Art History and Visual Culture, University of Exeter

We're delighted to announce that Reconstructing Duccio, The Passion Scenes from the Maestá – a reconstruction of the reverse of Duccio’s Maestá by artist Lesley Kerman – is now open to the public at Exeter Cathedral.

Curated by MA Curation graduate Imogen Haisman, the installation is on view from Tuesday 27th September - 27th October and is included in the standard admission price during the Cathedral’s daytime opening hours 9am – 5pm.

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The original painting was carried in a procession through the streets of Siena to the Cathedral at midday on the 9th June 1311. On the front of the altarpiece were painted the Virgin and Saints and on the reverse the Scenes of the Passion.

Lesley has made a full-scale reconstruction of these twenty-six scenes looking for a fresh starting point for figurative painting. Over the eighteen months that it took to make the reconstruction she discovered much about Duccio’s conception of space, use of colour, iconographic innovations and political values, which became the subject of the book Reconstructing Duccio.

The painting was exhibited in Wells Cathedral last year where it lit up the Cathedral and alerted viewers to the vibrant colour once present throughout English Cathedrals.

For more information visit: https://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/events/reconstructing-duccio/

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image: Lesley Kerman, Reconstructing Duccio, Wells Cathedral, 2021

Calling all AHVC students! Would you like to be part of an exciting contemporary art project coming soon to Exeter?! A group of MA Curation students will be putting on exhibitions - working with local and international artists - from 10 - 19 June.

They’re in need of some volunteers to join them as stewards and exhibition invigilators - your commitment could be just a few hours, or more over the ten days. And you might particularly like to support the opening party on Thursday 9 June, 5-late!

Now's The Time comprises of seven exhibitions presented in sites across the city centre in partnership with brilliant projects including and

If you would like to talk about this opportunity to work with us and enhance your CV, please contact student Sam Farlow: [email protected]

To find out more about the course and what we do: visit our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uofecuration/

Open from today at sketch london – Lesley Kerman, ‘Reconstructing Duccio’ curated by MA Curation student Imogen Haisman!

Lesley Kerman ’s painting addresses Duccio’s iconic Maestra altarpiece, originally commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308. It was a revolutionary set of paintings at the time and deals with the story of Easter, starting with Christ’s entry into Jerusalem on what is now known as Palm Sunday. In 2016 Lesley embarked on a life-size reconstruction of the work, which took two years to complete.

Imogen has worked closely with Lesley and her painting is today remediated at sketch as an artwork located in the crypto-verse and offered as an NFT (non-fungible token). The themes of a work that explores religion, death and holiness will no longer be fixed in their original setting but re-routed through the contemporary moment and marketplace to inhabit sketch’s scared art-fuelled space over the Easter period.

The installation is accompanied by ecclesiastical music, including the voices of the National Choir of Ukraine ‘Dumka’. The NFT is open to bidding through a timed auction on the leading NFT platform OpenSea . All profits made on the sale of the minted work will be donated to UNICEF, aiding the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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There will be an online launch event hosted by the Royal Photographic Society from 1700-1800 (GMT) on 16 March. Details and a sign-up link are at https://rps.org/Visculture

Congrats David!

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opening next week! Curated by students of the new MA Curation course at AHVC University of Exeter.