Hogarth and Europe – Alice Insley (Tate Britain)

Thursday 3rd March, 2022

17:15-18:30, Online (zoom)

A curator talk and ‘conversation’ co-hosted by the Queen Mary Visual & Material Forum and the Queen Mary Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Alice Insley (Tate Britain – Curator of British Art, 1730-1850)

In this talk, Alice Insley will discuss and reflect upon the recent exhibition Hogarth and Europe at Tate Britain. William Hogarth is one of the most well-loved and celebrated British artists, known for his wit, irreverence and candour. Though often typified as a ‘true Brit’ and ‘founding father’ of British art, in the exhibition his art is juxtaposed with that of his European contemporaries for the first time, be that Chardin or Watteau in Paris, Troost in Amsterdam, or Longhi in Venice. As Alice will discuss, this allows a unique and not entirely predictable opportunity to explore the continuities, parallels and divergences in the flesh and to explore how artists across Europe grappled with the rapid social, cultural and economic changes of the eighteenth century.

Following the talk, there will be a ‘conversation’ between Alice and Hannah Williams (QMUL) to explore some of these issues in more depth.

This event is free and open to all. Register here for the zoom link: https://qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdeCorDwrG9dW-QK-3E96GuKlOhe9rcIw