Western Art Print Room Tour

Speaker
Dr Caroline Palmer, Print Room Manager
Event date
Event time
14:00 - 16:00
Venue
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
Oxford
OX1 2PH
Venue details

Meet in Gallery 21

Event type
Gallery tours / talks
Event cost
£12
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Required

Artificially improved, brightly coloured faces have always been controversial, whether in portraits or real life, walking a tightrope between smart sophistication and dangerous seduction.

Focusing on prints and drawings from the Western Art Print Room, this talk will explore the connections between cosmetics and artists' materials, which are much closer than you might imagine.