Summer has almost arrived, and June is the peak time for the blooming of roses. Curator Alexandra Loske takes a look at Venus and Tannhäuser by the Brighton painter Laurence Koe, in which flora and rose blossoms are symbolic features. … Continued
Since December 2018 Museum Lab has been host to those showing off their artistic talents, inspired by objects from our collections. The last session ran from December to March 2019 with both drop-ins and regular drawers, one describing it as … Continued
Celebrate International Day for Women and Girls in Science at our family friendly discovery day. Get hands-on with activities led by local women in STEM and find out who their unsung heroes are. Meet Mary Anning and discover fossils on our handling … Continued
In May, 33 prop-making students from Brighton Metropolitan College (part of the Northbrook College Campus) spent a day in Brighton Museum drawing inspiration from the eclectic collection of furniture in the 20th Century gallery. Students and their workbooks outside Brighton Museum … Continued
Another year and another publication for the ‘Writing at the Museum’ course run by Creative Future. This is the forth pamphlet in the series, showing how Brighton Museum & Art Gallery continues to inspire our writers, and how every object … Continued
War, Claudia War, Claudia, What is it good for? Well, absolutely everything really: the economy, science, social progress and poetry, and then there’s engineering and unemployment, and did I mention, poetry? So, chlorine or whisky? A toast to … Continued
Beep, Beep She glides down the catwalk Confident in her African beauty. Her dress an African sunset, Swirls of purple, pink, orange and blue Catch the light, shimmer in the photographer’s glare. She wears her chains with ease They … Continued
Dress Code Gritty Manchester, King Street, 1977. Stripy tie, black and white, Silver and black, lots of stripe. Cans of drink, cigarettes and shades, Short cropped hair, standing up on top. Leather jacket Black leather gloves. Shirtless, sleeveless Wearing a … Continued
Bouquet My dictionary curtly defines the word ‘bouquet’ as a ‘bunch of flowers!’ Yet, over the years I’ve seen people channel their artistic tendencies into the creation of colourful, balanced and delightful floral displays. Those dedicated souls who arrange the … Continued
Portrait of Mrs Betsey Chatfield Her eyes are the most liquid pools of hazel with glints of tiger-yellow in the iris. She knows this. She knows the effect her eyes have on all of them. And they all want to … Continued
Punk Johnny Rotten rips his shirt, Sid Vicious covered in safety pins, Vivien Westwood says to Malcolm McLaren: ‘I’ll use the pins on you, to show my love, my aesthetic invention, a gift to you.’ Was it? And I didn’t … Continued
The Nymph They’ve asked me to take the part of the nymph in the forthcoming production of “The Nymph and the Prince,” written by Hermione Threadgold, and last performed on a London stage in 1920. It brought the house down … Continued
African Mannequin I am light I am dark I am the midday sun of the Sahara I am the lion in the grass of the Savannah I am life I am joy I can be girl I can be boy … Continued
Pot Oiseau Shall I sing my song now. Does it sound of soft liquid purlings. Could this be the beginning. Where was everything. Was it just a void, a nowhere, an absence. Did you see a shapeless form appear. Was … Continued
The Rebellious Octogenarian (A Reply to Jenny Joseph) Oh Jenny Joseph, you’ve a lot to answer for! I thought old age could be endured, by simply wearing purple, and unsuitable footwear, eating large quantities of sausages and not caring … Continued
Haikus for a High Street trade flyers pile-up on the abandoned door mat: two-for-one pizzas haberdashery: once family business lost the thread sometime no competition with Tesco & Sainsbury’s, Amazon online… plastic bouquet fades on shopfront’s dust-thick … Continued
I felt very lucky to meet the RP&M Curator of Fine Art Jenny Lund for a private art master class. As I confessed in a previous blog, I’m not very confident about my knowledge around art and how to view … Continued
Not content with waiting for visitors to the Booth Museum, the modern Curator needs to reach out to the local community to introduce everyone to their local Museum and its wonderful collections. And so it came to pass that on … Continued
Like any museum, one of our core functions is to make our collections accessible. This applies to the digital data about our collections as much as it does to the physical objects themselves. At present, the main means of accessing … Continued
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