Find your way to our festival starting on the 8th May.
Baroque, jazz & opera music; talks from Simon Osborne of Black Adder, Rosemary Griggs, 2 of the talented Waley-Cohens, Ella Ravilious, Nicola Turner Inman, Curator of the Royal Collection Trust & more.
simonsbathfestival.org.uk

Congratulations to Dr Sara Dominici saradominici.bsky.social who has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Research Grant to support her research project on ‘The Photographic Darkroom in the Northern Transatlantic World, 1850s-1910s’.

Img: [Untitled] (2022). Image courtesy of Sara Dominici

Pilot Boat at Le Havre, Eric Ravilious, 1939. The original artwork is in a private collection.

Farmyard with Carriage, Eric Ravilious, 1935. This dates from his time in #Essex . The original artwork is in the collection of Towner Eastbourne.

We are sold out for in person tickets for V&A and National Trust Public Country House conference, but there are still spaces available online and for free! vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/…

Yellow Funnel, Eric Ravilious, 1938. It depicts a scene in Le Havre harbour just before #WW2 . The original artwork is in the collection of Grundy Art Gallery.

📸 job alert! V&A Photography and Digitisation Dept seeks a part-time Junior Photographer. £26,217 pro rata. Info here: vam.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/34… #PhotographyJobs

Checking out 'cfp: Photography and the Museum: Re-evaluating the Past, Capturing the Present, Anticipating the Future' on British Photographic History: britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs…

So pleased to be collaborating with current and former colleagues Simon Spier for this wonderful CDP PhD with CDP Connect EdinburghArtHistory V&A - Applications are now open! eca.ed.ac.uk/scholarship/ah…

Checking out 'Job: Project cataloguer photography / closes 30 April 2024' for The RHS on British Photographic History: britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs…

This intricate string quilt is currently on view in 'Somewhere to Roost,' an exhibition that explores how objects from the AFAM collection evoke ideas of 'home.' The Museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday, and admission is free!

The Vale of the White Horse, Eric Ravilious, 1939. It depicts the landscape at Uffington, #Oxfordshire (when painted it was in #Berkshire ). The original artwork is in the collection of Tate.

Excited to share my blog & article on my placement at the V&A researching provenance of the South Asian collections. So grateful to my supervisors Jacques & Divia for their support & to the Asia & Research dept.

Read on for some snippets on dealers of Indian objects.

It is my pleasure to share Shreya Gupta's articles about her Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) provenance research placement in the V&A's Asia Department/Research Institute, which examined the history of the South Asian Collections:

vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-li…

Delighted to announce that applications are now open for a fully-funded AHRC CDP PhD studentship with me Edinburgh College of Art with V&A on The Extractive Museum: The formation, evolution & dispersal of the Museum of Practical Geology collections, 1835-c.1901 eca.ed.ac.uk/scholarship/ah…

🥁I am happy to announce that my upcoming book is almost ready.
Pre-orders will be available June/July!

I am incredibly thankful for the great support, patience and feedback of Tom Clayton
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My baby, the Royal School of Needlework Collection and Archive website, is now live! First up are 100 objects that represent the breadth and depth of our holdings. I’ve put my heart and soul into this, as have my wonderful team of volunteers. Do check it out! collections.royal-needlework.org.uk/home

#Artefact #Faces #Cataloguing The Linnean Society of London. The Society's Library is open to all for study. It holds books, archives, manuscripts, & artworks relating to the natural world & those who study it. Details linnean.org/research-colle… find it at Burlington House in Piccadilly.

So proud of Jayne Knight on successfully defending her PhD!! It was a privilege to be part of her supervisor team

Channel Steamer Leaving Harbour, Eric Ravilious, 1935. It depicts a cross-channel ferry leaving Newhaven harbour in East #Sussex . The original artwork is in a private collection but is on display at Towner Eastbourne.