Please Note

• Drinks and refreshments are available for purchase at Soane’s Garden Room until 9pm, not included in the ticket price.
• Guided tours of the house commence at either 5:30pm or 6pm. Guests are welcome to explore freely should they wish to arrive earlier or attend solely for the talk.
• Tickets are priced at £12, with all profits supporting the London Luminaries properties, an initiative born during the COVID lockdown to enhance connections between properties and people.

About the Chair

Judith Hawley is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature in the Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London. She frequently appears on BBC radio and TV and is a Trustee of the Pope’s Grotto Preservation Trust. Her research interests range from gin to Grub Street, and she has a particular interest in the history of amateur performance.

About the Speakers

Clare Gough

Clare Gough is Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, architect Sir John Soane’s ‘country’ house in Ealing, West London and its adjacent contemporary gallery. Clare led Pitzhanger through a major conservation project to restore the house to Soane’s innovative design and upgrade the gallery, so it now stages exhibitions with artists ranging from Anish Kapoor to Es Devlin and Rana Begum. Clare is a Trustee of the Art Fund and was previously a Trustee of the Museum of the Home, and formerly worked at the National Gallery and National Gallery Co. Ltd before setting up an art consultancy working with the V&A and other art institutions.

Tim Corum

Tim Corum has worked in the arts for over 30 years, principally in museums and galleries, developing museum exhibitions and festivals at Oldham, Leeds, Bristol, the Horniman in London, and now with Richmond Arts Service. In Leeds and Oldham, he worked on developing international art programmes and a series of major capital projects. In Bristol, Tim led the development of the City Museum and Art Gallery, encouraging artists to intervene in and reframe the museum and art gallery. Though most widely known for the exhibition Banksy versus Bristol Museum, this programme also embraced a diversity of projects with both local and international partners. At the same time, he developed a new international contemporary art collection, building on Bristol’s rich historic art collection. He also led the creative team that developed the new museum, M Shed. In 2015, Tim became a director at the Horniman, where his work focussed on developing participatory programmes, bringing artists and scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds together with communities to create exhibitions and festivals that cast new light on the museum’s internationally significant collections. Tim moved to Richmond during the pandemic to lead the Borough’s Arts Service and direct the development of Orleans House Gallery. He brings a commitment to working in participation with the public and artists along with a love of history and the environment.

Emily Burns

Dr Emily Burns is the Curator of Collections & Interiors (West London) for English Heritage. Properties in her portfolio include Marble Hill, Chiswick House and the Jewel Tower. Previously, she was a Curator at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village (2021-2023), Vivmar Curatorial Fellow at the National Gallery (2018-20) and Assistant Curator at the National Portrait Gallery (2013-18). Emily’s specialism is in British and Old Master painting and collecting. She holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and UCL and completed her AHRC-funded PhD on art and collecting in England during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, c.1640–1660 (University of Nottingham, 2018). Emily was a contributor to the Paul Mellon Centre’s research project ‘Art & the Country House’ (2020), and she is the founding Editor of the Jordaens Van Dyck Journal (2021-).

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About Thursday Lates

Thursday Lates, our monthly evening event series every first Thursday, offers a diverse roster of programs from artist talks to workshops. Open to everyone seeking enriching after-work experiences, these events vary from ticketed to free. Coinciding with our free visiting hours for Ealing residents, Thursday Lates is your chance to explore the manor and its exhibitions without the usual general admission fee.

Enquiries

Please contact london.luminaries@gmail.com for more information.