Talk:Curator's Introduction to Gwen John: Strange Beauties
Curator’s Introduction to Gwen John: Strange Beauties
Join Lucy Wood, Senior Curator of Art, for a special introductory talk about our major new exhibition Gwen John: Strange Beauties.
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth, Strange Beauties brings together celebrated paintings with rarely seen works on paper from the artist’s studio collection, many of which are exhibited for the first time.
This celebratory talk on Gwen John’s life and work will take place in the heart of the exhibition, surrounded by her works.
For more information on the exhibition, and for tickets, please visit: Gwen John: Strange Beauties
About the Curator
Lucy Wood is Senior Curator of Art at Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. She is curator of Gwen John: Strange Beauties and co-editor of the accompanying monograph. Previously, she was Project Curator at the British Museum of the exhibition Feminine Power: The Divine to the Demonic (2022), and Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary, at the National Portrait Gallery, where she curated exhibitions including Elizabeth Peyton: Aire and Angels (2019) and Njideka Akunyili Crosby: The Beautyful Ones (2018). She is a PhD candidate in Theology and Philosophy at the University of Oxford and a board member of the Centre for Philosophy and the Arts, King’s College London.
Further Information
The talk will last approximately 45 minutes.
It will take place in the Strange Beauties: Gwen John exhibition space in Gallery 21. Full details of access to Amgueddfa Cymru can be found on our website.
Tickets to this talk do not include entry to the exhibition. Tickets to the exhibition need to be purchased separately.
This session will be delivered in the curator’s first language, which is English.
Food and drink are not permitted in the gallery spaces.
Information
'A Corner of the Artist's Room in Paris' | Gwen John
Tickets
| Date | Time slots available | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2026 | Sold Out |