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The Wallace Collection’s Boulle Clocks

For the first time, the Wallace Collection is bringing together its clocks by one of history’s greatest designers and cabinetmakers, André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732), in a display that explores the art and science of timekeeping. Five exceptional timepieces will tell the story of how Boulle took advantage of scientific discoveries to create unique clock designs, whose influence spread throughout the world and across the centuries.As the most famous cabinetmaker working for the court of the Sun...

Grayson Perry and Winston Churchill at the Wallace Collection in 2025-6

Grayson Perry, Winston Churchill and Caravaggio feature in exhibitions at the Wallace Collection, London, announced for the 2025-6 seasons. Sir Grayson Perry (b.1960) marks his 65th birthday by creating and curating a new exhibition at the Wallace Collection, a museum that has inspired him throughout his life. The Collection’s famous Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (1759) by François Boucher (1703-1770) has long fascinated Perry, as have a great many other pieces in the London museum...

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