Join us for a panel discussion on flower paintings and Modernism with Rebecca Birrell, Sophie Pickford and Naomi Polonsky
About the speakers:
Dr Rebecca Birrell is an art historian, writer and curator. Her first book, This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early 20th Century was published by Bloomsbury in 2021. Her second book, a novel, Venus, Vanishing, will be published by Picador in the UK and Henry Holt & Company in the US in 2026. She has occupied curatorial positions at the Charleston Trust, the British Museum and the Jewish Museum.
Dr Sophie Pickford is an Official Fellow in History of Art at King’s College, a College Lecturer in History of Art at Magdalene College, and an Affiliated Lecturer in the History of Art Department. She is also an Associate Teaching Professor at the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning. Sophie is currently researching Bloomsbury and performance, with a particular focus on the intersection between Bloomsbury and the Ballets Russes.
Naomi Polonsky is Assistant Curator, House and Collection, at Kettle’s Yard.
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