Museums Sheffield is inviting Hallam University staff to the launch of its new exhibition “Recording Britain”
Wednesday 2 April, 6-8pm, Millennium Gallery
In the winter of 1939 an extraordinary art project was begun. Beneath the spectres of invasion and aerial bombing, the Scheme for Recording the Changing Face of Britain rapidly commissioned artists to paint ‘places and buildings of characteristic national interest’.
The resulting collection of over 1500 paintings created a remarkable, yet highly selective, snapshot of a fast-changing country. Now held by the V&A, highlights from the Recording Britain collection will tour to Sheffield in spring 2014.
Recording Britain features paintings by prolific artists such as John Piper and Kenneth Rowntree, alongside work by contemporary artists including Richard Long, David Nash and Laura Oldfield Ford.
Join us for a special preview of the exhibition before it opens to the public.
RSVP to rsvp@museums-sheffield.org.uk – guests welcome.