Glenn Ligon’s contemporary artistic interventions throughout the Museum challenge us to look at our mostly historic collection of artworks and objects through a different lens.
Habda Rashid, Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, leads a dynamic discussion exploring these fresh perspectives alongside Elenor Ling, our Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and Henrietta Ward, Curator of Northern European Paintings and Drawings.
Take a deep dive into the themes of our Rise Up exhibition at our series of listening salons…
Thomas Clarkson, ‘Cabinet of Freedom’, Anti-slave trade campaign chest, 1787—8. Reproduced and used with the permission of the Trustees of the Wisbech and Fenland Museum