Past Events : Sir Denis Mahon Foundation

William Blake at Flat Time House

30 January - 8 March 2020

Organised by Flat Time House in partnership with the Sir Denis Mahon Foundation, and curated by Chris McCabe and Magnus Rena, the exhibition gave a unique opportunity to view Blake’s work in the domestic environment of John Latham’s home.

Lucretia Cantata at The Bowes Museum

13 November 2019

The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation was delighted to support The Bowes Museum on the occasion of their exhibition, The Power and the Virtue : Guido Reni’s Death of Lucretia (26 October 2019 – 20 January 2020), which highlights the theme of female beauty in Reni’s painting, particularly the depiction of devotional and legendary heroines such as Cleopatra, Saint Catherine, Saint Mary Magdalene, and specifically the suicide of Lucretia Romana.

Visionaries and the Art of Performance

28 June - 14 July 2019

Through the work of several artists, the exhibition suggests that visionary qualities are not exclusive to one period or personality, but they are enduring characteristics of artistic creativity.

Visions & Visionaries

11 December 2018 - 30 April 2019

They made the “visionary” into a poetic manifesto, the germ of an idea that is still relevant in the contemporary world with artists such as Geoffrey Fletcher, John Latham, Grayson Perry, or in art movements like Technomedioevo.

Techno Medioevo Study Day

14 June 2018

The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation and Museum of the Order of St John hosted a study day to explore The Language and Meaning of Time in Art & Science. The study day took place following a recent exhibition.

TECHNO MEDIOEVO: Age of Future Reloaded

1 March - 16 June 2018

What would the past have been like in the Middle Ages if the future had happened before?