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Georgiana Houghton and the Art of Spirit Photography

Spirit photography, a cultural phenomenon that swept through 19th-century England. At the heart of this strange and haunting practice was Georgiana Houghton, a figure who, with her delicate balance of spiritual fervour and commercial savvy, wove together photography and mediumship, exploring the long-suffering human desire to commune with the dead.

PlanetHeroines30th October 2024

Based on a True Story event

Gohar Dashti talks on her photography with Halima Malek

Event : Sunday, November 3rd at 16:00 to 17:30pm - Join us at the Picturedrome to hear Gohar Dashti & Halima Malek talk about Gohar's photographs exploring war and resilience.

PlanetHeroines30th October 2024

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Alice Hughes

Alice Hughes (1857-1939) was a renowned studio portraitist based in London during the later years of the nineteenth century. She worked primarily in her Gower Street studio, which employed over fifty assistants and process workers at one time - all women.

PlanetHeroines29th October 2024

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Dora Maar: Voices Podcast

Revisiting our VOICES series in celebration of Dora Maar's birthday on 22nd November (b.1907). Marysia Lewandowska in conversation.

PlanetHeroines24th October 2024

event Museum Events Archive Previous Youth Projects

Long Exposure Photography

Event : Saturday 12th October - Free Creative Workshops for Young People : Long Exposure Photography

PlanetHeroines3rd October 2024

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Batik & Natural Dye Workshop with Zariq Rosita-Hanif

Event : Sunday 20th October - Free Batik & Natural Dye Workshop with Zariq Rosita-Hanif

PlanetHeroines3rd October 2024

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Playing with Colour and Photography

Event : Saturday 19th October - Free Creative Workshops for Young People : Playing with Colour and Photography

PlanetHeroines2nd October 2024

event Museum Events Archive Youth Project

Photography Workshop with Rita Long: Based on a True Story

Event : Saturday 26th October - Free Creative Workshop with Rita Long: Based on a True Story

PlanetHeroines2nd October 2024

Magazine The Collection

1913 Cat and Mouse Act

The 1913 Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act, colloquially known as the Cat and Mouse Act, represented a controversial legislative response to the challenges posed by the suffragette movement in early 20th-century Britain.

PlanetHeroines18th September 2024

Interview

An Interview with Diane Dawson

While the Fringe rages on in Edinburgh, Scotland's art capital, it's in Glasgow where a deeply connected community of artists thrives. The 'creative quarter', as artist Diane Dawson calls it, pulsates with life in the city's hidden belly.

PlanetHeroines10th September 2024