Category Archives: Issue 74
Stained Glass Film Launch Event
The Scottish Stained Glass Symposium & Trust and the School of Scottish Studies Archives (University of Edinburgh) have announced the release of their new DVD ‘Crear McCartney’s Dolphinton Windows’. Filmed in the studio and on site at Black Mount Parish … Continue reading
Rare works by Albrecht Dürer on Display at the Courtauld Gallery
An exhibition entitled ‘The Young Dürer: Drawing the Figure’ has opened at the Courtauld Gallery, London. One of the most important artists of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) produced many designs for stained glass. Previous Vidimus articles have highlighted … Continue reading
Tiffany Glass on Display in the USA
Historic Tiffany Windows on Display in Waco, Texas ‘In Company with Angels’, a unique exhibition of seven stained-glass Tiffany windows, has opened for a three-month period at the Lee Lockwood Library and Museum, Waco, Texas. It features 8ft-tall windows depicting … Continue reading
New Window Designed by Artist Richard Wright Made and Installed by the York Glaziers Trust at Tate Britain
York Glaziers Trust has completed the making and installation of a brand new window for Tate Britain, London, designed by Turner Prize winning artist Richard Wright. The window, situated in the Millbank foyer, uses only clear, hand-made glass and … Continue reading
The Stained Glass Museum 2014 Annual Study Weekend
The Stained Glass Museum’s 2014 study weekend ‘Salisbury and Wiltshire’ will be on Thursday 24 – Sunday 27 April 2014. It will take place in the delightful county of Wiltshire, where the group will be based in Salisbury. Visits will … Continue reading
Society of Glass Technology Conferences: Calls for Papers
The Society of Glass Technology has announced the conferences it will be holding in 2014 and is calling for papers. The SGT Living Glass conference will be heading to Durham University and will also host Glassac14. Attendees might want to … Continue reading
Bringing Back 16th-century Beauty at the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, Brisbane
The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology holds a significant collection of medieval and Victorian stained-glass windows that are in desperate need of conservation. The museum, just north of Brisbane, is one of Australia’s foremost collectors of fine arts and … Continue reading
Stained Glass on Facebook
The British Society of Master Glass Painters has recently launched a Facebook page, which you can find here. Check the page for news, events, lectures and publications, and don’t forget that Vidimus also has a page at https://www.facebook.com/VidimusOnline. We welcome … Continue reading
Call for Abstracts: Collecting through Connections: Glass and Stained-glass Collectors and their Networks in the 19th Century
The VICARTE research unit (Glass and Ceramic for the Arts and Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua) have announced an international conference Collecting through Connections: Glass and Stained-glass Collectors and their Networks in the 19th Century, which will be … Continue reading
