The Society’s next study
day, which will also be open to the
members of the Regional Furniture Society,
will focus on the forthcoming
exhibition ‘Whipping the Herring: Survival &
Celebration in 19th
Century Art’.
The theme for the day is the use of
Art as historical
Evidence. How far can art be relied upon as a source
and if so within what
parameters and contexts?
The exhibition runs from 6 may to 26
August 2006. The
opening coincides with the launch of Claudia
Kinmonth’s
new book ‘Irish Rural
Interiors in Art’ which she has co-written with Tom Dunne and
Peter Murray. It
also marks
the reprinting of her award winning book ‘Irish Country
Furniture,
1700-1950’.
Those interested should contact Claudia Kinmonth by 10 March 2006. She can be contacted at ckinmonth@esatclear.ie