Objective Legacy
In this talk, Emilia Raczkowska will be in conversation with Georgia Powell, curator at the Jane McAdam Freud Estate and the artist Holly Stevenson to explore the life work and legacy of Sigmund’s Great Granddaughter Jane McAdam Freud and ask why the Freud Museum is such an important home to the arts? Jane McAdam Freud ‘worked at the edges where art and psychoanalysis meet’ and she rightly embraced the Museum as familiar. Holly Stevenson is the inaugural Freud Artist Resident and currently holds an exhibition at the Freud titled Tracing the Irretraceable. The session will explore the Museum’s legacy through objective attachments.
Speakers
Georgia Powell is a curator and collection manager, the co-founder of CURA Art and The Residency; platforms aimed at supporting art collectors and encouraging patronage with purpose. Having gained experience in London’s museums, galleries and private collections, Georgia specializes in the professional management, research and display of collections. Georgia is a featured lecturer at Christie’s Education and speaks regularly on the subject of the role of the Collector today. Georgia is Curator of the Estate of Jane McAdam Freud and a Trustee for Plain Sight Archive.
Emilia Raczkowska is Director of Education at the Freud Museum, where she has worked for over a decade. She leads the Museum's Education and Outreach Department, which runs programmes and activities for universities, clinical and community groups from around the world. Raczkowska has extensive experience teaching psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychology at the Museum and online; she has also been a guest lecturer at several leading universities and colleges (notably UCL, University of Oxford, University of Boston, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and so on). She has spoken widely at conferences and peer-sharing events, curated exhibitions and written catalogue contributions. She has edited and reviewed papers, books and dissertations which engage with psychoanalysis and regularly shares her expertise with researchers, authors and documentary producers from around the world.
Holly Stevenson is an artist and the inaugural Freud Artist Resident at The Jane McAdam Freud Estate. Her project In Sigmund Freud’s Ashtray is dedicated to reading Freud. Working with ceramic sculpture and psychoanalysis she has exhibited internationally, most recently at the Jane McAdam Freud Galley in collaboration with the Sigmund Freud Birth Place Museum in Příbor, Czechia.
Holly Stevenson: Tracing the Irretraceable
14 May 2025 to 29 June 2025
This intimate exhibition focuses on the importance of Freudian psychoanalysis to two contemporary artists, Holly Stevenson and the late Jane McAdam Freud.
Complement your visit to the Freud Museum with one of our weekly tours or talks led by staff, volunteers and guest speakers.
The talks are free with your admission ticket. Book your admission ticket now!
The event will be held on the first floor of the Museum during regular opening hours. Unfortunately, the Freud Museum does not currently have step-free access. Advance booking is highly recommended, as capacity is limited.
Concessions/Members/Patrons: Please show proof of eligibility/membership card on arrival.
