Supermodels, Sex and Death - Pre-Raphaelite Talks at Birmingham

Created by Amelia Yeates

19 May 2011

BeataBeatrix Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and the Art Fund have got together to offer public talks by Pre-Raphaelite experts Lucinda Hawksley and Franny Moyle at BMAG in 2011.

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley is the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She has written more than 20 books including Lizzie Siddal, the Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel (2004). A part time lecturer as well as a writer, Lucinda is an expert in Dicken's family life.

Franny Moyle has a degree in English and History of Art from St John's College, Cambridge and is the author of Desperate Romantics. She enjoyed a career in arts programming at the BBC that culminated in her becoming the corporation's first Commissioner for Arts and Culture. She is now a freelance executive producer and writer as well as a director of the Hackney Empire.

Lucinda Hawksley's talk 'Lizzie Siddal - the Original Supermodel' will take place in the Waterhall at 2pm on Sunday 3rd July.

Franny Moyle's talk 'Sex and Death in Pre-Raphaelite Art' is in the Waterhall at 2pm on Sunday 9th October.

Tickets for both talks are £6 or £4 for Art Fund Members.Telephone 0121 303 1966 or Book Online.

Visit the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery website.

If you are interested in becoming an Art Fund Member find out about the National Art Pass.