A Human Document

Please note that the venue of this event has been changed from the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre to the Holywell Music Room.

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The third and final event in our celebration of Tom Phillips is a conversation about his life and work, with particular reference to his masterpiece, A Humument, a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ that took more than 50 years to create. Author and music critic Fiona Maddocks was married to Tom Phillips and is joined by Bodley’s Librarian Richard Ovenden and director Netia Jones, both close friends and collaborators. Two of our recent Young Artists punctuate the conversation with songs and piano pieces directly linked to Tom Phillips’ paintings.

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