When new regions are explored and the animals in them are discovered, how does the wider world get to experience these species? From the earliest days of exploration, art has been essential in representing creatures that are alien to people at home. The Strange Creatures exhibition will explore the world of animal representations, featuring the painting of a kangaroo by George Stubbs which was recently saved for the nation. It was painted following Captain Cook’s first “Voyage of Discovery” and is Europe’s first image of an Australian animal. Palaeontologists and historians of science, exploration and art from across University College London will tell stories from their own disciplines. Featuring medieval accounts of exotic creatures, art ...
7th-17th June 2017 Máirín Ní Shíocháin’s practice reflects a lifelong affinity with non-human animal...
This paper provides an account of the process and ramifications of the introduction of exotic specie...
Exhibition - 1 December 2016 - 21 May 2017 Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. ...
The depiction of exotic wild animals by British artists during the nineteenth century can be related...
Taxidermy made for display is often considered less significant in museum research collections. This...
Nicolas Baudin's 1801-1804 voyage of discovery to the southern lands was the only scientific expedit...
Funded by the Natural History Museum, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the AHRC and London Arts, ...
Mark Fairnington curated an historic exhibition focusing on portraits of animals. Images and object...
A group exhibition, touring to two cities: London: Unit 2 Gallery, Unit 6 Gallery and Metropolitan ...
Ever since Europeans sighted the first kangaroo in Australia, it posed riddles galore to naturalists...
Australian native animals have inhabited the realm of invention in the Western imagination ever sinc...
Animal painting is a critically important part of Australian art history, yet it has been afforded s...
At a time when natural history museums are moving away from taxidermy, there has been a resurgence o...
Artist statement: "The diorama is representative of ‘museum theatre’ and the spectacle of the Curiou...
Relates story of this odd, yet much-loved creature in Australian and global history, focusing on how...
7th-17th June 2017 Máirín Ní Shíocháin’s practice reflects a lifelong affinity with non-human animal...
This paper provides an account of the process and ramifications of the introduction of exotic specie...
Exhibition - 1 December 2016 - 21 May 2017 Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. ...
The depiction of exotic wild animals by British artists during the nineteenth century can be related...
Taxidermy made for display is often considered less significant in museum research collections. This...
Nicolas Baudin's 1801-1804 voyage of discovery to the southern lands was the only scientific expedit...
Funded by the Natural History Museum, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the AHRC and London Arts, ...
Mark Fairnington curated an historic exhibition focusing on portraits of animals. Images and object...
A group exhibition, touring to two cities: London: Unit 2 Gallery, Unit 6 Gallery and Metropolitan ...
Ever since Europeans sighted the first kangaroo in Australia, it posed riddles galore to naturalists...
Australian native animals have inhabited the realm of invention in the Western imagination ever sinc...
Animal painting is a critically important part of Australian art history, yet it has been afforded s...
At a time when natural history museums are moving away from taxidermy, there has been a resurgence o...
Artist statement: "The diorama is representative of ‘museum theatre’ and the spectacle of the Curiou...
Relates story of this odd, yet much-loved creature in Australian and global history, focusing on how...
7th-17th June 2017 Máirín Ní Shíocháin’s practice reflects a lifelong affinity with non-human animal...
This paper provides an account of the process and ramifications of the introduction of exotic specie...
Exhibition - 1 December 2016 - 21 May 2017 Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. ...