# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Art Historian Dr Jennifer Johnson explores the development of abstraction in post-war Britain in this fascinating talk.About this EventIn the years following the second world war, British artists reconsidered the questions around abstract art. On the one hand, the severity of the geometric forms of interwar abstraction were rejected, but a neo-Romantic approach to landscape also seemed inadequate in the post war world. Beginning with works by Wilhemina Barns Graham and Peter Lanyon, currently on display in the Ten Good Years Exhibition at the Heong Gallery, this talk will explore the development of abstraction in the period and its legacies in the contemporary painting also on display.Dr Jennifer Johnson is an art historian and writer based in Oxford. In 2024-25 she held the Paul Mellon Fellowship at the British School in Rome, and has previously held research fellowships and lectureships in History of Art and English Literature at the University of Oxford. Her first book, Georges Rouault and Material Imagining was published by Bloomsbury in 2020, and she is currently finishing a book entitled Towards Abstraction: Cold War and Affect in the work of Prunella Clough and Sandra Blow. She has published widely on French and British art, and in 2025 contributed an essay on Gillian Ayres to the catalogue for the Heong exhibition of Ayres work.. 
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/thinking-in-the-abstract-british-post-war-art-and-ideas-of-abstraction/100001994791909299
- **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Exhibitions, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours
  - Location: The Heong Gallery
  - Languages: English

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Heong Gallery
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- **full address**: The Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction being held?
  - **A:** Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction takes place on Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Fri, 04 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction?
  - **A:** Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction is organized by The Heong Gallery at Downing College.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Cambridge, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Thinking in the Abstract: British post-war art and ideas of abstraction sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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