The Fine Print Episode 1: Rembrandt and Poetry
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The Fine Print is a 4 part podcast series by National Museums NI, hosted by Curator of Art, Anna Liesching, which looks at exhibitions held in the Ulster Museum through the prism of the art of printmaking.
In this episode, Anna chats to Belfast-based writer Padraig Regan, author of two poetry pamphlets, Delicious and Who Seemed Alive & Altogether Real, and teacher at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens. Anna and Padraig explore the thinking behind A Unique Silence, an exhibition in the Ulster Museum curated Anna which welcomes six etching by the famed Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn into the Ulster Museum collection, the practicalities of curating an exhibition during lockdown, and their love of the connection between art and poetry, including a closer look at the term ‘ekphrasis’.
For more information on the artists and artworks discussed, take the A Unique Silence Smartify tour here or download the Smartify app and search for the Ulster Museum.
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