ROBERT H. SMITH RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE LECTURE
Wednesday 9 December 2015
The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A Museum
18.30-19.30 (doors open at 18.00)
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Adriaen de Vries, The Farnese Bull, Bronze, 1614, Inv.Nr.-P.50
(c) Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
'Turning the Bull: Adriaen de Vries's Revolving Pedestal'
Frits Scholten, Senior Curator of Sculpture at the Rijksmuseum, will explore how Adriaen de Vries's ideas about the presentation of his bronze version of The Farnese Bull on a revolving pedestal marked a radical shift in the history of sculptural display.
Followed by a conversation with Conrad Shawcross, chaired by Tim Marlow.
Free, booking essential
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The Fabric of India
3 October 2015 - 10 January 2016 at V&A South Kensington
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Part of the V&A India Festival vam.ac.uk/indiafestival<http://vam.ac.uk/indiafestival>
On Their Own: Britain's Child Migrants
24 October 2015 - 12 June 2016 at V&A Museum of Childhood
Admission free
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