British contemporary artist Karen McLean talks about her powerful work Ar’n’t I a Woman! (2021), on display in our Rise Up exhibition.
Rooted in historical research, McLean’s installations, sound and moving image works incorporate evocative and symbolic materials such as sugar, blue soap and hessian bags and interrogate the complex legacies of colonialism.
Cambridge
21 February – 1 June 2025
Drawing on new research, Rise Up tells the multifaceted story of the fight to end transatlantic slavery, its…
Cambridge
Thursday 27 February
Organised by Wolfson’s REACH Hub, this ongoing series explores the theme of racism via different lenses. The Hierarchies…
Anonymous, 19th c. George Polgreen Bridgetower, Recto.19th c. The Morgan Library & Museum, CMP B851. Purchased on the Cary Fund, 1972
Cambridge
Thursday 13 March
Join us for this lunchtime lecture and live musical performances exploring the life of George Bridgetower (1778–1860), a…
Victoria Avery. Photo © Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
Saturday 15 March
Find out more about Rise Up in this introductory talk with curator Victoria Avery, our Keeper of European…
Cambridge
Monday 17 March 2025
Direct from the West End, The London Palladium, and the iconic Royal Albert Hall, Whitney – Queen of…
Portrait, Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman. Photo © Ajamu
Cambridge
Thursday 20 March
How did transatlantic slavery end? What is our memory of how we got free—if we got free? …
acqueline Bishop. Photo © Monica McGivern Photography
Cambridge
Saturday 22 March
Join New York-based Jamaican contemporary artist, academic and award-winning writer Jacqueline Bishop as she talks about her new…
Photo © Lewis Ronald
Cambridge
Tuesday 1, 8 April and 15 April
Take a deep dive into the themes of our Rise Up exhibition at our series of listening salons…