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Jack Davy

@jackyd1001

PhD. Curator @morleycollege. Former @beyondthespec & @britishmuseum staff. Curator & historian. Tweets represent personal opinions.

 London, England
Joined June 2016
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I’ve left twitter. Not moved anywhere. Will still answer DMs from people I know, but this place is over for me.
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22nd July!!!!!!
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🎨 Maggi Hambling: Teacher – a landmark exhibition coming soon to #MorleyGallery – will celebrate 55 years of Maggi’s teaching at #MorleyCollegeLondon. 🎟️ FREE to attend 6 – 26 March 2024 at @MorleyGallery 💻 Read more - ow.ly/sJVW50QGKUW
Honouring 55 years of Maggi Hambling at Morley - Morley College London

Honouring 55 years of Maggi Hambling at Morley - Morley College London

Maggi Hambling: Teacher - a landmark exhibition coming to Morley Gallery in March - will celebrate 55 years of Maggi’s teaching at Morley College London.

morleycollege.ac.uk
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Making an abstract art exhibit where if a guest says “I could paint that,” a fresh canvas and paints are lowered from the ceiling and a booming prerecorded voice says “DO IT THEN, SHIT HEAD”
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I just got “spinal tapped” at work today for the first time. A gallery installation commissioned in cm turned up in mm instead, and we were all standing around in tiny town wondering what the hell happened. – at Camden Town, London
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Ladies and Gentlemen, my prodigiously talented wife! So proud. – at Camden Town, London
Nelle Andrew (@Nelle_Andrew) profile pictureNelle Andrew@Nelle_Andrew12 Jul 2023
Today has been an absolute privilege. If you could have told me as a girl reading battered copies of Silas Marner that one day, she would use George Eliot’s pen to sign her name on the scroll of Honorary Fellows @RSLiterature she would have exploded. 🖊️ ❤️❤️
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Image from Nelle Andrew (@Nelle_Andrew)
Image from Nelle Andrew (@Nelle_Andrew)
Image from Nelle Andrew (@Nelle_Andrew)
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Come and work with me? If you’ve ever thought “hey, Jack seems like a cool guy, what would it be like to curate exhibitions with him?” Now is your chance. Full-time, permanent Gallery Officer job advert at Morley College London morleycollege.ac.uk/vacancy/… – at Camden Town, London
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I’ve just submitted a chapter for a book, and realised with a start that it’s the first time since August 2013 I don’t have any active writing deadlines. It’s a bit giddying not having one hanging over me. – at Tottenham, London
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'You could not ask for a more eloquent guide than this book. Essential' Sathnam Sanghera Dr Jack Davy's illuminating and important A Short History of Power is available for request on NetGalley now: netgal.ly/EYRCug
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Empowering Art review – Indigenous masterworks full of wonder and sorrow theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Empowering Art review – Indigenous masterworks full of wonder and sorrow

Orca whale totem poles and otter masks feature in this eye-opening exhibition of a culture in which ‘every man was his own Leonardo’

theguardian.com
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Rethinking repatriation: a follow up 🧵 Lots of engagement with this thread from the other day which made me think people might like me to dive a little deeper into what I think repatriation means /1 – at London, England
Jack Davy (@jackyd1001) profile pictureJack Davy@jackyd100118 Jan 2023
Understanding stolen objects: a 🧵 Talking with someone yesterday I realised how few people really understand the repatriation debate in UK museums and the sheer scale of the problem. So I’m going to try and lay it out. 1/
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These attitudes must be countered in the strongest possible terms, with evidence and argument, action and policy, if we are to prevent years of inaction, disappointment and harm to come. /16 – at London, England
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Articulating clearly and publicly the ways in which *our* institutions can hurt people is just the start of that campaign. 17/17 – at London, England
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