Partial Closure & Reduced Ticket Price in May

From Sunday 4 May to Sunday 18 May 2025, access to parts of the Alison Watt: From Light exhibition will be limited. The manor will remain open, but the gallery will be closed. During this time, special admission prices apply: £8 Standard / £4 Students. Visitors can explore the manor, see J’Accuse…! Sculptures by Nicole Farhi, and enjoy Alison Watt’s work in Soane’s historic home.

Please note that during this period there will be no accessible toilet available at Pitzhanger. The nearest accessible toilet is located at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, just a 5-minute walk away. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Keep your ticket — it can be stamped at the front desk to allow you to return and enjoy the full Alison Watt: From Light exhibition from Wednesday 21 May 2025 at no extra cost. Learn more

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2023

2 August 2023

London Luminaries — Soane and Turner: Architecture, Art, Friendship and Fishing

2023

2 August 2023

London Luminaries — Soane and Turner: Architecture, Art, Friendship and Fishing

Overview

Join our director Clare Gough for an online talk with London Luminaries — Soane and Turner: Architecture, Art, Friendship and Fishing. Sir John Soane and JMW Turner were idiosyncratic and unique talents, creating works that, to this day, inspire pleasure and wonder. Although a generation apart, they formed a firm friendship. Turner was a guest at Pitzhanger, and Soane, in turn, influenced Turner’s designs for his country house, Sandycombe Lodge. The two men bonded over their fascination with light, the role of the classics in art and their love of fishing. This talk will explore an important kind of love, male friendship, and discuss its influence on both men.

Date and Time

Wednesday 2 August 2023
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm

Venue

Online

Tickets

Free / £5 suggested donation

About the Talk

This event is part of the London Luminaries’ Love and Death series of talks.

This talk will be given by two speakers: 

Clare Gough is the Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Sir John Soane’s ‘country’ house in Ealing, West London and its adjacent contemporary gallery. Clare’s career combines experience in the arts and commercial sectors. She was previously a Trustee of the Museum of the Home, Director of Communications at the National Gallery, and New Media Director at National Gallery Co. Ltd, before setting up an art consultancy working with the V&A and other institutions.

Dr Matthew Morgan is the part-time Museum Director of Turner’s House in Twickenham. He is an Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, where he also received his PhD in Museum Studies. He has worked in the heritage sector for ten years, including at the Royal Collection and the National Gallery. Prior to that, he was a Director at Christie’s.

Admission to this talk is free, but we encourage you to make a £5 donation for each talk, which will be divided equally between the twelve participating organisations.

The talk will start at 7 pm and last for approximately 30 minutes, with time being allowed for questions and answers at the end. It will be chaired by Professor Judith Hawley of the Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London. It will end at or before 8 pm. 

You will be sent a link by email an hour before the lecture begins, and you should follow this link at the appropriate time to join the audience.

Please note that booking will close one hour before the talk starts.

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Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Ealing Green, London W5 5EQ

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