CULTURE & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THE ART OF BEDLAM: RICHARD DADD The Art of Bedlam: Richard Dadd, at Watts Gallery (summer 2015) was the first major exhibition in more than 40 years to explore the life and career of Richard Dadd (1817 – 1886), one of the most fascinating artists of the Victorian era. The exhibition…
CULTURE & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES INSIDE OUT: THE INGRAM COLLECTION The Ingram Collection is recognised as the biggest privately owned publicly accessible collection of Modern British and Contemporary art. Created over the past decade by entrepreneur and philanthropist Chris Ingram, The Ingram Collection comprises almost 650 paintings and sculptures of which over 400 are by the…
CULTURE & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES GUILDFORD BOOK FESTIVAL Wigwam was appointed to generate media coverage for Guildford Book Festival’s 25th anniversary in 2014. Wigwam achieved 100+ pieces of coverage, including national and extensive local coverage. 51 interviews were secured, including the Daily Telegraph, bbc.co.uk and Radio 4 Midweek. Guildford Book Festival Director, Jim Parks, reported that…
CULTURE & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DICKENS & THE ARTISTS This exhibition, the major visual art exhibition of the international Dickens 2012 festival, was significantly the first exhibition at the restored Watts Gallery to show work by contemporaries of the gallery’s founder, George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817 – 1904). Having worked with Watts Gallery to secure…