Event date:
Friday 8 July
The Friday Night Mixer: Surreal Encounters
Fri 8 Jul, 6.30-8.30pm, £5 (£4) booking through Eventbrite via www.nationalgalleries.org. Portrait Gallery Café
An evening of short 'taster' talks and discussions exploring some of the themes in our Surreal Encounters exhibition. Speakers include: Laurence Figgis, artist and writer talking about Dalí and Disney; journalist Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian talking about Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington; collaborative artists Julie Duffy and Hayley Mathers on Lee Miller’s Surreal dinner parties and poet Colin McGuire. Doors open 6pm; event starts at 6.30pm. A pay-bar will be serving drinks and snacks.