Events

Art in VR at Burghley House

Extraordinary artist Artemisia Gentileschi’s work comes to life at Burghley House this month in a truly unique exhibition, which takes place using virtual reality tech to place the viewer right inside the studio of the baroque artist once called ‘The Beyoncé of art history…’ Artemisia Gentileschi, self-portrait as a lute player. It’s An Art Exhibition… with a difference! This month Burghley House invites you to take a trip back in time and across the ocean to Baroque Italy, without ever leaving Stamford! Your destination is the studio of the artist variously described by ‘the Beyoncé of baroque art,’ as ‘art history’s greatest heroine,’ and as ‘thrilling and magnificent.’ Artemisia Gentileschi was born in July 1593 to Prudenzia di Ottaviano Montoni and the...