Mike Jay, SAJ regular and author of our forthcoming book The Influencing Machine discusses the artist Richard Dadd and mental illness in the 19th century at Tate Britain:
Thursday 1 December 2011, 18.30–20.00
One of the most brilliant young artists of the Victorian age, Richard Dadd is a unique but little recognised figure in the history of art. In this evening discussion, Nicholas Tromans, author of Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum, talks to author and cultural historian Mike Jay about the artist’s legacy, and uses his life as a case history to investigate the relationship between art and the treatment of mental illness in the nineteenth century. Draws on archival material only recently released.
Tate Britain Auditorium
£8 (£6 concessions)
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