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Exhibition
The Sleepers
This exhibition explores how women artists have articulated complex and differing experiences of sleep and rest.
18 September 2025 – 22 February 2026
Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF
Scenes of rest have long been a generative motif for women artists, helping them to articulate complex and differing experiences of family, health and work.
This exhibition brings together a century of works across a variety of mediums: paintings, prints and textiles, including a collaborative quilt. In their own unique way, all offer a counterpoint to the familiar artistic genre of the reclining nude. In this exhibition, we see work made by women artists on their own terms.
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