Join us at Dorich House Museum across three days in May as Kingston University PhD Dance student, Rosalind Holgate-Smith, exhibits the Pleasure Patchwork, an interactive soft sculpture in the form of a crochet blanket made of worm like, phallic and invaginated forms that can be turned inside out. Inspired by the skin, the blanket invites […]
Join us on Saturday 5 April at Dorich House Museum for Erika Tan’s Barang-Barang book launch. Book FREE tickets for the event here. From 11am Barang-Barang: Spectural Entanglements (23mins) film screening in the Museum’s Modelling Studio2-3pm Talk with Erika Tan, Rebecca Fortnum, Fiona Fisher and Lucy ReynoldsFrom 3pm Drinks reception As an extension to the intergenerational and transnational connections and conversations made within […]
BEHIND THE GLASS: DECONSTRUCTING THE HARE-GORDINE PRINT COLLECTION A workshop and symposium at Dorich House Museum This all-day symposium at Dorich House Museum will explore the museum’s collection of prints and situate them within the framework of Russian and global prints history. The day consists of a morning printmaking workshop, an afternoon symposium and an […]
In collaboration with Honey Birch, artists Leo Chapman and Pianka Pärna will perform a five hour durational piece set in ‘Double bed’ between 12:00-17:00 marking the end of the exhibition ‘Here, Somewhere’. With each hour exploring different aspects of queerness and alternative relationships, visitors are welcome to drop in at any point during the performance. […]
Queering Dorich House exhibition by artist Honey Birch Until 01 March 2025 Image credit: Ellie Laycock Here, Somewhere, a reinvention of Dorich House as a queer home, questioning its history and imagining a simultaneous queer future. A selection of archival materials, pointing to the supposed lavender marriage of Dora Gordine and Richard Hare – hinted […]
Dorich House Museum is officially back open to the public as of Thursday 23rd January 2025. We will resume our regular opening times of 11am – 5pm (last entry 4:30pm) on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. As always, we are free to enter for all. Ariadne’s Thread Group: On our reopening day (Thursday 23rd January 2025), […]
We are delighted to announce the programme for Dorich House Museum’s Winter Weekend 2024. Join us for a tour, music concert or craft activity – or simply stop by the museum to see latest exhibition Here, Somewhere. You can also enjoy coffee and cake in our Studio Café, browse our museum shop and enjoy the beautiful […]
Queering Dorich House Here, Somewhere is a reinvention of Dorich House as a queer home, questioning its history and imagining a simultaneous queer future. A selection of archival materials, pointing to the supposed lavender marriage of Dora Gordine and Richard Hare – hinted at by former friends and acquaintances of the couple – is displayed throughout […]
Film Screening | Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House Join us for an early evening reception and screening of Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House, with a Q&A with Iconic Houses founder Natascha Drabbe, supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dorich House Museum and Iconic Houses Network are delighted to present a […]
Call for Volunteers We’re looking for new volunteers to join our small, friendly team for a few hours on a Friday or Saturday (11am-2pm or 2pm-5pm) to prepare and serve teas, coffees, and cakes in our ground floor café and invigilate our art collection. No previous experience required – we will provide full training – […]
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