Join us for a members-only talk to learn about one of the most influential artists of the Romantic age, William Blake (1757 – 1827).
Neglected and misunderstood in his own time, Blake was a visionary whose work has continued to inspire creatives including Yeats, James Joyce, T.S Eliot, Allen Ginsberg and Patti Smith.
NGV Senior Curator Cathy Leahy introduces the NGV’s significant collection of Blake’s work, and reflects on how his legacy continues to impact the art world today.
Speaker
Cathy Leahy is Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at the NGV. Cathy has curated numerous exhibitions at the NGV including William Blake, 2014; John Wolseley – Heartlands and Headwaters, 2015; Luminous: Australian Watercolours 1900–2000, 2016 and Colony: Australia 1770–1861 / Frontier Wars, 2018. In 2018 she curated the NGV blockbuster exhibition Escher x nendo: Between Two Worlds and most recently curated Fred Williams: The London Drawings, 2022.