TASKL Lecture: 'Women Artists in Britain - 1520 -1920' This is a hybrid lecture so all welcome

The exhibition, ‘Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain, 1520–1920’, which runs at Tate Britain from 16 May to 13 October 2024, follows over 100 women artists on their journeys to becoming professional artists. In this lecture, Dr Amy Lim, a researcher on the exhibition, will give an overview of the exhibition, and explore in greater depth some of the artists whose work will be featured. Artists such as Elizabeth Butler, Angelica Kauffman and Henrietta Rae challenged what it meant to be a working woman of the time by going against society’s expectations – having commercial careers, taking part in public exhibitions, and painting what were usually thought to be subjects for male artists: history pieces, battle scenes and the nude.

Emily Osborn, Nameless and Friendless 1857. Photo Tate

There will be a 24 hour protected recording of this lecture.

How to book this event:

Day members are welcome to join us via zoom for £8. Please click on the link below.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theartssocietykingtonlangley1/1272406?

We look forward to you joining us for an interesting lecture.

There will be a secure 24 hour recording of this lecture

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr Amy Lim

Dr Amy Lim is an art historian and curator, specialising in British fine and decorative arts from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. She is curator of the Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, and of the Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham. She is also an exhibition researcher at Tate, contributing to British Baroque: Power and Illusion (2020) and the forthcoming Women Artists in Britain. Amy has degrees in History and Literature & Arts from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. She runs an online art dealership, and has published articles and essays on a variety of art-related topics from gothic garden monuments to female patronage.