Manchester Art Gallery:

Angels of Anarchy, Women Artists and Surrealism

26 September - 10 January

Book tickets

Events

Talks and lectures

  • The Lives of Lee Miller

    26 September 2009 at 2pm

    Lee Miller, Portrait of Space

    The Lives of Lee Miller With Antony Penrose Picasso, Man Ray and Max...

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  • Women Surrealists and the Politics of Eros

    1 October 2009 at 12.30pm

    Mimi Parent, Maitresse, 1996

    With Dr Alyce Mahon, Senior Lecturer in History 20th Century Art, University...

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  • Curator’s Talk – Women Artists, Surrealism and Tradition

    3 October 2009 at 2pm

    Dorethea Tanniing, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, 1943

    With Dr Patricia Allmer, MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University In...

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  • Everyday Dreams: Surrealist Art and Culture

    7 October 2009 at 6.30pm

    Dr Patricia Allmer

    Eight week visual art course Starts Weds 7 October – 25 November ...

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  • Words and Pictures

    16 October 2009 at 1pm

    Taking one of the themes of this exhibition, Jenny Uglow will talk about the...

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  • Performing Angels

    22 October 2009 at 1pm

    Poet and short story writer Suzanne Batty has been jointly commissioned by...

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  • ‘Womb-Magic’ and ‘the Coral of the Mind’: Eileen Agar’s Surrealism

    22 October 2009 at 2pm

    Eileen Agar, Angel of Anarchy

    With Dr Neil Matheson, Senior Lecturer in Theory and Criticism of...

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  • Sphinx: Leonor Fini and Surrealism

    15 November 2009 at 2pm

    Leonor Fini Le Bout De Monde

    With Dr Peter Webb, author of Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini ...

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  • Free guided tour

    22 November 2009 at 3pm

    A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery

    Friends of Manchester Art Gallery volunteer guides lead a tour of Angels of...

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  • Women Surrealists: Imaging/Imagining the Self

    26 November 2009 at 2pm

    In this lecture, Professor Elza Adamowicz will explore issues relating to...

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  • Ursula Mayer

    9 December 2009 at 6.30pm

    The Crystal Gaze, Ursula Mayer

    Ursula Mayer's films interweave space and time, and reference popular...

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  • Woman in Plural: Czech Surrealism’s Women Artists

    17 December 2009 at 2pm

    With Krysztof Fijalkowski, Norwich School of Art & Design This...

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Events calendar
by month

  1. September 2009

    1. A guide speaks to Friends of Manchester Art Gallery Friends Event: Angels of Anarchy Lecture 25 Sep 2009
    2. Friends Event: Angels of Anarchy Special Preview 25 Sep 2009
    3. Lee Miller, Portrait of Space The Lives of Lee Miller 26 Sep 2009
    4. A group on a tour at Manchester Art Gallery Group tours 27 Sep 2009

  2. October 2009

    1. Mimi Parent, Maitresse, 1996 Women Surrealists and the Politics of Eros 1 Oct 2009
    2. Dorethea Tanniing, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, 1943 Curator’s Talk – Women Artists, Surrealism and Tradition 3 Oct 2009
    3. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 4 Oct 2009
    4. Dr Patricia Allmer Everyday Dreams: Surrealist Art and Culture 7 Oct 2009
    5. Visitors enjoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 10 Oct 2009
    6. A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery Free guided tour 11 Oct 2009
    7. Words and Pictures 16 Oct 2009
    8. A Surreal Writing Weekend 17 Oct 2009
    9. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 17 Oct 2009
    10. Visitors enjoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 18 Oct 2009
    11. Performing Angels 22 Oct 2009
    12. Eileen Agar, Angel of Anarchy ‘Womb-Magic’ and ‘the Coral of the Mind’: Eileen Agar’s Surrealism 22 Oct 2009
    13. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 24 Oct 2009
    14. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 25 Oct 2009
    15. A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery Free guided tour 31 Oct 2009

  3. November 2009

    1. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 1 Nov 2009
    2. Seashell and the Clergyman Seashell and the Clergyman (La coquille et le clergyman) 4 Nov 2009
    3. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 7 Nov 2009
    4. A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery Free guided tour 8 Nov 2009
    5. Interpreting and Making Surrealism 14 Nov 2009
    6. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 14 Nov 2009
    7. Leonor Fini Le Bout De Monde Sphinx: Leonor Fini and Surrealism 15 Nov 2009
    8. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 15 Nov 2009
    9. A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery Free guided tour 21 Nov 2009
    10. A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery Free guided tour 22 Nov 2009
    11. Women Surrealists: Imaging/Imagining the Self 26 Nov 2009
    12. Bady Minck, La belle est la bête (2005) Bady Minck Double Bill 26 Nov 2009
    13. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 28 Nov 2009
    14. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 29 Nov 2009

  4. December 2009

    1. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 5 Dec 2009
    2. A friends guide at Manchester Art Gallery Free guided tour 6 Dec 2009
    3. The Crystal Gaze, Ursula Mayer Ursula Mayer 9 Dec 2009
    4. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 12 Dec 2009
    5. Visitors ejoying a Friends tour Free guided tour 13 Dec 2009
    6. Woman in Plural: Czech Surrealism’s Women Artists 17 Dec 2009

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