Chatsworth Through Time, Episode Six: The 20th and 21st Centuries

Explore Five Hundred Years of Art and Architecture at a Historic Estate

Chatsworth Through Time, produced in partnership with the Duke of Devonshire and the Chatsworth House Trust, explores the history, architecture, landscape, and collections of Chatsworth House. Beginning in the Tudor Period and progressing through five hundred years of history all the way to the 21st century, this series explores the world of Chatsworth, with its own curators, Alice Martin, Head of the Devonshire Collection, and Dr. Alex Hodby, Senior Curator of Programme, as our guides.

Episode Six: The 20th and 21st Centuries takes a radically different approach to the history of Chatsworth in the form of an extensive interview with the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. The 12th Duke of Devonshire reminisces about his parents who rescued Chatsworth from the brink of ruin after the Second World War. He and the Duchess then discuss the Masterplan, their remarkably ambitious renovation project and capital campaign from the early 2000s that conserved the stonework and statuary, renovated the roof and utilities, and preserved the estate for the twenty-first century. The Duke and Duchess are also notable for commissioning modern artworks and temporary installations in the gardens at Chatsworth, which drew praise and ire alike from critics and longtime visitors, and sparked a resurgence of attendance. Finally, the series concludes with a special message from Jane Marriott, the Director of the Chatsworth House Trust, in which she lays out the Trust’s plans to preserve Chatsworth and its collections well into the future.

Sponsors

The ICAA is very grateful to Chadsworth Incorporated and Lisa Fine Textiles for their generous support of this program.

This program was made possible by The Estate of Christopher H. Browne & The Orville Gordon Browne Foundation.

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