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Spring at Watts Gallery: Directors Blog
13th May 2013

My briefing to the new Curator, Nicholas Tromans, who is giving us a few days of meetings before starting officially in July, was that work at Watts Gallery is about ‘drains and dreams’ Read more

Barn Youth Project film at Watts Gallery
2nd May 2013

Watts Gallery recently had the pleasure of working with the young people from Barn Youth Project. The film was titled 'An Artists Village' and focused on Mary and G.F Watts time in Compton.

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Watts Gallery and Polenovo Launch International Partnership
25th March 2013

On 25 March, Watts Gallery hosted a delegation from the Museum Estate of Vasily Polenov, to celebrate the launch of new International Friendship. Watts Gallery was the home of the eminent Victorian artist George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817 – 1904) and his wife, the ceramic artist Mary Seton Watts (1849 –1938); the Museum Estate of Vasily Polenov was the home of the great landscape painter Vasily Polenov (l844-l938), and his family of talented artists and craftsmen. Both house museums continue to act as catalysts for the production and promotion of art, and this collaboration is an opportunity to develop the remarkable synergy between them.

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Watts Gallery Trust announces four new appointments
25th March 2013

The Watts Gallery Trust is announcing four new appointments. Nicholas Tromans will be the Gallery’s new Curator, Kara Wescombe is the new Head of Learning and MaryAnne Stevens and Sir Mark Jones have joined the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Through these new appointments, the Trust is seeking to extend its goal to establish Watts Gallery as an international centre for the study of Victorian art, social history, craft and design, enhancing all that has been achieved through the successful £10 million restoration which was generously supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and many Trusts, Foundations and individuals.

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