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Launch of BP British Art Displays | 20 September 2004 |
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The launch of the BP British Art Displays with new rooms including
those dedicated to the work of Francis Bacon, Vanessa Bell and
Donald Rodney as well as a display of new acquisitions of work by
Tracey Emin. New themed rooms include those focusing on stained
glass fragments, caricature and national identity.
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British Art Lecture | 21 September 2004 |
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Award-winning writer and film director Anthony Minghella will give
the British Art Lecture on 21 September. The director of films
including The Talented Mr Ripley, The English Patient and, most
recently, Cold Mountain, Minghella has written extensively for theatre,
television and radio and is Chair of the British Film Institute.
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Michael Landy Discussion | 22 September 2004 |
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Michael Landy will talk to writer and broadcaster
Louisa Buck about his extraordinary project Semi-detached at Tate Britain.
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Jake and Dinos Chapman Discussion | 23 September 2004 |
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Jake and Dinos Chapman are renowned for the use of horror in their work and
Jake will discuss their interest in the genre with film critic and broadcaster
Mark Kermode on 23 September. He will also present excerpts from the brothers'
favourite British horror films.
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Free British Art Party | 24 September 2004 |
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The British Art Party on the evening of 24 September offers an opportunity to view the
new displays, as well as DJs, half-price entry to Art and the 60s and special talks by
Bonnie Greer, Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen and Arabella Weir in which they discuss works in
the BP British Art Displays.
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Family Day | 25 September 2004 |
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A Family Day on 25 September offers a range of activities for all the family including the
chance to take a new trail of the British Art Displays with illustrations by the award winning
Sarah Fanelli, author workshops, storytelling sessions, a
DJ in the Manton Entrance café, cake decorating workshops, a screening of
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, plus the Art Trolley, Art Space and a
presentation on Richard Dadd's the Fairy Feller's Masterstroke by bestselling author Terry Pratchett.
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