The painter, his radical approach, working methods and lasting legacy are examined within the context of Georgian Britain - and the period of enormous change that shaped our cultural landscape. But the story of John Constable is also a story of a passionate artist, and forbidden love..
“Painting for me is but another word for feeling.”
Andrew Graham-Dixon is the most gifted art critic of his generation. Unsparing, witty and probing, with a supple style, a real passion for the concrete body of art and a clear sense of its social environment, he encourages you to think and feel
Robert Hughes, former art critic of Time magazine and writer of “The Shock of the New.”
Born in London in 1960, Andrew Graham-Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television in the English-speaking world. He has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC and other independents; and has a long history of public service in the field of the visual arts. Andrew has written a number of books about art and artists – his most recent was a biography of Caravaggio, and he is currently working on a similarly in-depth project about Vermeer.
Andrew lectures and tours all over the world with many different audiences and has been a visiting professor for the Guardian Masterclass in Journalism in partnership with Lincoln University, and an Ambassador for the Princes Teaching Institute.
Event: 28 June 2023 7pm-8pm (Doors open 5:30pm - you are welcome to visit the Constable exhibition in our gallery during this time)
Tickets: £20 adult / £18 concession.
Each ticket includes entry to the exhibition "Constable: The Dark Side" as well as 1 free year’s website membership at andrewgrahamdixon.com:
