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Everything in the garden….
The work of James Pulham & Son, one of the most important landscape designers of the 19th and early 20th century, is featured in an exhibition in Hoddesdon. The Pulhams of Broxbourne focuses on the work of four generations of the family who specialised in rock gardens and statuary, fountains and follies, grottos and terracotta [...]
Read moreMeet the architects
The new-look William Morris Gallery has proved a great success with the public, recording more than 34,000 visitors since it re-opened on August 2. That compares with 28,000 in the whole of the final year before the extension and refurbishment began. This achievement is in no small part down to the vision of the firm [...]
Read moreThe comic side of a famous relationship
Fans of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones can learn more about a hidden aspect of their long friendship at a talk next month. Dr Douglas E Schoenherr is travelling over from Ottawa, Canada, to speak at the autumn lecture of the British Society of Master Glass Painters on Friday, October 12. The title of [...]
Read moreRosen tackles radical poetry
Best-selling author and poet and renowned socialist Michael Rosen proved a huge hit with his audience when he addressed the topic of William Morris’s radical poetry. The sell-out meeting on Saturday (September 8) was held at the William Morris Gallery and organised by the Friends. Rosen described the many challenges that have faced radical poets [...]
Read moreMorris bed in new exhibition
A bed that belonged to William Morris when Kelmscott Manor was his home is to be included in a Tate Britain exhibition, due to open on September 12. The four-poster, dating back to late Elizabethan times, was in the Manor when Morris rented it in association with Dante Gabriel Rossetti as his country retreat [...]
Read morePublic throng to Gallery opening
With a snip of a ribbon, the William Morris Gallery reopened to the public this morning, Thursday, August 2. Holding the scissors together were Martin Adams, vice-chair of the Friends, (second from left, pictured speaking before the ceremony), and council deputy leader, Clyde Loakes. As soon as the ceremony was over, members of [...]
Read moreCome to the Gallery opening ceremony!
Fans of the William Morris Gallery are invited to witness its official re-opening to the public on Thursday, August 2. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 10am, preceded by short speeches from Martin Adams, vice-chair of the Friends of the William Morris Gallery, deputy council leader Clyde Loakes and local authority chief executive [...]
Read moreGallery restoration is a triumph
“This is one of the best restoration projects I have seen” These were the words of Wesley Kerr, chair of the London Committee of the Heritage Lottery Fund, speaking at the official re-opening of the transformed William Morris Gallery on Wednesday. He was one of many invited guests, including the Friends committee, who had [...]
Read moreEssex Art Club show
Essex Art Club will be holding its 113th annual exhibition from Monday, August 13, to Sunday, August 19, at Gallery 54, Shepherd Market, W1J 7QW. Opening times are 11am to 6pm except for the final day when it closes at 4pm. The exhibition will be repeated on the weekend of October 13 and 14 at [...]
Read moreFriends elect new chair
The Friends of the William Morris Gallery committee has a new chair, David Brangwyn, a descendent of artist Sir Frank Brangwyn whose collection of early Arts and Crafts exhibits enabled the Gallery to be set up. David replaces Bill Measure who stood down at the AGM last week. Bill was warmly thanked for his hard [...]
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