The lecture explores the risky business of marketing modern art in 20th century London.
How to book this event:
Book at venue on the day. Doors and café open from 10.00am.
Visitors and new members welcome
Cost £12 on the door, refundable if you join as a new member on the day.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Dr Evelyn Silber
Educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Pennsylvania, worked at Birmingham Museums and Art Galleries, then 1995-2001, Director of Leeds Museums and Galleries. 2001-6 Director of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. Author of books on Jacob Epstein and Gaudier-Brzeska. Has lectured for societies, universities and museums in Britain and the USA. Former Chair of Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society. Lectured for ADFAS in Australia and The Arts Society in New Zealand in 2014. Advises and leads cultural tours in and around Glasgow.
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