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In Conversation The Life and Legacy of Ithell Colquhoun

15 August 2025 at 19.30–20.30

Free with ticket for Members

Join us for a special in-conversation event celebrating the life and legacy of the groundbreaking and mysterious Ithell Colquhoun

This free Members Night event offers a rare opportunity to hear from a panel of leading researchers and writers who have been instrumental in bringing Colquhoun’s work into the canon, and who also contributed to Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds, the compelling new book by Tate Publishing.

Hear directly from Jacqui McIntosh and Richard Shillitoe as they explore Colquhoun’s working practice that moved fearlessly between surrealism, the occult, ecology, sexual identity and the divine feminine. Together, they’ll unpack the themes and ideas that shaped her extraordinary output, for example, her experimental image-making to her deep engagement with myth, magic and personal transformation.

Whether you’re already captivated by Colquhoun’s radical universe or just beginning to discover her story, this is an event not to be missed. Book your free ticket, or choose to include the book to collect on the night at the special Members price of £28.80.

Jacqui McIntosh is an independent researcher, writer and curator based in London. As Curator and Archivist at the College of Psychic Studies in London, she cares for and curates their extensive collection of spirit-inspired art, photography and artefacts from 1850 to today. 

Dr Richard Shillitoe is an independent researcher. His book Ithell Colquhoun: Magician Born of Nature (2010) includes an extensive catalogue of Colquhoun’s artwork. He co-edited the first publication of Colquhoun’s novel I Saw Water (2014) and edited the illustrated edition of her first novel Goose of Hermogenes (2018). He has recently published Medea’s Charms (2019), a volume of Colquhoun’s poems, essays and short stories.

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