Apples & People explores the astonishing story of the apple through forty-six Apple Stories. Connecting its diverse history to humanity and culture. Based upon a specially commissioned Apple World Map which traces the network of stories from the ancient world to the present day. This online programme and associated social media reveals just how significant and iconic this humble fruit has become.
From 27th October 2023, running until 9th April 2024 the Museum of Cider, in Hereford, is hosting an exhibition called ‘A Variety of Cultures’.
One of the highlights is a large collection of nineteenth century Australian model apples lent by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew that have never before been seen outside London.
There is also work by New Zealand pop artist Billy Apple, Chinese art including a Cultural Revolution poster courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum, and a new commission by Anglo-French artist Anne Rook who has created a body of work which looks at the iconography associated with varieties of apples.
This exhibition is part of the Apples & People programme, a partnership between the Brightspace Foundation, the Museum of Cider and the National Trust in Herefordshire.
Please note that normal Museum of Cider admission fees apply to visit this exhibition, although access to the tearoom and shop is free.
We would like you to help us celebrate Apples & People by posting a picture of yourself or a friend holding an apple in a meaningful way.
Together, we will create a new apple gallery on Instagram: #peopleholdingapples
Throughout time, the apple has been adopted as an artistic device to portray human emotion. We would like you to explore and share how you would choose to hold an apple in a way that expresses a feeling.
1) Take a photo or photos of someone or some people holding an apple or apples in their hand
2) Post on your Instagram Account (write something about the image if you wish)
3) Add the hashtag #peopleholdingapples to the post
4) Tag the post with @applesandpeople
Portrait of Billy Apple® 1965 photographed by Jerrold Schatzberg.
Courtesy of the Billy Apple® Archive.
Isaac Oliver -An Unknown Girl, aged four 1590 © Victoria and Albert Museum
Imitation Apples Apples have been modelled for centuries – for education, aesthetic, and sharing.
Rob Janoff Designer of the iconic Apple Computer logo Courtesy of Rob Janoff Agency
Life with more than one Granny - Granny Smith and how her apple made an Australian family
Grafting: Giving Nature a Helping Hand
Henry G Van Deman - Antonovka 1886 U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705
Payne Limner - Alexander Spotswood Payne and His Brother John Robert Dandridge Payne, with Their Nurse 1790-91 © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Gift of Miss Dorothy Payne. Photo Katherine Wetzel.
Crispin van den Broeck - Two young men c1590 © The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Alicia López packing Honeycrisp apples at Cowiche Growers Inc Photography Manuel Tavira Courtesy of Carlos López
Ornament from Puabi’s diadem of gold and lapis lazuli. With kind permission of Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA ©
Underground Root Laboratory 2013 © NIAB EMR
Frederic Leighton - Garden of Hesperides (1892) © Courtesy National Museums Liverpool, Lady Lever Art Gallery
Billy Apple® - Cut 1964, offset lithograph on T.H. Saunders paper, edition of 25 Courtesy of The Mayor Gallery, London © Billy Apple ®
Pink Lady ® TV creative ‘Kalifa’ for Pink Lady ® Copyright © McCann 2020
Paul Cézanne - Still Life with Apples, circa 1878, oil on canvas. Copyright © The Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, UKFollow us on social media:
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