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NEWS All the latest Record breaker The National Gallery’s exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers has been revealed as the most popular ticketed event in the London venue’s history. During its final weekend in January some 19,582 people visited, representing one person every 10 seconds. In total, 334,589 saw the exhibition – overtaking the previous record of 323,827 visitors to Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan in 2012. Gallery director, Sir Gabriele Finaldi, said: “The paintings in this exhibition were among his most striking works and have a freshness and immediacy about them. The show presented Van Gogh as a very serious painter with his ‘lust for life’, as Irving Stone put it, remaining evident and infectious.” Over 125 days, with an average of 2,676 visits per day, the exhibition was the seventh most-visited at the gallery (paid or free) since 1991 with its catalogue even entering the Sunday Times’ bestseller list. Sunday Times b WHAT’S ON IN MARCH ANTIQUE news This month Elvis Presley’s jockstrap comes to market and there is a last chance to see one of to e of the world’s rarest watches WORD PERFECT Dr Johnson’s House in London’s Gough Square is the location this month for a talk from the Cambridge writer and historian Susannah Gibson on the first women’s movement, known as the Bluestockings. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was a regular attendee at Bluestocking meetings, with the talk exploring the relationship between the famous dictionary compiler and the group’s host Hester Thrale (1741-1821). Lichfield-born Johnson lived in at least 17 different places in London, but moved to Gough Square in order to work on his dictionary, which was finally published in 1755. The Bluestockings were named after the blue worsted stockings that some members wore. The talk is on March 6. Above Vincent Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, © The National Gallery, London Above right One of the pieces on show at this summer’s exhibition Left A stained glass window depicting the famous dictionary compiler Dr Johnson Right The jockstrap dates from Elvis’ Graceland days and has a price tag of £35,000 A a th bi Hats off A Winchester arts venue has announced plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen. exh Wo Nove explore whom man drew inspiration, includ The Arc will launch the exhibition Beyond the Bonnets: Working Women in Jane Austen’s Novels in July. The show will explore the real-life women on whom many of Austen’s characters drew inspiration, including Susannah Sackree who was nursemaid to Jane’s brother Edward, and Mary Martin who was an innkeeper before running a draper’s shop with a lending library. GREAT BALLS OF FIRE In the year that would have marked the 90th birthday of Elvis Presley a very unusual keepsake has gone on sale. Paul Fraser Collectibles is selling one of the King’s most intimate items of clothing – his rhinestone jockstrap. A fan is believed to have made the athletic supporter, with the initials E.P. as a gift for the singer. After Elvis’ death in 1977, it went to his close friend Jimmy Velvet. It appeared at the Elvis Presley Museum before being sold to a private collector. While one of Elvis’ sequined jumpsuits auctioned for more than $300,000, the jockstrap is priced at a moderate $43,750 (£35,000). 6 ANTIQUE COLLECTING
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1Firm friends Burgh House in north London this month unveils a new exhibition celebrating two Victorian illustrators and lifelong friends: Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) and Helen Allingham (1848–1926). While Greenaway’s nostalgic images revolutionised children’s book illustration, Allingham became known for her idyllic rural watercolours seen in a number of books and periodicals. Both women sketched together on Hampstead Heath, forging a connection between art, literature, and the natural beauty of the area. Victorian Idylls: Kate Greenaway and Helen Allingham runs from March 5 to December 14. 3Right impression This month sees the opening of a major exhibition of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces at Charleston in East Sussex, the former home of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell and a familiar haunt of the Bloomsbury Group. Opening on March 8, all the works showcased come from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, one of the most important public art collections in the UK. The exhibition revisits two groundbreaking exhibitions, held in 1910 and 1912 at Grafton Galleries in London. It was here the critic and Charleston regular, Roger Fry, first introduced post-impressionism – through the work of artists including Paul Cézanne and Vincent Van Gogh – to a shocked British public. Left Helen Allingham (1848–1926) On Hampstead Heath, 1867, image courtesy of Burgh House Above right Christopher Wood (1901-1930) Ulysses and the Sirens, © Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge Right Unknown maker, A Fish (Snapper), 1884, image Wellcome Collection Below right Unknown maker, A crocodile, a gigantic fish and an animal that eats flying fish, 1750, image Wellcome Collection to see in March 3 2 Sea this The mysteries of the deep are explored at a new exhibition unveiling in East Sussex. Undersea at Hastings Contemporary, from March 29 to September 14, brings together paintings, Below left Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) detail of the tile Winter, 1883, image of courtesy Burgh House Left Helen Allingham (1848–1926) Self Portrait, 1885, image courtesy of Burgh House Below right Ferdnand Léger (1881-1955) Composition With Fruit, 1938, oil on canvas, © The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Bottom right PierreAuguste Renoir (18411919) Young Woman Seated, 1876–1877, oil on canvas, © The Barber Institute of Fine Arts prints, drawings and objects from different cultures and artistic movements. Makers range from the Greek painter Yiannis Maniatakos (1935-2017) who wore diving gear to paint views of the seabed, to Christopher Wood’s (1901-1930) Ulysses and the Sirens retelling the Greek myth in a 20th-century setting. Crustaceans appear in different guises, including Charles Collins’ (c. 1680-1744) 1738 painting Lobster on a Delft Dish, alongside Edward Bawden’s (19031989) An Old Crab and a Young (c. 1956). Below Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Still Life with Apples, © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ANTIQUE COLLECTING 7

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NEWS All the latest

Record breaker The National Gallery’s exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers has been revealed as the most popular ticketed event in the London venue’s history.

During its final weekend in January some 19,582 people visited, representing one person every 10 seconds. In total, 334,589 saw the exhibition – overtaking the previous record of 323,827 visitors to Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan in 2012.

Gallery director, Sir Gabriele Finaldi, said: “The paintings in this exhibition were among his most striking works and have a freshness and immediacy about them. The show presented Van Gogh as a very serious painter with his ‘lust for life’, as Irving Stone put it, remaining evident and infectious.”

Over 125 days, with an average of 2,676 visits per day, the exhibition was the seventh most-visited at the gallery (paid or free) since 1991 with its catalogue even entering the Sunday Times’ bestseller list.

Sunday Times b

WHAT’S ON IN MARCH

ANTIQUE

news

This month Elvis Presley’s jockstrap comes to market and there is a last chance to see one of to e of the world’s rarest watches

WORD PERFECT Dr Johnson’s House in London’s Gough Square is the location this month for a talk from the Cambridge writer and historian Susannah Gibson on the first women’s movement, known as the Bluestockings.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was a regular attendee at Bluestocking meetings, with the talk exploring the relationship between the famous dictionary compiler and the group’s host Hester Thrale

(1741-1821).

Lichfield-born Johnson lived in at least 17 different places in London, but moved to Gough Square in order to work on his dictionary, which was finally published in 1755. The Bluestockings were named after the blue worsted stockings that some members wore. The talk is on March 6.

Above Vincent Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition, © The National Gallery, London

Above right One of the pieces on show at this summer’s exhibition

Left A stained glass window depicting the famous dictionary compiler Dr Johnson

Right The jockstrap dates from Elvis’ Graceland days and has a price tag of £35,000

A a th bi

Hats off A Winchester arts venue has announced plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.

exh Wo Nove explore whom man drew inspiration, includ

The Arc will launch the exhibition Beyond the Bonnets: Working Women in Jane Austen’s Novels in July. The show will explore the real-life women on whom many of Austen’s characters drew inspiration, including Susannah Sackree who was nursemaid to Jane’s brother Edward, and Mary Martin who was an innkeeper before running a draper’s shop with a lending library.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE In the year that would have marked the 90th birthday of Elvis Presley a very unusual keepsake has gone on sale. Paul Fraser Collectibles is selling one of the King’s most intimate items of clothing – his rhinestone jockstrap.

A fan is believed to have made the athletic supporter, with the initials E.P. as a gift for the singer. After Elvis’ death in 1977, it went to his close friend Jimmy Velvet. It appeared at the Elvis Presley Museum before being sold to a private collector. While one of Elvis’ sequined jumpsuits auctioned for more than $300,000, the jockstrap is priced at a moderate $43,750 (£35,000).

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