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The Shelter Drawings in Context

Join Rebecca Newell, Head of Art at Imperial War Museums, and Sebastiano Barassi, Head of Collections & Programmes at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, for an evening exploring Henry Moore’s iconic Shelter Drawings and the wider story of artists responding to wartime Britain.

Through discussion of two new exhibitions The Shelter Drawings 1940–1941 at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens and Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art at IWM London the speakers will examine Moore’s wartime practice, the role of the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, and the social history of London’s underground shelters.

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The Shelter Drawings in Context

Join Rebecca Newell, Head of Art at Imperial War Museums, and Sebastiano Barassi, Head of Collections & Programmes at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, for an evening exploring Henry Moore’s iconic Shelter Drawings and the wider story of artists responding to wartime Britain.

Through discussion of two new exhibitions The Shelter Drawings 1940–1941 at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens and Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art at IWM London the speakers will examine Moore’s wartime practice, the role of the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, and the social history of London’s underground shelters.

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