Onsite Talk: Canova’s Three Graces and the V&A

Art historian Malcolm Baker joins V&A curator Kira d’Alburquerque for a look at the celebrated group and the campaign to save it in the early 1990s.

Talk
  • Thursday, 19 January 2023 at South Kensington
  • V&A South Kensington
  • Past event
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  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

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  • Tickets cost £15.00 - £18.00

    Includes wine reception.

Past Event
Onsite Talk: Canova’s Three Graces and the V&A photo

Art historian Malcolm Baker played a significant role in the acquisition of the celebrated group for the V&A nearly three decades ago. Join him in conversation with V&A curator Kira d’Alburquerque about the campaign to “Save the Three Graces” and the way in which attitudes to Canova’s sculpture have changed since then.

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