Category: Artist’s Guides
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The V&A
Some Secret Sargents… Sargent Season: The V&A This one is short, because the V&A’s Sargent is not on the walls. It is in the study rooms, which means you have to ask for it, and I want to tell you right now that you should. Email the Prints and Drawings Study Room at the V&A,…
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Sargent Season Video
A little look into my project: Sargent Season. A search across London to follow the fantastic, John Singer Sargent.
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The Tate Britain
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, Portrait of Ena Wertheimer: A Vele Gonfie, W. Graham Robertson, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885–6, and A Nude Boy on a Beach Sargent Season: The Tate Britain I want to preface this one by saying I have absolutely no photos for this post, and that is entirely on me. I…
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The Kenwood House
Daisy Leiter (Marguerite “Daisy” Hyde Leiter, later Countess of Suffolk), 1898 Sargent Season: The Kenwood House I have to admit, I did not make it out to the Kenwood house on this year’s Sargent Hunt. With this being said, I still feel qualified to direct you all to take the trek to the edge of…
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Tate Britain Study Rooms
2 Sketches Stowed Away. Sargent Season: The Tate Storage Stop four on the Sargent hunt is Tate Britain, but this one comes in two parts, so we’re splitting it up. First, we are heading to the storage room and then exploring the museum. We’ll get to the galleries soon, I promise, but the storage room…
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The Imperial War Museum
Gassed, 1919 Sargent Season: The Imperial War Museum Although the Imperial War Museum may seem both out of the way and a little random to this tour of the city, it is perhaps one of the most impactful museums I have ever visited regardless of the Sargent tucked into the third floor Blavatnik Art, Film…
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The National Portrait Gallery
Six Striking Portraits. Sargent Season: The National Portrait Gallery And the hunt begins… The second stop of the Sargent tour is the National Portrait Gallery, situated right in Trafalgar Square. This museum is home to six of his most amazing portraits, and is the most congested museum in London of Sargents. After you walk up…
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The National Gallery
Lord Ribblesdale, 1902 & Wineglasses, 1875 Sargent Season: The National Gallery Lord Ribblesdale, 1902 — Central Hall, Level 2 You walk into the Central Hall and there’s this enormous full-length figure of a man in hunting clothes, hand on hip and a top hat tipped at an angle (you know it’s Sargent in ten seconds).…
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Sargent Season Begins
Artist’s Guides — Entry No. 1 Four weeks, one artist, and a London guide in the making Currently sitting at one of those plastic desk tables squished next to strangers fighting for charging ports at the Logan Airport. Why? Well, I am about to board my flight for London!! This summer, I will be taking…
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Artist Guides: Discovering Cities Through Art
Explore cities through the lens of their artists. My long-form guides will take you on a journey to understand the cultural significance of art in urban spaces.