Talk | The Dreweatts Lecture - Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury

Join curators Anne Chisholm and Ariane Bankes as they provide an introduction to the Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury exhibition with an overview of Carrington’s life and work.

They will share how her talents as an artist and decorator were sui generis, not part of any larger art movement or ‘ism’ of the time, and as such may have been undervalued, for their domestic and essentially personal qualities. They will look at the wider context of her creativity and at the legacy she has left in terms of both taste and lifestyle.

With thanks to the Gallery’s Principal Partner, Dreweatts 1759, for supporting this lecture.

This talk is part of our January Late event. By purchasing this talk ticket you gain free access to our Galleries, exhibitions and drop-in activities from 5-8.30pm.

Speaker - Anne Chisholm

Anne Chisholm is a biographer and critic who has worked in journalism and publishing and is a former Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. Her books include lives of Nancy Cunard, Rumer Godden and Frances Partridge, and in 2017 she published a new selection of Dora Carrington’s letters.

Speaker - Ariane Bankes

Ariane Bankes worked in publishing for many years before becoming a writer, critic and curator. She is the author (with Paul Hills) of The Art of David Jones: Vision and Memory, and of the recently published The Quality of Love (Duckworth, 2024). ‘Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury’ is the third exhibition that she has curated for Pallant House Gallery, following ‘David Jones: Vision and Memory’ and ‘Julian Trevelyan: The Artist and his World’.