult Gonne is the daughter of the Irish suffragette, actress and republican who became a muse for WB Yeats. Novelist Helen Cullen has been researching her troubled life. Rochelle Rowe's research looks at women of colour who modelled for artists including Jacob Epstein and Dante Gabriel Rosetti, tracing the histories of women like Fanny Eaton and Sunita Devi. Tabitha Barber is curating an exhibition of women's art opening at Tate Britain in May. Naomi Paxton hosts a conversation about muses, women making art and carving out a public name for themselves.Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement runs at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 31 October
From16 May, Tate Britain opens Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520 - 1920
Angelica Kauffman runs at the Royal Academy (1 March - 30 June 2024)
Julia Margaret Cameron runs at the National Portrait Gallery (21 March - 16 June)You can find a collection of episodes exploring Women in the World on the Free Thinking programme website
Released:
Mar 6, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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