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SUMMARY:Turk Talk: Gavin Turk Talks to Louisa Buck and Charlotte Higgins -
  Gavin Turk\, Louisa Buck\, Charlotte Higgins
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CONTACT:Prerona Prasad
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free-wheeling conversation between Gavin Turk
 \, Louisa Buck\, and Charlotte Higgins on the reclining female nude\, the 
 Ariadne myth\, and the endurance of meme and memory in contemporary art. T
 he Heong Gallery will remain open until 6PM to enable visitors to the talk
  to see Gavin Turk: In Search of Ariadne before proceeding to the Howard T
 heatre.\n\nFree. Booking essential.\n\nAbout Gavin Turk\n\nGavin Turk (
 b 1967) is a British born\, international artist. He has pioneered many fo
 rms of contemporary British sculpture\, including the painted bronze\, the
  waxwork\, the recycled art-historical icon and the use of waste in art. T
 urk’s Oeuvre deals with conversations of authorship and identity. Concer
 ned with the ‘myth’ of the artist and the authenticity of a work.\n\nP
 restel published a monograph on Gavin Turk in 2013\, showcasing more than 
 two decades of his work and in 2014 Trolley Books published This Is Not A 
 Book About Gavin Turk\, which playfully explores themes associated with th
 e artist’s work via thirty notable contributors.\n\nGavin Turk has been 
 commissioned to create several large public sculptures including: Nail (20
 11)\, a 12-meter eponymous sculpture at One New Change\, next to St Paul
 ’s cathedral\, London\, England. Axis Mundi (2017)\, an oversized painte
 d bronze sculpture of a plug located in Paddington Basin\, London. As well
  as L’Âge d’Or (2019)\, a large bronze open door permanently sited ou
 tside the Museum of Migration in Rotterdam.\n\nAbout Louisa Buck\n\nLou
 isa Buck is a writer and broadcaster on contemporary art. She is a Contrib
 uting Editor and Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper and 
 a regular reviewer and commentator on BBC radio and TV.\n\nHer articles ha
 ve appeared in publications ranging from The Guardian and Vogue to Frieze 
 and Artforum.\n\nShe is the author of a number of catalogue essays for ins
 titutions including Tate\, The Whitechapel Gallery\, ICA London\, MCA Aust
 ralia\, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.\n\nHer books include Moving
  Targets 2: A User’s Guide to British Art Now (Tate 2000)\; Market Matte
 rs: The Dynamics of the Contemporary Art Market (Arts Council England 2004
 ) and Owning Art: The Contemporary Art Collector’s Handbook (co-authored
  with Judith Greer) (Cultureshock Media 2006). Commissioning Contemporary 
 Art : A Handbook for Curators\, Collectors and Artists was published by Th
 ames & Hudson in October 2012 and in 2016 she authored The Going Public Re
 port commissioned by Museums Sheffield.\n\nLouisa was a judge for the 2005
  Turner Prize and is a founding member of The Gallery Climate Coalition.\n
 \nAbout Charlotte Higgins\n\nAs an author\, most of Charlotte Higgins's
  books touch on the classical world: Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman 
 Britain\, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) pri
 ze\, among other awards\, and has been adapted into a play by David Greig.
  Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths\, which took the Ariadne myth as its 
 starting point\, won the Arnold Bennett prize and was a BBC Radio 4 Book o
 f the Week. Her latest\, Greek Myths\, with illustrations by Chris Ofili\,
  was shortlisted for the Waterstones book of the year 2021.\n\nA further b
 ook\, This New Noise\, was adapted from a series of Guardian essays about 
 the BBC.\n\nCharlotte is the chief culture writer of The Guardian. She wri
 tes a regular column for the Opinion pages\; articles for the Long Read se
 ction\; and contributes regular arts features\, book reviews and magazine 
 articles. In 2022 she reported for the paper from Ukraine.\n\nBorn in the 
 Potteries\, Charlotte is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries\, a former
  winner of the Classical Association Prize\, and a trustee of the British 
 School at Rome.\n\nAccess Information\n\nThe Howard Theatre is equipped wi
 th a step-free access\, automatic doors\, and a lift to the main theatre a
 rea. The seats in the theatre are cushioned. There are accessible toilet f
 acilities. Please contact gallery@dow.cam.ac.uk to discuss any further acc
 ess needs.
LOCATION: The Howard Theatre\, Downing College
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