Join us for a talk by Jennifer Lee, followed by a conversation with Jennifer Lee, Helen Ritchie (Associate Curator, Fitzwilliam Museum) and independent curator Sarah Griffin. Chaired by Andrew Nairne, Director, Kettle’s Yard.
£5 (free for concessions), booking recommended
This in-focus exhibition is centred on a new acquisition: Jan Adam Kruseman’s posthumous portrait of the celebrated adventurer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, known as ‘The Great Belzoni’. Painted in 1824, and presented to the Museum in 2018 through the Arts Council’s Cultural Gift Scheme (in honour of ex‐Director, Tim Knox), the portrait will be displayed alongside paintings and watercolours from the Fitzwilliam’s wider collections, which reflect the allure of Egypt and Egyptian antiquities to British artists of the 19th century.
This small display brings together objects from the Fitzwilliam’s collection that particularly resonate with the award-winning artist and potter, Jennifer Lee. Her choice includes modern studio ceramics, ancient Chinese bronzes and antiquities from Greece and Rome, with each object accompanied by an explanation of the affinity she feels with it. This display accompanies the larger exhibition of Jennifer’s own work, Jennifer Lee: the potter’s space on display at Kettle’s Yard (9 July-22 September).
Image: Earthenware Bactrian Camel, Chinese, c. 618-907
FREE, come along
FREE, come along
FREE, come along
FREE, come along
FREE, collect a token at the Fitzwilliam Museum information desk (first come first served)
Sarah Bowden (clarinet), Sam Alberman (violin), Tom Taylor (viola) and Jon Fistein (cello) perform Penderecki’s Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio and Beethoven’s String Trio in G.
Admission by concert programme obtainable from the Old Divinity School from 12.45 onwards. Voluntary collection after each concert. Programmes may be subject to change.
Old Divinity School, St John’s College
David Sciacca (solo guitar) performs pieces from Italian Opera with arrangements of works by Bellini, Rossini and Mascagni.
Admission by concert programme obtainable from the Old Divinity School from 12.45 onwards. Voluntary collection after each concert. Programmes may be subject to change.
