The Kennedy White House – the Art, Architecture and Gardens of Camelot

This talk is about the White House’s most celebrated twentieth century residents. The Kennedys, who inhabited the White House, were glamorous, sophisticated and celebrated. Of course, theywill never be forgotten given the tragic end to the Kennedy presidency, but this has tended to overshadow, somewhat, the astounding aesthetic and artistic changes made during their relatively brief tenure.

Lecturer: Anthony Hopkins. Previously Assistant Director of the British School at Rome from 1998 to 2002 and since 2004, Professor at the University of L’Aquila. Part of his PhD (Courtauld Institute 1995) on Venetian architecture was awarded the Essay Medal of 1996 by the Society of Architectural Historians (GB)