Making Space for Art: Dr Sonia Solicari

Making Space for Art: Dr Sonia Solicari on Curating the Square Mile

Date14 Sept 2021
Reading time 1min

As part of the Making Space for Art series, Dr Sonia Solicari (Head of Guildhall Art Gallery) discusses how the gallery re-hung its collection and acquired new works based on the theme of Money, Power, Politics. Introduced by Dr Laura MacCulloch (Royal Holloway, University Collections).

The City of London, otherwise known as the Square Mile, is geographically and culturally unique, both within the UK and Internationally. Home to the financial and legal professions it is at once a cluster of dynamic business enterprise and the focal point of blame for the economic crisis. Alongside the controversy, the City is also one of the most historic areas of London, with exposed Roman ruins, libraries and museums sharing space with new high-rise office blocks and, increasingly, luxury penthouse apartments.

This paper examines the role of the City of London Corporation, and the Guildhall Art Gallery in particular, in shaping the cultural landscape of this historic and energetic space.

This talk was delivered on Wednesday 25 November, 2015.

Please click on the video to listen to the talk.

You can view a transcript here.

These talks were recorded for Royal Holloway by Backdoor Broadcasting. (Image used for video by Jonathan Farber.)

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