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  • EXHIBITION

    Ancient Landscape, Modern Times: Eric Ravilious and the Artists of the Chalk Downs

    The Holburne Museum, Bath

    3 October 2026 - 10 January 2027

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  • BLOG

    Paul Nash & The Hill of Dreams

    ‘Very full blown and frightening’ were the words Paul Nash used to describe the painting above, one of the last he completed and among his most powerful. But why did he say that? What was it about this work that alarmed him?

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  • LECTURE

    Christmas Art Talk: Eric Ravilious & the Artists of the Chalk Downs

    Widcombe Social Club, Bath BA2 6AA

    2pm (doors 1.30pm), 12 Dec 2026

    Join James for a colourful lecture that goes behind the scenes of his exhibition Ancient Landscape, Modern Times. We’ll be getting to know the artists, exploring the tangled web connecting them and having a good close look at some fabulous paintings and watercolours. A festive treat! Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite (just click on the button below).

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James Russell

James Russell is an exhibition curator and art historian, best-known for his ongoing twenty-year-long study of Eric Ravilious and his circle. He wrote the four-volume series Ravilious in Pictures (Mainstone Press, 2009-12) and curated the exhibitions Ravilious (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2015) and Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious (Dulwich, 2024). He is currently compiling the Catalogue Raisonné of Ravilious watercolours, which will be published in 2029 by Modern Art Press.

As well as curating the critically-acclaimed exhibition Soutine | Kossoff (Hastings Contemporary, 2023), James has put together numerous large-scale group exhibitions of modern British and contemporary art. Like his exhibitions, his lectures are thoroughly researched and accessible.

Photo Credit Lisa Whiting