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🎯 EXCITING new publication by our Trustee Roger Bowdler with Brent Elliott The British Cemetery, Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture
Apr 28
Out today! Major study of the British Cemetery: tombs, landscapes, buildings, grief and beauty published by @HistoricEngland and @LivUniPress 20% discount when ordered from their website.
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🚦LAST chance to BOOK for TODAY!
Our online TALK
Sculpture in the Garden of Death: Tendencies in cemetery memorials 1840-1940 by @RogerBowdler
👉Thurs 7th May 6.30pm
📷 Sir George Frampton RA Monument to Captain James McLaren Dean Cemetery Edinburgh
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It's TODAY 💥
Our online TALK
Sculpture in the Garden of Death: Tendencies in cemetery memorials 1840-1940 by @RogerBowdler
🚦Thurs 7th May 6.30pm
📷 Sir George Frampton RA, Monument to Captain James McLaren Dean Cemetery Edinburgh
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
PUBLISHED TODAY!
*Living by the Rule: Contemporary Art and the Medieval Monastery* by Jessica Barker and Ed Krčma
This unique and bold publication stages an encounter between medieval and contemporary art with many unexpected resonances ...
Order now: lundhumphries.com!
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
Are you responsible for caring for a war memorial in England? There is Technical advice on conserving war memorials in England available from @HistoricEngland to guide you: historicengland.org.uk/advic…
ALT Front cover of Historic England - The Conservation, Repair and Management of War Memorials
ALT Front cover of Historic England - Conservation and Management of War Memorials Landscapes
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Do you care for a war memorial in Wales? @Cadw's guidance is available here: cadw.gov.wales/advice-suppor…
ALT Front cover of Cadw's - Caring for War Memorials
ALT Cadw's - Gofalu am Gofebion Rhyfel yng Nghymru
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For advice on conserving war memorials in Scotland please see @HistEnvScot's guide: historicenvironment.scot/arc…
ALT Front cover of Historic Environment Scotland - The Repair and Maintenance of War Memorials
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
We are hoping that her statue - a beacon to inspire all to Speak Out against racism, fascism and inequality - will be erected later this year. Donors who are making this People’s Statue possible please ensure we have your email address.
#OtD 5 May 1882 pioneering British left communist and suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst, was born in Manchester. Unlike the mainstream movement, Sylvia opposed WWI and advocated for universal suffrage as a step towards workers' revolution stories.workingclasshistory.…
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
A little article about my new statue at the Houses of Parliament eleanorcrook.net/post/may-fl…
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It's TOMORROW 🚦
Our online TALK
Sculpture in the Garden of Death: Tendencies in cemetery memorials 1840-1940 by @RogerBowdler
👉 Thurs 7th May 6.30pm
💯FREE for PSSA Members
BOOK here
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May 5
📍Sunbathers sculpture, Waterloo Station - Peter Laszlo Peri, 1951
📍London Pride sculpture, South Bank - Frank Dobson, 1950-51 and ’87 (Grade II)
ALT Sunbathers sculpture, Waterloo Station - Peter Laszlo Peri, 1951 Image: Network Rail
ALT London Pride sculpture, South Bank - Frank Dobson, 1950-51 and ’87 (Grade II) Image: Historic England
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
Love (and a nice big house) Conquers All in this wonderful carved window lintel, dated 1929, on the former offices of the Northwich Building Society (now Nationwide) in Northwich.
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
It will be lovely to have your company looking at the beauties of tomb sculpture…
💥 Have you booked for our online TALK this week?
Sculpture in the Garden of Death: Tendencies in cemetery memorials 1840-1940 by @RogerBowdler
👉 Thurs 7th May 6.30pm
🌟FREE for PSSA Members
BOOK here
pssauk.org/event/spring-spot…
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💥 Have you booked for our online TALK this week?
Sculpture in the Garden of Death: Tendencies in cemetery memorials 1840-1940 by @RogerBowdler
👉 Thurs 7th May 6.30pm
🌟FREE for PSSA Members
BOOK here
pssauk.org/event/spring-spot…
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
In this episode of our podcast, @annagammansart & I speak with Jenifer Gilbert, founder and director of Jenifer Lauren Gallery, about working with self-taught, disabled and neurodivergent artists >> open.spotify.com/episode/27O… #LondonArtCritic #TheGoodTheBadAndTheArty
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
Pleased to join an interesting roundtable discussion in sunny Oxford this afternoon arranged by @OxfordSDGLab with @UNESCOUK on Culture, heritage & Sustainable Development Goals.
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Apr 29
Lookinghforward to this one, hope not too spooky!
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Come join me on Thursday 14 May at 11 am, on a tour of Henry Moore's 'Draped Seated Woman', (Old Flo) and some of her sculpture neighbours at Canary Wharf.
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To book a free place, please email public.art@canarywharf.com
@C20Society @PSSAtweets @HOLTofLondon
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🚦URGENT HELP NEEDED TO KEEP RYSBRACK RELIEF IN BRITAIN🚦
On 6 February the Minister for Culture announced an Export Licence Deferral for Michael Rysbrack’s marble relief, Two putti supporting an architrave 1735
READ about its importance
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Public Statues and Sculpture Association retweeted
Just before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday, we installed my contribution to the new collection of works commissioned for the Parliamentary Art Collection commemorating her Lying-In-State, a bronze memorial angel
@UKParliament .
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ALT A new bronze angel by Eleanor Crook situated on a high plinth in the Norman Porch of the Houses of Parliament, holding a celestial orb and a sheaf of gilded lilies
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