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SUMMARY:Dr Melanie Gibson - Frederick Leighton: A Victorian Traveller and Collector in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:This talk is connected to Dr Melanie Gibson’s recent publication The Arab Hall – Frederick Leighton: Traveller and Collector (Gingko\, 2026). \n— \nAbout the Talk\nBefore becoming President of London’s Royal Academy in 1878\, the artist Frederick Leighton made trips to southern Spain\, Egypt\, Turkey and Syria. During this period\, he started putting together a collection of ceramics and carpets. After his death in 1896 his art collection was entirely dispersed\, and his reputation as an Islamophile rests solely on his construction of the ‘Arab Hall’\, the lavish tiled and domed room that he added to his studio home in Kensington. \nIn this talk Dr Melanie Gibson will discuss Leighton’s interest in Islamic architecture and design. Her research has shown that Leighton had a discerning eye and that some of his prize pieces are now held in museums worldwide. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Melanie Gibson writes and lectures on the ceramics of the Middle East. Having studied Arabic at Oxford University\, where her interest in the history of the ceramics of the Islamic world began\, she gained her doctorate at SOAS\, University of London. She is Editor of the Gingko Art Series\, and a Trustee of the Friends of Leighton House\, where she first became fascinated by the history behind the creation of The Arab Hall. \n— \nImage: Albumen print dated c.1895 showing some of Leighton’s collection on display in the Arab Hall. \n— \nFree and open to all. In person and online via Zoom. \nTo attend online\, email emd@royalasiaticsociety.org for a link.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/dr-melanie-gibson-frederic-leighton-a-victorian-traveller-and-collector-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Susan Bean - Hidden in Plain Sight: Clay Sculpture in South Asia
DESCRIPTION:This talk is connected to Susan Bean’s recent publication Clay Works—Earthen Sculpture in South Asia (Bloomsbury Publishing\, 2026). The event is hosted in collaboration with the Indian Art Circle lecture series\, SOAS. \n  \nAbout the Talk\nThis presentation introduces Clay Works—Earthen Sculpture in South Asia\, recently released by Bloomsbury Publications\, London. Air-dried clay (a.k.a. terracruda)\, along with stone\, metal\, wood\, and fired clay\, stands among South Asia’s oldest and most widely used mediums for sculpture. Typically finished in vivid color\, the medium has been largely overlooked in studies of the region’s arts\, often misidentified as stucco or terracotta\, and sidelined as too fragile and exuberantly colored to be ‘art.’ The presentation brings together some of the most prominent practices across the region to consider why painted air-dried clay has been so valued as medium for figural sculpture\, and what its sidelining reveals about the study of art and visual culture. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nSusan S. Bean is an Independent Scholar and Former Senior Curator of South Asian Art at Peabody Essex Museum. She is Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Center for Art & Archaeology\, American Institute of Indian Studies\, India and USA. \n  \nFree and open to all. In person and online via Zoom. \nTo attend online\, email emd@royalasiaticsociety.org for a link.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/susan-bean-hidden-in-plain-sight-clay-sculpture-in-south-asia/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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