Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds
Attend a two-day academic conference exploring modern British art, environmental perspectives, and Henry Moore's practice across multiple venues.
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- Entry fee
- $180
- Location
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge; Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
- Exhibition window
- Sep 22, 2026 → Sep 24, 2026
About
Event Overview
This major conference seeks to recast modern British art within wider environmental, global, and methodological frameworks. Reflecting Moore's own engagement with environmental, material, professional, and pedagogical perspectives, the conference adopts a multi-site format that combines scholarly discussion with encounters with artworks in situ. The conference has been organised in collaboration with the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and is kindly supported by The British Academy Early Career Research Network and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Key Dates
- Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 September 2026: Main conference
- 24 September 2026: Optional visit to Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
Venues
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Day One)
- Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (Day Two)
- Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire (Optional post-conference visit)
Tickets
- Two-Day Ticket: £180 / £120 concessions
- Single Day Ticket: £110 / £70 concessions
- Includes: Admission to Kew Gardens with curator-led tour of Monumental Nature exhibition; Admission to Trinity Hall Cambridge with Spotlight Session; Admission to Henry Moore Studios & Gardens with curator-led tour (24 Sept only); Lunch and refreshments for both days
Day One: Environmental and Material Imagination
Set within the living landscape of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the first day unfolds in dialogue with Henry Moore: Monumental Nature, the largest outdoor presentation of Moore's work to date. This session explores the environmental and material dimensions of modern British art, investigating how artistic production, natural resources, and the physical landscape intersect with urgent questions of stewardship, ecology, and responsibility. Panel 1 focuses on public, professional, and planetary responsibilities in artistic production, examining how sculpture engages with material sourcing, labour, locality, and environmental impact. Panel 2 investigates how materiality and organic observation shaped the visual language of British modernism, exploring intersections of sculpture and geology and the role of scientific thought in shaping artistic form.
Day Two: Circulations, Nuances, Methods and Afterlives
The second day turns to movement, exchange, continuity, and interpretation, examining how modern British art circulates across national and transnational networks and how its meanings evolve over time. The programme explores modernism as a dynamic field shaped by mobility, institutional frameworks, and ongoing processes of research, care, and reinterpretation. Particular attention is given to the ways artworks travel between contexts.
Book Now
Early Bird Tickets are available to book online.
- Entry fee
- Two-Day Ticket: £180 / £120 concessions; Single Day Ticket: £110 / £70 concessions. Tickets include admission to Kew Gardens, Trinity Hall Cambridge, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens (24 Sept only), curator-led tours, lunch and refreshments.
- Theme
- A major conference recasting modern British art within environmental, global, and methodological frameworks, examining Henry Moore's engagement with material, environmental, and pedagogical perspectives through multi-site scholarly discussion and artworks in situ.
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