Amanda Herries

BIOGRAPHY
Amanda read Archaeology & Anthropology at Cambridge. From 1978-1988 was a curator at Museum of London specialising in the decorative arts 1714 to present day, exhibitions, lectures, booklets, broadcasts. 1988-1995 moved with family to Japan, lecturing and writing on Oriental / Western cross-cultural and artistic influences. 1995 returned to UK, fundraising for arts companies, writing, lecturing and guiding tours to Japan and curating exhibitions. Most recent publications on Japanese plant and garden influences in the West and the life of Henry Raeburn, Scotland’s foremost portrait painter.

TALKS
1. Opium: Seduction, Greed, Art
2. The Japanese Garden in The West: 100 Years of Eastern Influence
3. Skin Deep: The Beastly Art of Beauty, Reality and Ridicule
4. Who’s Got Our Paintings? The Story of the Public Catalogue Foundation Project
5. ‘Diverse Riche and Costlye Jewells’: 17th Century Trade, Treasure and the Cheapside Hoard
6. ‘Once Upon A Time … In Blue and White’: The Story of the Willow Pattern Plate
7. And Symbolism in Victorian Jewellery