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Sidney Nolan, 'Ned Kelly' (detail), 1946. Enamel paint on composition board. 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977.
José Chávez Morado, 'Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo)' (detail), 1939. Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Loyal Davis © DACS 2013.
© TRACEY EMIN. All rights reserved, DACS 2013. Photo: KERRY RYAN.
Richard Rogers Partnership, Lloyd’s of London, 1978-86. © Richard Bryant / arcaidimages.com & Piano + Rogers, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1971-77. © Francois Le Diascorn / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
22 February 2013
In the Large Weston Room
Edouard Manet, Boy Blowing Bubbles, 1867. Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 81.4 cm. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
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Concluding a collaboration with St. Christopher’s Hospice inspired by Manet: Portraying Life , Nigel Hartley (St Christopher’s Hospice) joins fashion designer Fanny Karst of The Old Ladies' Rebellion, 83-year-old supermodel Daphne Selfe, and Ari Seth Cohen, creator of the influential blog Advanced Style, to discuss how the processes of dying, ageing, or facing life-threatening illnesses can shift our presentation of self.
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The St. Christopher's Hospice Programme with the Royal Academy is supported by Peacock Charitable Trust.
