Burgh House & Hampstead Museum - What's On

July is here already... and behind the scenes at Burgh House, installation is under way for our next major exhibition on Helen Allingham. Working with Burgh House Curator Rebecca Lodge, artist Rea Stavropoulos will be using her own work (above-Madre Terre, watercolour by Rea Stavropoulos,2009) and written responses to bring to life the woman behind the paintings. We hope you can come and find out more at our special free late viewing on Tuesday 5 July. With a wide range of exhibitions, talks and recitals across the whole summer at Burgh House there has never been a better time to come and see us!

Beyond Watercolour Gardens: Helen Allingham Revisited Wednesday 6 July – Sunday 9 October Burgh House has one of the most extensive public collections of art by Helen Allingham, and it will be shown in its entirety in this temporary exhibition, co-curated by artist Rea Stavropoulos. The exhibition reexamines Allingham’s work with a contemporary slant, looking past the exquisite watercolour gardens for which she is widely known, to the life of the artist herself; her marriage, her friends and the evolution of her artistic career. Browning and Pre-Raphaelite artists such as Rossetti. In 1890, when the ban on female members was lifted, Allingham became the first fully elected woman in the Royal Watercolour Society’s history. Providing a fresh view of this prolific Victorian watercolourist’s output and influences, Rea Stavropoulos’s written and artistic responses to Allingham’s work will also present a view on what it means to be a professional female artist. Hampstead Music Club Thursday 7 July, 8:05pm Hampstead Music Club presents a piano  recital by Rhiana Henderson and Masayuki Tayama. The programme includes works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Brahms, Debussy, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. Tickets £8 (£5 conc.)  available by calling 020 7272 3903. Beyond Watercolour Gardens: Helen Allingham Revisited Thursday 14 July, 12:30pm FREE Artist and co-curator Rea Stavropoulos will give a tour of the Allingham exhibition, drawing on the parallels between herself and the artist who painted over 100 years ago. Burgh House & Hampstead Museum open: Wed-Fri & Sun 12noon-5pm Beyond Watercolour Gardens: Helen Allingham Revisited Late viewing Tuesday 5 July, 6:30-9pm FREE A special late event for our exhibition Beyond Watercolour Gardens: Helen Allingham Revisited, including floral gin cocktails, homemade lemonade in water-colour hues, Morris-inspired colouring, and curator talks. RSVP Jeremy Hoare: Kyoto Dreams Wed 6 July - Sun 24 July Photographic images by English photographer Jeremy Hoare, showing his personal impressionistic view of different aspects of life in Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan. Josie in the Desert: Presentation & Concert Sunday 10 July, 2pm Ultramarathon runner and West End actress Josie Benson talks about her next race and perform songs by Sondheim and Bizet. Tickets are £15 (£10 conc.) available here. Violin and Piano Recital Wednesday 13 July, 7:30pm Cormac Browne (violin) and Ilana Mordkovitch-Roos (piano) present an evening of music by Beethoven, Wagner, Franck and Fritz Kreisler. Tickets are £10 (£7 conc.) available by calling 07985 588506 Brunch Recital. A Spanish Sojourn: Music of the Golden Age Sunday 24 July, 11am Marie Lemaire(soprano) and Din Ghani(vihuela/lute/baroque guitar) will take us on a musical tour of the Spanish Siglo de Oro, starting from the Renaissance period of Reconquest and the discovery and exploitation of the New World, through to the decline of the empire in the early Baroque. Tickets are £12 (£10 FoBH or under-26s) and include coffee and croissant. Click here for more details and to book. Chamber Music Box Sunday 3 July, 2:15pm A mix of top British and European players come together to present a fresh and spontaneous programme of chamber music that will only be revealed to the audience at the actual concert: that's ChamberMusicBox! Tickets £12 (children free), click here for more details. The Moving Chamber Choir: Animal Crackers Sunday 10 July, 6:30pm Please join us for a light-hearted choral concert with wonderful pieces from Monteverdi to Eric Whitacre. Tickets are £10 in advance or £12 on the door. Email or phone 07478 272131. Click here for more details. Restored to Glory: The Story of the Burgh House Gates Until Sunday 24 July The iconic, listed wrought-iron gates that form the entrance to Burgh House were added in the early years of the 18th century. As part of our Renaissance Appeal to secure the future of the House, the gates and brickwork have been painstakingly restored to their original splendour in a £27,000 conservation project. This exhibition will shed light on the process taken in these works, alongside a selection of drawings, paintings and photographs of the gates  over the years. We will also be showing documents, photographs and objects charting the progress of the rest of the work that forms our appeal to safeguard the future of Burgh House, and the history of our campaigns and projects to protect, improve and repair this Grade-I listed building since the charity was formed to rescue the House in 1979. Patterns of Experience: Photography, Painting, Sculpture & Installation Wed 27 July - Sun 31 July This exhibition brings together the work of seven artists: Carlie Grindey, Caroline Lee, Cathy Kenny, Charlotte Mann, Janet Bell, Mark Antony Haden Ford and Trish Longhurst. What they all have in common is the exploration of being human: abundant, fun, creative, related and playful in art.