The Van Gogh House garden, Summer 2021
We have curated a series of autumn events at the Van Gogh House with talks, workshops and events hosted by brilliant speakers, art historians and artists.
November 2021
Curators’ Tour
Life and its most trivial particulars
Saturday 13 November, 11am – 12pm
Join Livia Wang, Creative Director of Van Gogh House and Benjamin Arthur Brown, Curator on an informal tour of ‘Life and its most trivial particulars’.
£7.50 (£5 for Friends and Students)
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Film Screening
Lust for Life
Thursday 18th November, 6.30 – 9pm
Kirk Douglas stars as the Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in Vincente Minnelli’s biopic. This film was seminal in cementing popular opinion of Vincent van Gogh, and famously influenced Francis Bacon
£15.00 (£12.50 for Friends and Students)
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Talk
‘A toi, Van Gogh!’ Van Gogh and British artists, with Carol Jacobi
Wednesday 24 November, 6.30 – 8pm
Carol Jacobi (Curator of British Art 1850-1915, at Tate Britain) will be speaking on the changing influence of Van Gogh on 20th Century British artists, from Vanessa Bell to Francis Bacon.
£7.50 (£5 for Friends and Students)
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November Guided Tours
27 and 28 November
Book onto our volunteer-led guided tours on the last weekend of November
£12 (£10.80 for Friends)
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December
Wreath making workshop
Friday 3 December, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Join floral artist Kasia Borowiecka for an evening of wreath-making at the Van Gogh House. There will be drinks and music whilst Kasia gives a demonstration and sets you off with materials she’s sourced – an atmospheric, festive way to start your weekend!
£65 (£58.50 for Friends)
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Van Gogh House Christmas Weekend
11 and 12 December, 12.00 – 6.00pm
Visit us over our Christmas weekend to receive exclusive offers on a mixture of jewellery, ceramics, homewares, books, artist editions and more. With plenty of unique gifts exclusive to Van Gogh House, there really is something for everyone!
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December Guided Tours
11 and 12 December
Book onto our volunteer-led guided tours on the last weekend of December
£12 (£10.80 for Friends)
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Past Events
Talk & Walk
How I Love London: Walking through the city with Anna and Vincent van Gogh
Saturday 9 October, 10am – 12pm
Join author and art historian Willem-Jan Verlinden on a discussion of Vincent van Gogh’s formative time in London, including a visit to the neighbouring Type Archive. Supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature.
£15.00 (£12.50 for Friends and Students)
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Workshop
Large Format Photography with Eddie Otchere
13 – 17 October
2 hour sessions, 10am – 12pm or 6 – 8pm, see below for more information
Learn how to take and develop photographs using a large format camera.
£125 (£100 for Friends and Students)
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Talk
Van Gogh’s Colours: A Pigment Timeline by Jo Volley
Wednesday 20 October, 6 – 7.30pm
The talk will be accompanied by a reading from Andy Leak (Emeritus Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, UCL)
£7.50 (£5 for Friends and Students)
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Bright Stars: A reading and Q & A with Kate Bryan
Wednesday 27 October, 6.30 – 8pm
Kate will be reading from her new book, giving special weight to the chapter on Vincent van Gogh, an artist mythologised by his early death.
£7.50 (£5 for Friends and Students)
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Tour to celebrate Black History
30 October, 1.30pm and 3.30pm (each tour lasts 1hr15)
Our volunteers Diana Bromwich and Sonia Winifred have devised a tour that looks at Van Gogh and Van Gogh House through the lens of Black History in Lambeth, London and the U.K.
£12 (£10.80 for Friends, £6.00 Lambeth Residents)
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Image of the 1898-9 Booth Poverty Map showing our local area
Children and Families Guided
31 October, 1.30pm and 3.30pm
We are very happy to announce that we will be running tours especially for children and families over half term. The tour will take about 30 minutes and there will be creative activities on site for those who want to stay longer.
£12 (£10.80 for Friends, £5.00 Children)
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October Guided Tours
30 and 31 October
Book onto our volunteer-led guided tours on the last weekend of October
£12 (£10.80 for Friends)
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Artist Talk
Life and its most trivial particulars, Brian Griffiths & Frank Kent
Thursday 4 November, 6.30 – 8pm
Brian Griffiths and Frank Kent talk about their current exhibition at the Van Gogh House, as part of their collaboration ‘Air Signs’.
£7.50 (£5 for Friends and Students)
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