Friends
SPRING/SUMMER 2013 EVENTS programme
Friends events are designed to give Friends special access to The Courtauld's collections and distinguished faculty, curators and alumni.
If you would like to enjoy these events and other benefits too, then become a Friend of The Courtauld. You can join online or contact Pia Rainey Friends Manager on 020 7848 1448 or by email at pia.rainey@courtald.ac.uk
FEBRUARY 2013
BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE
bbc broadcasting house
Guided tour
SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY 4PM – 5.30PM - FULL
SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2PM – 3.30PM
Very last chance to view BBC Broadcasting House at their old premises at Portland Place. It is an iconic building in Art Deco style designed by George Val Meyer in 1932 with decorative sculpture on the façade by Eric Gill and Gilbert Bayes. Our tour will include the vaudeville, dance and chamber music studios plus the lovely dressing rooms.
Meet at 22 Portland Place, London W1A at 3.45PM
Tickets: Friends £17.50/One Guest* £25
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Pablo Picasso Child with a Dove, 1901, Private Collection ©© Succession Picasso / DACS
bECOMING PICASSO: PARIS 1901
Exhibition and curatorial tour
THE COURTAULD GALLERY
WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY
2.45PM – 3.25PM FULL
3.30PM – 4.10PM FULL
NEW TOURS added due to high demand
WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL
8.30AM – 9.10 AM
9.20AM – 10.00AM
Exclusive view and curatorial tour by Dr Barnaby Wright, Daniel Katz Curator of 20th Century Art or another Courtauld expert. Discover the remarkable story of Pablo Picasso's breakthrough year as an artist in 1901.You can experience the first masterpieces with which Picasso found his own distinctive voice and that mark the beginning of his famous blue period. Due to the expected high demand and the small size of the first room of the exhibition there will now be four identical but slightly shorter tours (two on 13 February and two on 10 April).
Meet in the foyer of the Courtauld Gallery on Wednesday 13 February at 2.30PM for the 2.45PM tour and at 3.15PM for the 3.30PM tour if you have reserved a place.
Tickets: Friends FREE/One Guest* £15
MARCH 2013
PICASSO LATES - SUPPORTED BY THE FRIENDS
THURSDAYS 7 MARCH, 18 APRIL AND 23 MAY 6 – 9pm
THE COURTAULD GALLERY
The Courtauld Late Night opening programme is supported by The Friends and offers a full evening of entertainment with live Spanish music from Picasso’s period, Courtauld experts holding talks on the Picasso exhibition, art workshops and a performance poet. Not to be missed. Downstairs drinks and nibbles will be available in the cash bar of The Courtauld Gallery Café till 9pm. Not to be missed.
There is no need to book for the Lates. Just turn up. Free entry for Friends and one guest.
aPRIL 2013
Pablo Picasso Child with a Dove, 1901, Private Collection ©© Succession Picasso / DACS
bECOMING PICASSO: PARIS 1901
Exhibition and curatorial tour
THE COURTAULD GALLERY
NEW TOURS due to high demand
WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL
8.30AM – 9.10 AM - spaces available
9.20AM – 10.00AM - almost full
Exclusive view and curatorial tour by a Courtauld expert. Discover the remarkable story of Pablo Picasso's breakthrough year as an artist in 1901.You can experience the first masterpieces with which Picasso found his own distinctive voice and that mark the beginning of his famous blue period. Due to the expected high demand and the small size of the first room of the exhibition there will now be four identical but slightly shorter tours (two on 13 February and two on 10 April).
Meet in the foyer of the Courtauld Gallery at 8.20AM for the 8.30AM tour and at 9.10AM for the 9.20AM tour if you have reserved a place.
Tickets: Friends FREE/One Guest* £15
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WELCOME TOUR
THE COURTAULD GALLERY
THURSDAY 18 APRIL 5 – 6pm
We are again offering our bi-annual curatorial tour of a few selected pieces by a Courtauld expert prior to the Picasso Lates programme. The tour is for ‘old’ and ‘new’ Friends alike.
An excellent opportunity for new Friends to get acquainted with some of our much loved paintings and to meet other Friends afterwards in the café over a glass of wine.
Meet in the foyer of The Courtauld Gallery at 4.50pm
Tickets: Friends FREE/One Guest £10.00
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LICHTENSTEIN: A RETROSPECTIVE
Lecture at Tate Modern and group exhibition visit
FRIDAY 26 APRIL 11am – 12 noon
A Tate expert will give us a lecture on Lichtenstein: A Retrospective (21 February - 27 May 2013) at Tate Modern. This is the first full-scale retrospective of this artist in over twenty years. This show brings together 125 of his most definitive paintings and sculptures and will reassess his enduring legacy. Renowned for his works based on comic strips and advertising imagery, the exhibition showcases key paintings such as Look Mickey, 1961, and his monumental Artist’s Studio series of 1973–4.
The talk is followed by an optional timed group visit to the exhibition at 12 noon. Tate members have free entry and National Art Pass holders pay a reduced ticket price so may prefer to arrange their own tickets.
Meet at Tate Modern, at 10.45am
Tickets: £12.50 Lecture only/£30.00 Lecture and timed ticket to the exhibition
MAY 2013
OSTERLEY HOUSE AND PARK
Guided tour
SUN 19 MAY 2 – 5pm
Courtauld alumna Madeline Edmead (MA 1980) will give us a guided tour of Osterley House, a magnificent neo-classical house, designed by Robert Adam in 1760s for the Child family, and its beautiful historic gardens. After the optional tea* there will be free time to visit the wonderful park at leisure.
Meet at Osterley Park, Isleworth TW7 at 1.45pm
Tickets: Friends £20.00/Guests £27.50
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BECOMING PICASSO: pARIS 1901
Last chance to see
The Courtauld Gallery
Thur 23 May 6-9pm
Last chance to see our exhibition Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 during the Courtauld Lates programme supported by The Friends. Once more you will be able to enjoy talks by Courtauld experts, art workshops and live Spanish music.
For more details see Picasso Lates in March.
JUNE 2013
MARBLE HILL HOUSE AND PARK
Guided tour
FRIDAY 7 JUNE 11AM – 3.15pm
Marble Hill House is a Palladian villa built between 1724 and 1729 for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, the mistress of King George II, by Roger Morris, adapting a more expansive design by Colen Campbell. The Great Room has five wonderful architectural capricci by Giovanni Paolo Pannini and lavishly gilded decoration. The house also hosts a collection of early Georgian furniture and paintings, as well as the Lazenby Bequest of Chinoiserie collection. The house is set in 66 acres of glorious parkland.
We will start with coffee and biscuits followed by a guided tour of the house. After the optional lunch* there is plenty of time to walk around the lovely gardens at your own pace.
Meet at Marble Hill House, Twickenham TW1 at 10.45am
Tickets: Friends £20.00/One Guest £27.50
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COLLECTING GAUGUIN: SAMUEL COURTAULD IN THE 20S
Summer showcase preview
THE COURTAULD GALLERY
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 3 – 4pm
The Courtauld holds the UK’s most important collection of works by the Post-Impressionist master Paul Gauguin. It was Samuel Courtauld who had the foresight to collect some of his paintings, works on paper and sculpture and in this display they are shown together for the first time. We will have an expert tour by Dr Karen Serres, Schroder Foundation Curator of The Courtauld and Curator of this summer showcase.
Meet in the foyer of The Courtauld Gallery at 2.45pm
Tickets: Friends FREE/One Guest £15.00
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CITY & GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL
Guided visit of Graduate Show
FRIDAY 28 JUNE 11am – 12 noon
You are warmly invited to come and see the graduate show by students from the City & Guilds of London Art School. Dr Marina Sokhan, Head of Conservation, and one of the graduandi will take us around and show us their exam works which are of a huge variety: paintings, drawings, sculptures, conservation of art works and much more. A very exciting opportunity to see young artists’ work in their studios. Afterwards we will enjoy an optional lunch* together in a local pub.
Meet at City & Guilds of London Art School, London SE11 at 10.50am
Tickets: Friends £7.50/Guests £12.50
*Please note that on some events you can only bring one guest due to limited capacity.
JUly 2013
stowe house and gardens
Guided tour of House and Gardens
SATURDAY 6 July 10.30am – 2.30pm
Stowe House is considered one of the earliest neo-classical palaces and was begun by Sir Richard Temple in 1676. Under later owners like Viscount Cobham and Earl Temple, numerous famous architects worked at Stowe House and Gardens. Among them were Sir John Vanbrugh, William Kent, James Gibbs, Robert Adam, Thomas Pitt and Sir John Soane, making Stowe one of the most important houses and estates in the country. It was famously the seat of the political Temple-Grenville family until the 1920s and contains nine state rooms with the marble hall at its centre.
The Gardens were designed by Capability Brown and contain fabulous architectural gems like the Chinese House, the Gothic Temple and the Temple of Concord along with some wonderful lakes
We will have expert guided tours of both the house and the gardens with lunch* in the New Inn or a picnic in the gardens, depending on the weather.
Meet at Stowe House, Stowe, Buckingham MK18 at 10.20am
Tickets: Friends £20.00/One Guest £27.50
Return taxi from Bicester North Railway Station to Stowe £9.00
september 2013
kensal green cemetery
Guided tour
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 11am – 1pm
The General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green is one of England’s oldest, most beautiful and prestigious public burial grounds, and was inspired by the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Men and women of all faiths and denominations have been buried and cremated here according to their own rituals since 1833. We will have a guided tour by Henry Vivian-Neal and Rob Stephenson, Trustees of the cemetery. A descend into the catacomb beneath the Anglican Chapel is also envisaged. The visit is followed by coffee or tea and biscuits in the Dissenter’s Chapel.
Meet at Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London W10 at 10.45am
Tickets: Friends £17.50/One Guest £25.00
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simmons and simmons art collection
Guided tour and drinks
DATE TO BE CONFIRMED
Simmons and Simmons, a leading international law firm, has been collecting modern and contemporary art for more than twenty years with the objective of supporting young artists, early in their careers. They have acquired significant work by for instance Turner prize artists Steve McQueen, Chris Offili, Wolfgang Tillmans, Keith Tyson and Gillian Wearing.
We will start with drinks and then have a guided tour by Stuart Evans, curator of the collection, formerly Chairman of the Patrons of New Art at Tate and a Turner Prize juror in 2001.
Meet at Simmons & Simmons, Ropemaker Street, London EC2 at 5.45PM
Tickets: Friends £15/Guests £22.50
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to book or become a friend
Please note that the Friends Manager is on annual leave from 15-24 February and all bookings will be dealt with in order of receipt. If you have not heard by 1 March, your booking can be considered confirmed.
- To book please use the Booking Form and send in with payment or ring Pia Rainey on 020 7848 1448 and pay by card.
- For more information on the booking conditions, please refer to page two of the Booking Form.
- To become a Friend and enjoy these events and other benefits, please ring Pia Rainey, Friends Manager, on 020 7848 1448 or visit www.courtauld.ac.uk/supporting/friends.
To have a look at our previous events please look here: Archived events