Events

21 September 2019 - 22 September 2019

11:00 - 17:00

Discover the Estorick Collection during Open House 2019

Free entry all weekend and tours at 12.00 and 15.00 each day.

25 September 2019

17:00 - 19:00

Evening for educators to view the exhibition Umberto Boccioni: Recreating the Lost Sculptures and find out about our education offer.

28 September 2019

15:00 - 16:00

Join digital artist and designer Matt Smith for a Saturday Gallery Tour of Umberto Boccioni: Recreating the Lost Sculptures.

8 October 2019

18:30 - 19:45

Join us for a talk in Italian looking at how photography and scientific research on colour, light and visual perception influenced 20th century modern art, starting with Futurist artist Gino Severini.

14 October 2019

18:30 - 20:30

Join artist Matt Smith to learn about the processes and techniques behind the recreation of Umberto Boccioni’s iconic sculptures and sketch from them for the first time in over 100 years.

15 October 2019

18:30 - 19:45

Join us for a talk in Italian that introduces the work of Umberto Boccioni and the Futurist representation of action and movement and its influence on 20th century modern art.

23 October 2019

11:00 - 14:00

Inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s mixed media sculptures this family workshop will experiment with combining found materials and objects to create our own sculptural works of art.

24 October 2019

11:00 - 14:00

Learn about 3D printing techniques and create your own models using layering and slicing methods using modelling clay and wax constructions sticks.

28 October 2019

18:30 - 20:30

Join us for life class exploring Futurist approaches to drawing action and movement directly from the human figure in motion.

29 October 2019

18:30 - 19:45

Join us for a talk in Italian on portraiture relating to the sculptural representation of the invisible and the use of unconventional materials, introduced through the work of Medardo Rosso.

11 November 2019

18:30 - 20:30

Examine the muscular system of the human form through observational life drawing of a bodybuilder's poses alongside figurative sculptures in the exhibition

12 November 2019

18:30 - 19:45

Join us for a talk in Italian to explore the still life as a representation of personal history and an expression of the passing of time introduced through the works of Giorgio Morandi.

25 November 2019

18:30 - 20:30

Join artist Rachel McCrae to imagine speculative alternatives to the missing parts of partially destroyed ancient artefacts and create multi-layered drawings on Mylar, a plastic film typically used for technical drawings.

14 December 2019

15:00 - 16:00

Join digital artists and designers Matt Smith and Anders Rådén for a Saturday Gallery Tour of Umberto Boccioni: Recreating the Lost Sculptures.