Wednesday 17 January 2024
1.30 - 2.30pm
Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington
Chair
Dr Ian Massey, independent art historian and author
Panel
Clare Barlow, Director of Programmes and Audience, Foundling Museum
Paul Kindersley, Artist
Simon Chilvers, Contributor to FT HTSI on fashion, art and culture, The Guardian, Sunday Times Style
Dr Ian Massey, independent art historian and author of books on British artists including John Milne, Patrick Procktor RA, and Keith Vaughan, chairs a panel discussion considering the life and work of queer British artists of the 20thCentury. It will explore the inner lives of queer artists, their encodification of transgressive sexuality, and a yearning for acceptance in a world where things might be otherwise.
Ian Massey is joined by Clare Barlow of The Foundling Museum, who curated Tate Britain’s landmark exhibition Queer British Art, in 2017, contemporary artist, Paul Kindersley, and Simon Chilvers, Fashion Editor, Simon Chilvers
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Dr Ian Massey is an independent art historian, writer and curator. His books include a biography of Patrick Procktor, and ‘Queer St Ives and Other Stories’. He has also written substantially on Keith Vaughan, and is currently working on a book about Mark Lancaster.
Ian has written for publications including The Art Newspaper, The Burlington Magazine and The World of Interiors. He has curated exhibitions for Arts University Bournemouth, Huddersfield Art Gallery, and The Redfern Gallery, London. Future curatorial projects include a major show at Tate St Ives.
Clare Barlow curated “Queer British Art: 1862-1967” (Tate Britain, 2017) and Being Human (Wellcome Collection, 2019) and is now Director of Programme and Audiences at the Foundling Museum, London. She has previously worked in curatorial roles at the Tate, Science Museum, Wellcome and the National Portrait Gallery, where she completed her PhD in partnership with King’s College London. Her research and curatorial practice focuses on gender, sexuality, identity and the cultural meanings of the body.
Paul Kindersley is a London based artist working across drawing, performance, film, ceramics and storytelling. His work has been exhibited widely including at Kettle’s Yard, MACVAL Paris, Charleston House, The Courtauld and The Hayward Gallery. He is also a visiting lecturer and drawing tutor at University of the Arts London
Simon Chilvers, Fashion journalist is former Creative Director of Matches Fashion, and assistant Fashion Editor at The Guardian. Contributor to FT HTSI on fashion, art and culture, similarly The Guardian, Sunday Times Style, HERO and HEROINE magazines.