[Vwoolf] Fwd: [New post] Woolf exhibit at NPG opens today

Thu Jul 10 07:31:05 EDT 2014

I would add to Paula's excellent blog that I have started reading Spaulding's catalogue which I bought in London as compensation for missing the opening by two days. It is full of interest even for those of us already steeped in Woolf lore and contains a number of new images, including a haunting one of the ruins of Tavistock Square with Vanessa and Duncan's decorations exposed to the elements.

Elisa

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Paula Maggio posted: "We are spotting lots of Woolf sightings these days, many of them due to “Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision," the exhibit of Woolf portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London, which opens today. Curated by Frances Spalding, noted biographer "
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We are spotting lots of Woolf sightings these days, many of them due to “Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and <http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/virginiawoolf/home.php> [http://bloggingwoolf.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-10-at-1-10-42-am.png?w=300] <http://bloggingwoolf.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-10-at-1-10-42-am.png> Vision<http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/virginiawoolf/home.php>," the exhibit of Woolf portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London, which opens today.

Curated by Frances Spalding, noted biographer and art historian, the exhibit includes portraits of Woolf by Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry, famous photographs by Beresford and Man Ray, and intimate images depicting Woolf with friends and family.

Media coverage

An article in The Independent, "Feminist writer’s friendships: feel the fear and do it anyway<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/feminist-writers-friendships-feel-the-fear-and-do-it-anyway-9589326.html>," talks about the way the exhibit "will shine a spotlight on the feminist author’s relationships with other women." One example the authors cite is the "extraordinary literary collaboration" between Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.

Another, written by Frances Spalding for The Telegraph, focuses on the actual photographs themselves and is titled "The last photograph of Virginia Woolf<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/10914210/The-last-photograph-of-Virginia-Woolf.html>," which was taken by Gisèle Freund at 37 Mecklenburgh Square in 1939. In it, Spalding fills in the background of the photo, both literally and figuratively.

On the BBC website, "Virginia Woolf: Her life in pictures<http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28228146>" shows and dissects a number of Woolf portraits -- from the famous George Beresford 1902 platinum print to the 1939 family photo portrait taken by Gisèle Freund.

The exhibit, the events, the book and the competition

Besides portraits, the exhibit features portraits and rare archival material like letters and diaries that explore her life and achievements.

A full slate of events, from lunchtime lectures to weekend workshops, are also part of the show -- and they are too numerous to detail here. But you can find them on the exhibit's events page<http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/virginiawoolf/events.php>.

Those of us who aren't lucky enough to be in London between July 10 and Oct. 26 may want to get a taste of the exhibit by ordering Spalding's Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision<http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/virginiawoolf/shop.php>, which is available online for £20.

And if you're feeling lucky, enter the NPG's competition<http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/virginiawoolf/competition.php> for free exhibition tickets, catalogue and a two-night stay at the Morton Hotel in Russell Square.

Paula Maggio<http://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/author/newswriting/> | Thursday 10 July 2014 at 1:19 am | Tags: National Portrait Gallery<http://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/?tag=national-portrait-gallery>, Virginia Woolf<http://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/?tag=virginia-woolf>, Virginia Woolf portraits<http://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/?tag=virginia-woolf-portraits> | Categories: art exhibits<http://bloggingwoolf.wordpress.com/?cat=163581> | URL: http://wp.me/p5Yfi-1QB

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