Seeing Truth in Museums

In this talk, artist and art historian **Dr Jane Wildgoose** will discuss the background to her work on **Seeing Truth in Museums** – the subject of an exhibition with Tasmanian Aboriginal artist **Janice Ross**, in the Bertrand Russell Room, from 25 January - 2 February, and a half-day conference in the Library on Saturday 1 February. Jane will share some of the discoveries she has made in museum archives, and reflect on how these have shaped her understanding of the history of collecting, and her ongoing practice as an artist.

**Dr Jane Wildgoose** is an artist and art historian who combines research into the history of collecting with heartfelt investigations into the material culture of mourning. Following a commission to write a report on the human remains collection at the Natural History Museum in London, in 2006, she made a Sunday Feature for BBC Radio 3 examining the acquisition of human remains for museums during the British colonial era, and highlighting arguments for their repatriation today. Her ongoing research into the history of collecting is published with Negative Press.

Jane works to commission with historic collections and has exhibited at Sir John Soane's Museum and Kensington Palace in the UK, and Yale Center for British Art in the USA; she has also exhibited at the Crypt Gallery St Pancras and West Norwood Cemetery. Her current work, Seeing Truth in Museums, has been commissioned by the University of Connecticut and is funded by the Luce Foundation.

Presented by Conway Hall.

This is an all ages event. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult.