Discovering Degas - Study Day - The Burrell Collection, Glasgow - 28 September 2024

Join us for a day of exciting new insights on Degas! To celebrate the Burrell Collection’s 2024 Degas exhibition, and the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, the University of Glasgow and the Burrell Collection are mounting an online 'Discovering Degas' Study Day on 28th September. This brings together leading scholars to explore new perspectives on Degas, prompted by the exhibition’s first ever display of 23 works by Degas from Sir William Burrell’s collection. Investigating issues of race, skin colour, addiction, death, and bodily pose in Degas’s art, as well as aspects of the history of collecting, it will show that Degas was not just a painter of ballet dancers and racehorses, but an artist who still speaks profoundly to viewers today.

The full programme can be found here.

The event will be livestreamed, beginning at 10.30am on 28 September 2024. The zoom link will be sent out to all registered attendees a day before the event.

For any questions, please contact disa.persson@glasgow.ac.uk.