Lascivious Statues: Galatea’s Animation in Eighteenth-Century France

Taking up the popularity of the Pygmalion and Galatea myth in eighteenth-century France, Alicia will be looking at the replication of marble sculptures by (or inspired by) Étienne-Maurice Falconet in Rococo paintings of seduction and libertine novels.

The Sofa: Furnishing Moral Tales in Eighteenth-Century French Painting

Sofas were a new and frequently scintillating novelty in eighteenth-century France, the object of attention by libertine writers and moralists, from the designers of fashion plate to the country’s leading painters and draftsmen.

Camille Claudel: Art, Love, and the Battle for Independence

Mr. Bowyer is currently working on two upcoming exhibitions on Antonio Canova’s clay sketches and the sculpture of Camille Claudel which will be an excellent introduction to this artist’s work.