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Barbara Walker, Vanishing Point 29 (Duyster), 2021. © Barbara Walker, 2023

A landmark exhibition exploring the impact of the Black Atlantic will be staged in the Museum’s historic Founder’s Galleries...

22 June 2023

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Chantal Joffe, Self-Portrait Combing Esme's Hair, 2009 © Chantal Joffe. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro.

Real Families is a major exhibition exploring the intricacies of families and family relationships through the eyes of artists. ...

9 June 2023

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Barbara Walker, Vanishing Point 29 (Duyster), 2021. © Barbara Walker, 2023

The Fitzwilliam Museum today announced its programme of exhibitions for 2023, bringing together interdisciplinary research and ideas from across the University of Cambridge and beyond to explore how ...

16 March 2023

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Islanders

Throughout history, islands have been romanticised as remote places quite unlike the mainland. A major new exhibition Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean (24 February – 4 June) will transport...

9 February 2023

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The first major exhibition to present a world history of protest through currencies that have been mutilated as cries of anger, injustice, or despair from the last 250 years. Defaced! showcases a new ...

15 August 2022

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Johann Jakob Frey, Cloud Study. Private collection. Photo: Pascal Faligot

In this beautifully considered exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moments in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere ...

1 April 2022

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