SAW at Frieze Masters, Regent’s Park, London
Saturday, October 6, Stand G4, 3pm
An unusual handling session devoted to tactile Japanese-inspired Sevres porcelain and Palaeolithic hand axes. The workshop is free to Frieze ticket holders.
Scratch, Scrape & Stipple
SAW in collaboration with the London Original Print Fair and the Royal Academy of Arts in London
Thursday 3rd May, Library, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London W1, 3pm-4pm
For this free workshop, curatorial assistant James Finch delves into the rich and little-known RA print collection to illustrate six different printing processes using examples from various periods. Booking is essential, as places are limited. Tickets are available from Eventbrite.
Eventbrite: http://londonoriginalprintfair.com/events/saw-workshop-scratch-scrape-stipple
Back to Front: What the back of a painting can tell us about a work of art, along with clues found on, or beneath, its surface
SAW in collaboration with Dickinson Gallery
Wednesday 11 April, 2018, 6.00-7.00pm, 58 Jermyn Street, London SW1
To book a ticket (15 maximum) contact Maria at maria@simondickinson.com
Slow Art Workshops during Asian Art in London (November 2-11) www.asianartinlondon.com
Numbers are limited. Events are free but booking is essential. For more information, check Posts on this site, plus SAW’s Facebook pages
Wallace Collection, 46 Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
Thursday 2 November, 10.00-11.00
Unveiling Asian art treasures in the Wallace Collection with Ada de Wit
To confirm attendance (15 maximum) contact Slow Art Workshop
Please contact individual galleries and auction houses to confirm a place for handling sessions listed below:
Christie’s (St James’s)
Saturday 4 November, 11.00
To confirm attendance contact Emily Cushing: E. ecushing@christies.com T. +44 (0)20 3219 6563
Grosvenor Gallery & Rob Dean Art (St James’s)
Saturday 4 November, 14.00
To confirm attendance: art@grosvenorgallery.com
Nicholas Pitcher & David Baker Oriental Art (Mayfair)
Saturday 4 November, 15.00
To confirm attendance: nickpitcher@aol.com
Marchant (Kensington Church Street)
Sunday 5 November, 10.30-12.30
To confirm attendance: gallery@marchant.com
Sotheby’s (Mayfair)
Sunday 5 November, 11.00
To confirm attendance contact Fleur Manning: E. fleur.manning@sothebys.com T. +44 (020 7293 6442
James Stanford: Contemporary Buddhist Art (Kensington Church Street)
Sunday 5 November, 13.00-15.00
To confirm attendance: amelia.hubert@damsonpr.com
Raquelle Azran Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art
Sunday 5th November, 17.00
To confirm attendance: raquelle.azran@gmail.com
Littleton & Hennessy (St James’s)
Monday 6 November, 14.30
To confirm attendance: mark@littletonandhennessy.com
Runjeet Singh (St James’s)
Tuesday 7 November, 10.30
To confirm attendance: E. info@runjeetsingh.com M.+44 (0)7866 424 803
Lyon and Turnbull (Connaught Street, W2)
Tuesday 7 November, 17.00
Roell Fine Art (St James’s)
Tuesday 7 November, 12.00-18.00
John Eskenazi Ltd (London W9 2XA)
Wednesday 8 November, 14.30
Slow Art Workshops during London Art Week (June 30-July 7) and beyond
As numbers are limited, it is essential to pre-book
Tuesday, June 20 – Every Object Tells a Story: the Indus Valley, with Professor Osmund Boperachchi, Oliver Hoare, 5 Cromwell Place, SW7, 9.30-11am
Book at info@patonarts.com
Tuesday, June 27 – A Queen’s Picture: Guido Reni’s Two Bachhantes, with Flavio Gianassi, Moretti Fine Art, 2a-6 Ryder Street, SW1, 5-6pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Thursday, June 29 – Reading the Paper: Old Master drawings as art works and objects, with Gregory Rubinstein, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, W1, 9-10am
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
June 29-July 5 – Short daily workshops offered on a first come, first served basis at Masterpiece, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea. On the stand of JLT Specialty, 6pm
Friday, June 30 – Coercing the lingering look in graphic art from the renaissance to now, with Hugo Chapman and Isabel Seligman. British Museum, Prints and Drawings Study Room, WC1, 5.30-6.30pm
Book at slowartworkshop@gmail.com
Saturday, July 1 – A Florentine Medley, a touch of Rome: paintings and sculpture, 16th-19th century, with Jonathan Mennell, Trinity Fine Arts, 15 Old Bond Street, W1, 11am-12am
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Saturday, July 1 – Medieval badges and pendants, c1300-1500, with Redmond and Roland Finer, 38-39 Duke Street, SW1, 11am-12am
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Saturday, July 1 – Giorgio Morandi, with Benedict Tomlinson, Robilant + Voena, 38 Dover Street, W1, 12am-1pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Saturday, July 1 – Gilded Histories: Uncovering stories of Georgian giltwood furniture, with May Geolot, Mackinnon Fine Furniture, 5 Ryder Street, SW1, 2-3pm
Book at slowartworkshop@gmail.com
Saturday, July 1 – Canova and his Legacy, with Dino Tomasso. Tomasso Brothers, 67 Jermyn Street, SW1, 3-4pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Sunday, July 2 – The visceral image: representing faith and redemption in late medieval Spain, with Matthew Reeves, Sam Fogg, 15D Clifford Street, W1, 12am-1pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Sunday, July 2 – Giorgio Morandi (back by popular demand)), with Benedict Tomlinson, Robilant + Voena, 38 Dover Street, W1, 12-1pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Sunday, July 2 – Turner’s Ehrenbreitstein: The Byron Legacy, with Julian Gascoigne, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, W1, 2-3pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Sunday, July 2 – Looking at neo-Classical Drawings, with Dr Jonny Yarker, Lowell Libson Ltd, 3 Clifford Street, W1, 3-4pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Monday, July 3 – What makes a photograph valuable? Gemma Barnett, The Photographers’ Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, W1, 6-7pm
Book at slowartworkshop@gmail.com
Monday, July 3 – British Watercolours – how to read them, with Huon Mallalieu and Karen Taylor, Illustrationcupboard Gallery, 22 Bury Street, SW1, 6.30-7.30pm
Book at slowartworkshop@gmail.com
Tuesday, July 4 – ‘Elephants, Deities and Ashoka’s Pillar: Coins of India from antiquity to the present’, coin handling session for blind and partially sighted adults led by curators and staff. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2.30-4.15pm
Book at education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Wednesday, July 5 – Where we are and where we have been: ancient and modern art close up, with Paul O’Mahoney, Kallos Gallery, 14-16 Davies Street, W1, 4-5pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Thursday, July 6 – Tiepolo Unframed, with Stephen Ongpin. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, 6 Mason’s Yard, Duke Street, SW1, 6-7pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Friday, July 7 – Looking at Guercino drawings, with Dr Catherine Whistler, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 4-5pm.
Book at slowartworkshop@gmail.com
Friday, July 7 – Tiepolo Unframed (back by popular demand), with Stephen Ongpin. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, 6 Mason’s Yard, Duke Street, SW1, 5-6pm
Book at mail@londonartweek.co.uk
Thursday, July 13 – Relax with paintings, with Jo Rhymer, National Gallery, WC2, 2-3pm
Book at education@ng-london-org.uk
August 2 – ‘Elephants, Deities and Ashoka’s Pillar: Coins of India from antiquity to the present’, coin handling session for over eights led by curators and staff. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2.30-4.15pm
Book at education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Wednesday, August 16 – ‘Elephants, Deities and Ashoka’s Pillar: Coins of India from antiquity to the present’, coin handling session with curators and staff. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2-3pm
Book at education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk