Conference - Basic Instincts: Art, Women & Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
No booking required
Basic Instincts: Art, Women & Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century - Conference organised with the Foundling Museum
This symposium was organised alongside the Foundling Museum exhibition, Basic Instincts (29 September 2017 – 7 January 2018). Curated by Dr Jacqueline Riding, Historical Consultant, Author and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Arts at Birkbeck, University of London, Basic Instincts explored Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore.
The symposium drew out some of the key themes of the exhibition, focusing on the depiction of women and sexuality in eighteenth-century culture. The speakers included Emma Barker, Joanne Begiato (published as Bailey), Karen Lipsedge, Mary Peace, Kate Retford, Jacqueline Riding and Kirsten Tambling. Delegates were also be taken on a tour of the exhibition at the Foundling Museum.
Contact name:
Kate Retford