Join us for a very special evening with artist Tom de Freston and his wife, novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Explore Tom's solo show Poíēsis with a glass of wine in the Museum of Classical Archaeology's Cast Gallery, followed by a conversation chaired by the museum’s director, Professor Carrie Vout. de Freston’s large scale paintings, previously exhibited at the Vavara Roza Gallery in Mayfair, engage with the couple’s experience of creative collaboration, pregnancy, and loss. This is a rare chance to hear about the paintings’ creation from both their artist and subject, and an opportunity to consider the ways we might revise the traditional narratives around artist and muse.

About Tom de Freston:

Tom de Freston is an artist based in Oxford with his wife, Kiran Millwood Hargrave. His practice is dedicated to the construction of multimedia worlds, combining paintings, film and performance into immersive visceral narratives.

About Kiran Millwood Hargrave:

Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an internationally award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling novelist of more than a dozen books for children, young adults and adults. Her books include The Girl of Ink and Stars, which was the winner of Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, The Mercies, winner of a 2020 Betty Trask award, and Leila and the Blue Fox, winner of the Wainwright Prize 2023.

Accessibility

• The Cast Gallery is on the first floor.
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• This event involves standing, but we can move chairs around the gallery. Please let us know either when you book tickets or on arrival if you would like us to do so.
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• Please contact us on 01223 330402 or email museum@classics.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns about accessibility.