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Swindon Museum & Art Gallery in
Bath Road is celebrating its forti-
eth anniversary with Fab Forty!, y
featuring forty specially selected Do ou need a hat but
works from the Swindon Collection don't want to BUY one?
of Modern British Art.
The town has one of the finest Then (nil
small collections of its kind in Brit-
ain which provides a fascinating
journey through 20thC British art.
from Gwen John and L.S. Lowry to Th e /^ ad Hatter
Lucian Freud and Gillian Ayres.
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Works of major importance by In H l a^ y ' d on Wick
artists such as Henry Moore, Rich- (01793) 704005 or
ard Hamilton and Howard Hodgkin
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are highlights of the eclectic range
to see the large selection of
of over 280 works. Recently ac-
Hats to HIRE!
quired works include 'The Chinese
Bowl by Ivan Hitchens and `The Make a personal appointment
Stripping of London' by Timothy to find just the right hat for you
Hyman.
Museum assistant Lynne Hawkins
The works are often in demand adjusts Gillian Ayres picture
for display in other galleries and
'Florestan'
venues, in the UK and around the
was extended with a modern pur-
world. Ben Nicholson's striking oil
pose-built Gallery.
painting 'Composition in black and
Since the late 1960s, Richard
white' is currently on display in
Morphet, then a young curator at
Japan and the evocative painting
the Tate Gallery in London, has
of 'Tower Bridge, London — A War
acted as advisor on acquisitions
time Nocturne', by Sir Claude
for the respected collection.
Francis Barry is on a tour of galler-
The Fab Forty! runs until the end
ies around the UK.
of October.
The Swindon Collection grew
from an initial gift of several mod- The smash hit c®unedy about how
y
ern British paintings from a private Pick your favourite picture children C iian c our life forever
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collector. H.J.P. Bomford, in the Swindon Museum wants to know Starring Sarah White (Brookside), Rebecca Wheatley ( Casualty),
mid 1940s. In 1964 the collection your favourite in the Fab 40. Visit Kim Hartman ('Alto 'Alto), Maureen Nolan (The Nolans),
found its first permanent home the free exhibition and fill in the Polly Highton (Brookside) and Julie T Wallace (Life and Loves of a She-Devil)
when the museum on Bath Road form available. 'This show should be sponsored by the NHS' Mail On Sunday
'Roars of delighted recognition' The Times
Exhibition looks at the town at war
To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day in early June, Swindon
Museum & Art Gallery will open an exhibition on 22 May which focuses
on the town's contribution to World War II, including the preparations for
the Normandy landings.
The exhibition will run until May 2005 to include the next big anniver-
c '
sary Victory in Europe Day.
• Swindon libraries help you search BBC D-Day website. See page 35
An exhibition pic-
ture of a landing
craft built in the
Swindon Railway Mon 31 May - Sun 6 June • Tickets: £14.50; £16.50
Works being
transported along
Ferndale Road in WYVERN W THEATRE
1944. on the way THEATRE SQUARE, SWINDON
to the south coast
ready to carry Box OFFICE: (01793) 524481
troops to France