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SUMMARY:Visit Kew Gardens Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:Visit to Kew Gardens’ Exhibitions in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery \nWednesday 18th March 2026\, at 11am \nPlease join us to view the exhibitions at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew Gardens\, consisting of The Singh Twins\, Flora Indica and The Shirley Sherwood Collection. \nThese are complementary exhibitions which explore ‘the complex colonial history of botanical art’ in South Asia. \nThe Singh Twins: Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire \n \nThe Singh Twins\, Amrit Singh OBE and Rabindra Kaur Singh OBE\, are internationally famous British artists born in London in 1966 of Sikh parentage. Their father\, a doctor\, came from India to the U.K in 1947 post partition. The family moved to the Wirral where the twins now live and work. Following their first visit to India in 1980 they were inspired by Indian miniature painting which\, amongst many other influences\, inform their style. They produce their paintings together and identify collectively including in the way they dress\, partly as a resistance to their western teachers who tried to influence them away from their developing style and for each to become more individual and work separately. Their work is widely collected. \nThe present work at Kew consists of large fabric light boxes meticulously detailed. This new work is ‘inspired by Kew’s botanical archives’ which explores ‘the deep connections between botany\, empire and trade’. Click here for more details. \nFlora Indica: Recovering the lost histories of Indian botanical art \n \nIn a completely different style but equally beautifully detailed\, these are botanical paintings by Indian artists from between 1790 and 1850. They were commissioned by British botanists and have been recently rediscovered after being ‘hidden for over a century’. \nThe Shirley Sherwood Collection \n \nDr Sherwood OBE has a degree in Botany from Oxford and since 1990 has amassed a huge collection of botanical art by contemporary artists from many countries. The Sherwood family enabled the building of the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew\, the only purpose-built gallery dedicated to botanical art ‘in the world’ which opened in 2008. This exhibition from her collection ‘explores India’s rich biodiversity’ and showcases beautifully detailed artworks. \n* \nLunch: There are various venues available for lunch within the botanical gardens after visiting the exhibitions. We propose to book a number of tables at the Pavilion Bar and Grill for those who would like to lunch with the party. Simply order and pay yourself. \nArrival: We will meet just inside the Victoria Gate (the nearest to Kew tube station\, District Line Richmond branch) between 11.00 and 11.15am. \nFor those who are interested there is a free guided tour that morning of the flora of the Indian sub-continent designed to complement the exhibitions in the Sherwood Gallery. It assembles at 11.15 to 11.30am. at the Victoria Gate and the walk finishes at the gallery to view the exhibition. Numbers are limited to 15 people. \nAdmission: It is cheaper to buy tickets online in advance\, rather than at the gate. Click here to check the concessionary ticket prices available on the Kew Gardens’ website. \nChoose the date and ‘Select your ticket’. For concessionary prices scroll down to ‘All other tickets’ and click on the +. The available concessionary rates will appear. \n* \nPlease advise if you are joining us by registering via the Events tab on the 51³Ô¹Ï website\, or sending an email to events@bacsa.org.uk \nTina Macfarlane\, Chair of the Events Sub-Committee
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LOCATION:Kew Gardens\, Victoria Gate\, Kew Gardens\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Activities
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SUMMARY:51³Ô¹Ï Annual General Meeting\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:51³Ô¹Ï Annual General Meeting\, 2026: \nDate: Thursday 26 March 2026\nTime: 11:30am\nVenue: The Union Jack Club\, Sandell Street\, London SE1 8UJ \nThe Union Jack Club is in Sandell Street\, directly opposite the Waterloo Station Jubilee Line ticket hall. Cross Waterloo Road at the traffic lights; Sandell Street is 11 yards to the left and the entrance to the Club is 16 yards along Sandell Street on the right-hand side. \nLunch will be served at 1:15pm\, with drinks available at a pay bar. The charge for the two-course curry meal is £31.00. Payments and requests for lunch must reach Ms Tina Davies\, the General Meetings Officer (GMO) by Tuesday 17 March. Requests received after this date may not be accepted. \nRegistration and Lunch: \nIf you wish to attend the meeting and have lunch\, please either:\n•Book and pay via the Meetings tab on the 51³Ô¹Ï website\, or\n•Make your cheque payable to 51³Ô¹Ï\, and email the General Meetings Officer (at gmo@bacsa.org.uk) for further instructions. \nIf you wish to attend the meeting\, but not stay for lunch\, please notify the General Meetings Officer by email (at gmo@bacsa.org.uk).
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LOCATION:Union Jack Club\, Sandell Street\, Waterloo\, London\, SE1 8UJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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