About the talks
Join the London Luminaries team for their first ever Luminaries Live event in Soane’s Kitchen at Pitzhanger Manor Gallery for an in-person discussion entitled ‘Cultures of Collection’. With Professor Judith Hawley in the chair, speakers from Pitzhanger Manor, Orleans House Gallery and Marble Hill House will discuss how their magnificent collections of art and objects came together and illuminate the stories woven through their art and objects.
There will be tours of the house before the talks from 5:30 pm but you are free to come earlier and walk around at leisure.
The talks will end at 8 pm and you will be able to buy refreshments in Soane’s Kitchen until 9 pm.
Tickets cost £12 and all profits will go towards the properties which form the London Luminaries, which began as an initiative to connect properties and people together during Covid lockdown. We are delighted to offer this live event to forge connectivity and togetherness.
About the speakers
Clare Gough is Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, architect Sir John Soane’s ‘country’ house in Ealing, West London and its adjacent contemporary gallery. Clare led Pitzhanger through a major conservation project to restore the house to Soane’s innovative design and upgrade the gallery so it now stages exhibitions with artists ranging from Anish Kapoor to Es Devlin and Rana Begum. Clare is a Trustee of Art Fund and was previously a Trustee of the Museum of the Home, and formerly worked at the National Gallery, and National Gallery Co. Ltd, before setting up an arts consultancy working with the V&A and other arts institutions.
Tim Corum has worked in the arts for over 30 years, principally in museums and galleries, developing museum exhibitions and festivals at Oldham, Leeds, Bristol, the Horniman in London, and now with Richmond Arts Service. In Leeds and Oldham, he worked on developing international art programmes and a series of major capital projects. In Bristol, Tim led the development of the City Museum and Art Gallery, encouraging artists to intervene in and reframe the museum and art gallery. Though most widely known for the exhibition Banksy versus Bristol Museum, this programme also embraced a diversity of projects with both local and international partners. At the same time, he developed a new international contemporary art collection, building on Bristol’s rich historic art collection. He also led the creative team that developed the new museum M Shed. In 2015, Tim became a director at the Horniman, where his work focussed on developing participatory programmes, bringing artists and scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds together with communities to create exhibitions and festivals that cast new light on the museum’s internationally significant collections. Tim moved to Richmond during the pandemic to lead the Borough’s Arts Service and direct the development of Orleans House Gallery. He brings a commitment to working in participation with the public and artists along with a love of history and the environment.
Dr Emily Burns is Curator of Collections & Interiors (West London) for English Heritage. Properties in her portfolio include Marble Hill, Chiswick House and the Jewel Tower. Previously, she was Curator at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village (2021-2023), Vivmar Curatorial Fellow at the National Gallery (2018-20) and Assistant Curator at the National Portrait Gallery (2013-18). Emily’s specialism is in British and Old Master painting and collecting. She holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and UCL, and completed her AHRC-funded PhD on art and collecting in England during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, c.1640–1660 (University of Nottingham, 2018). Emily was a contributor to the Paul Mellon Centre’s research project ‘Art & the Country House’ (2020), and she is the founding Editor of the Jordaens Van Dyck Journal (2021-).
Judith Hawley is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature in the Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London and frequently appears on BBC radio and TV. She is a Trustee of the Pope’s Grotto Preservation Trust. Her research interests range from gin to Grub Street, and she has a particular interest in the history of the amateur performance.
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