Art of Politics: The Power of Caricature
Published: 22 May 2017
Thursday 8 June 2017
Thursday 8 June 2017
12.45pm – 1.45pm
Hunterian Art Gallery (Art of Power exhibition then Hunterian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre)
Admission free - no booking required
Beginning with a short tour of our latest exhibition, Art of Power: Masterpieces from the Bute Collection, this lunchtime event will explore the evolving medium of caricature and the role it has played in political discourse.
John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute, had a tumultuous and short-lived time in office as the first Scottish-born Prime Minister. Bute’s experience of power can be characterised by a series of political caricatures, featured within the exhibition. On the day of the general election we will use these as a starting point to discuss the impact of caricature in historic and modern day political debate.
Join Peter Black, Curator at The Hunterian, Professor Laurence Grove, Professor of French and Text/Image Studies, University of Glasgow and Curator of Comic Invention, and Amy Todman, Curator of Political Collections, National Library of Scotland, for this informal event.
First published: 22 May 2017
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