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Dalkeith Palace is set to open its doors for Art and Ornament (April 15 to 18)

Dalkeith Palace is set to open its doors for Art and Ornament, April 15 to 18, an exhibition celebrating 300 years of Master Carver Grinling Gibbons. Art and Ornament is a collaboration with Master Carvers’ Association and friends, to commemorate and celebrate the legendary Baroque Master, Grinling Gibbons.

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Call for papers for the V&A and GGS conference: Grinling Gibbons and the Story of Carving (June 2022)

The V&A and GGS invite submissions for papers for their Nov 2021 conference: Grinling Gibbons and the Story of Carving

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Finalists in the Grinling Gibbons Tercentenary Award to exhibit in Centuries in the Making

The Grinling Gibbons 300 Festival incorporates a GRINLING GIBBONS TERCENTENARY AWARD for emerging professional carvers in wood and stone. The Awards are to be judged on […]

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GG300 Award for early-career carvers and sculptors launched – Apply now

We are excited to announce that the inaugural GG300 Award for emerging carvers, sculptors and artists has launched today. It celebrates the inspiration that Grinling […]

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Sir John Soane’s Museum works confirmed for ‘Centuries in the making’

Sir John Soane’s Museum will be lending ten of Grinling Gibbons’ design drawings for Hampton Court Palace to the Grinling Gibbons Society’s tercentennial exhibition at Bonham’s in Bond Street later this year.

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Gibbons Award Winners to receive places at the Prince’s Foundation Summer School

Two first place winners in stone and wood of the Gibbons Tercentennial Award will be awarded places at the annual Prince’s Foundation Summer School in […]

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HRH The Prince of Wales announced as Patron of national tercentenary celebration

The Grinling Gibbons Society is delighted to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales will be Patron of the national festival (August 2021 to August […]

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V&A supports GG300

‘Grinling Gibbons is rightly revered as one of the greatest woodcarvers in the history of European sculpture. He helped to shape the aesthetic of the […]

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Compton Verney announced as second exhibition venue

Compton Verney Art Gallery to host exhibition ‘Grinling Gibbons: Centuries in the making’.

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Gibbons Tercentennial Award launched to support Britain’s next generations of master carvers and sculptors

While Grinling Gibbons’ tercentenary will looks back at and celebrate his extraordinary life and work, it will also look forward towards his living legacy today; […]

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Mason’s Livery Company to support Gibbons Award in stone carving

Mason’s Company to support Gibbons Award in stone carving

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