Bethan Durie

Gallery Educator @NationalGallery
Learning Facilitator @V_and_A

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Gave my last members talk for a while @NationalGallery last week about Rembrandt's portrait of Margaretha de Geer, although already planning my return talk on ruff collars found in the gallery's collection!

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Another great @VocalEyesAD training session yesterday @NationalGallery, I wrote a description for this work titled Water-Lilies, Setting Sun by Monet. So fascinated was he in depicting the ever-changing surface of the water he created around 250 canvases of this subject alone.

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Fantastic training session with @VocalEyesAD yesterday @NationalGallery. I loved finding words to describe this ghostly landscape by Edward Wadsworth titled Requiescat. #AudioDescription #artthroughwords

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Green parakeet created during my workshop last weekend @NationalGallery for Summer on the Square https://t.co/8ubwFw2OQ5. Final drop-in workshops taking place this weekend!

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

Stephen Ellcock and Mat Osman try to bring visions of Englishness into the 21st century in their new book, ‘England on Fire’ https://t.co/2NRcfbqlG4

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An exciting project I have been working on with @dkbooks @penguinrandom launching October 2022... #artyearbyyear #childrensbooks

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For Summer on the Square this year at The @NationalGallery I will be running a free creative session exploring animals in the collection. https://t.co/mb5IFwpBIS

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Great session this morning with #vandaschools @V_and_A working with KS2 students to redesign a reading space. The students took inspiration from the museum's 20th century collections including the work of Ettore Sottsass. #makealong #designchallenge #collectmakeshare #Sottsass

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Now open: #TakeOnePicture

From handmade jewellery to painted landscapes, explore how children have been inspired by 'The Finding of Moses': https://t.co/Z4ES9C53c5

Thanks to our sponsors @CTinvest_EMEA and to Columbia Threadneedle Foundation for their support of the programme.

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Paper construction with @RoehamptonUni students this week @NationalGallery @NG_Schools. #PGCE #workshop #paperconstruction

[V&A @V_and_A]

Are you a teacher interested in art & design?

Take your class on a fun and creative exploration of objects from our 20th Century collections.

Join designer, Bethan Durie on Tuesday 14 June in our live make-along session for Key Stage 2: https://t.co/Eo7ivaI8Eq

[Metro @MetroUK]

The Mona Lisa may not have historically said 'let them eat cake' but she just has been handed a slice 🍰

Video footage shared online shows the protective glass covering the world’s most famous artwork smeared with icing from a cake.

Let's discuss 👇
https://t.co/52RIkdGn5s

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A bank that helped finance the Eiffel Tower, one of the world’s best known landmarks, drained millions of dollars from Haiti. That history has been all but erased — but The New York Times tracked the money. https://t.co/1Tbumbha9A

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Some great words were collected by a year 4 class today with The @NationalGallery when describing works by Claude Monet...frocks, misty green, reflection, fluffy, vibrant, lush, blossom, browny red. #collecting #words #claudemonet

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Just came across this amazing ceramic mural #EttoreSottsass designed in 1959 while researching for an upcoming project!

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Join me for a families workshop in June at the Victoria & Albert Museum @V_and_A where we will be creating some paper creations. #dropin #design #parade
https://t.co/UZx9gRwANu

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Some of my favourite images from today's talk with The @NationalGallery exploring Klimt's Portrait of Hermine Gallia. These include his final painting titled Lady with Fan and works by Whistler and the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro. #Klimt #influence #arttalk #NationalGallery

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Join me for my next members' talk online with
@NationalGallery I will be exploring Klimt's glamorous Portrait of Hermine Gallia and the story of her family living in Vienna in the early 20th century. #nationalgallery #Klimt https://t.co/Ye0nYCJYYk

[Ikon @ikongallery]

Talk and draw
Friday 25 March, 4 -5pm.

Gallery Educators Fiona Alderton and Bethan Durie from @NationalGallery explore Carlo Crivelli’s Saint Mary Magdalene, currently on display at Ikon in our Shadows on the Sky exhibition.

Free, booking essential: https://t.co/yyBkZkUHU0

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My favourite exhibit from Hair: Untold Stories @HornimanMuseum #hairstories