Objectifying Ageing – a session with Jon Sleigh

Thursday 15 April, 5 – 6.30pm

Free; online via Zoom

As part of the Association for Art History’s annual conference, this online session of shared and read art from the perspective of depicting old age.

Arts Educator Jon Sleigh explored the idealisation in art of the elderly as ‘sweet’, ‘charming’ or ‘cute’ and considered if ageing in art can be more than chocolate box Victorian sweetness. We considered tender, dignified and real images of what it means to age through an exploration of two paintings in the Barber’s collection, An Old Warrior by the school of Rembrandt, and Nestor Cambier’s Portrait of Mrs Harriet Onions.

This session was hosted via Zoom, allowing participant feedback and discussion through Q&A. This event was be recorded; watch it back on YouTube here.

Listen to Jon talk about these artworks in Art that Defies Ageism, from our Tuesday Talks podcast series.