Exhibitions
Events
On display
Margaux Warne: Satire, Storytelling and Society - William Hogarth and Georgian London
William Hogarth, The Rake's Progress: The Orgy, 1734, oil on canvas. Sir John Soane's Museum, London.
Friends
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
$10, Friends $5, students with ID free
In this talk, Art Historian Margaux Warne will examine the work and career of William Hogarth against the backdrop of eighteenth-century London. She will focus on his famous narrative series including The Rake's Progress and Marriage à-la-Mode, while considering the ways his work is still relevant and entertaining today.
Margaux Warne is an independent Art Historian based in Christchurch. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century art and literature.