Private View: Touch Point - The Graham Collection Re-presented

Free Admission
Touch Point is a new exhibition celebrating a major gift to the Harlow Art Trust - the art collection of architect and local gallery owner John Graham. It builds on a 2006 exhibition Graham curated at the Gibberd Gallery and brings together works from his collection, alongside pieces from two others also held by the Trust: the collections of Sir Frederick Gibberd and the Foundation for Essex Art (Basildon Art Trust).

Together, these works offer a unique insight into how two individuals and a public body collected art inspired by the ideals behind the New Towns built in post-war England. The exhibition also reflects on a particular type of English art from the late 20th century-deeply connected to ideas of landscape, place, and national identity.

These themes feel especially relevant today, in the context of ongoing conversations about Englishness and identity in post-Brexit Britain.

Join us for the Touch Point private view on 20 September, where curator Andrew Mummery will lead a tour of the exhibition and talk about the ideas behind the show and the artworks on display.

The exhibition is open to the public is Wednesday 24 September to Saturday 13 December, 11am – 4pm
Open every Wednesday-Saturday 11am – 4pm. Closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History

Timings & Tours

Saturday 20 September:

2pm - 4pm

Location & directions

Gibberd Gallery, Civic Centre, The Water Gardens, Harlow, Essex, Cm20 1WG

Directions:

Getting Here – By Public Transport Getting here: The Gibberd Gallery is a 20-minute walk, short taxi ride or 10-minute bus ride from Harlow Town Station. Trains to Harlow Town run every 20 minutes from London Liverpool Street, Tottenham Hale, Stratford, and Cambridge train stations. By Car Harlow Art Trust is committed to reducing our carbon footprint. We would encourage all visitors to consider alternative travel options. The closest parking is The Water Gardens shopping centre. Please let us know in advance if you have any access needs or requirements, such as disabled parking. There are disabled parking places in College Square, CM20 1AJ. These are closer to the Civic Centre and Gallery than the disabled parking places in The Water Gardens car park. Please email: [email protected] if you have accessibility requirements.

Contact on day:

Toni Frostick

Telephone number:

+441279446404

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

Space are limited and to help us manage numbers, please book on Eventbrite.

Booking email:

[email protected]

Booking website:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/private-view-touch-point-the-graham-collection-re-presented-tickets-1569952994669

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

120

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s)

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