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NEWS ABOUT THE WALPOLE SOCIETY
Article from the Archives
To coincide with the recent Turner 250 Conference, which was held at the Tate Gallery last month to mark JMW Turner’s bicentenary, we are making an article from our archives freely available to newsletter subscribers. Appearing in only the third issue of the Volume of the Walpole Society , this article by Alexander Finberg on Turner’s South Wales Sketchbook, part of the Turner Bequest now in the Tate , is closely bound up with the Walpole Society’s foundation. It was when ca
Jan 16
2025 Berger Prize winner announced
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Berger Prize is Eleonora Pistis, for her book Architecture of Knowledge: Hawksmoor and Oxford (Brepols, 2024). Dr Pistis will be awarded £5,000 through the generosity of the Berger Collection Educational Trust. and each of the shortlisted authors will be awarded £500. The winner was announced by Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection, at a reception at the Warburg Institute on 12 November. Jonny Yarker, the chairm
Nov 14, 2025
2025 Berger Prize Shortlist announced
The Walpole Society is delighted to present the shortlist for the 2025 Berger Prize. The leading book prize for art history, the Berger...
Sep 22, 2025
Berger Prize 2025 Longlist announcement
The longlist for the 2025 Berger Prize was announced at the Walpole Society Summer Party on 9 July 2025, held at the Warburg Institute....
Jul 10, 2025
Professor David Bindman (1940-2025)
Professor David Bindman, one of the most respected and renowned historians of 18th and 19th c British and European art and of race and...
Jun 17, 2025
Learn more about the Walpole Society and its unique place in British art history studies
In 2023, Dr Richard Stephens, Editor of the Walpole Society annual Volume, spoke at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art...
Jun 16, 2025
Dr Julia Alexander 1967-2025
It is with enormous sadness that we learnt of the sudden death of Dr Julia Alexander a few days ago. Julia was a celebrated scholar of...
May 6, 2025
New judge joins Berger Prize jury of assessors
The Walpole Society and the Berger Prize are very pleased to welcome Professor Michael Hatt to the jury of assessors for the 2025 Prize....
Apr 4, 2025
Appointment of new Trustee
The Walpole Society is delighted to announce the appointment of a new trustee, Dr Catherine Daunt. Catherine Daunt is Curator of Modern...
Apr 2, 2025
Berger Prize Submissions are Open
Submissions are now open for the 2025 Berger Prize . A book is eligible where it meets the following criteria: It is on the subject of...
Jan 24, 2025
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