Talks & Events
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The Courtauld Gallery offers a wide range of gallery talks and events to take part in; from monthly Curators Talks, to Sunday Talks to weekday Lunchtime Gallery Talks.
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Lunchtime Gallery Talks are delivered by students and researchers at The Courtauld Institute of Art on works in the collection. Lunchtime talks start at 1.15pm and last approximately 15 minutes unless otherwise stated. Signs are placed in the gallery indicating the title of the talk and where it will take place.
The Sunday Talks that take place during the temporary exhbitions are delivered by post-graduate and research students from The Courtauld Institute of Art. The Sunday Talks vary in content encompassing aspects of the temporary exhibition and other works from the collection where relevant.
The Sunday Talks are kindly supported by The Friends of The Courtauld.
All the events listed below are free with admission although some booking is essential. For further information about any of the events or talks listed below please contact Joff Whitten.
t: 0207 848 2705 e: joff.whitten@courtauld.ac.uk
Sunday 28 February 2010
15.00 – 15.45
SUNDAY GALLERY TALK
MICHELANGELO'S DREAM

Speaker: Ayla Lepine
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Monday 1 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
On the Theme of the last judgement
Wassily Kandinsky
Speaker: Svetlana Bountakidou
Location: Room 13, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Wednesday 3 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
NEvermore
Paul Gauguin
Speaker: Elizabeth Buhe
Location: Room 3, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Friday 5 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Exhibition Talk
The Dream (il Sogno)
Michelangelo
Speaker: Karin Grundy
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Sunday 7 March 2010
15.00 – 15.45
SUNDAY GALLERY TALK
MICHELANGELO'S DREAM

Speaker: Rachel Ropeik
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Monday 8 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Female Nude
Amedeo Modigliani
Speaker: Lavinia Harrington
Location: Room 4, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Wednesday 10 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
On the Theme of the last judgement
Wassily Kandinsky
Speaker: Ariane Belisle
Location: Room 13, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Thursday 11 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Talks on Paper: Drawings and Prints Talk
Dreaming YOuths
OsKar KOKOSCHKA
Speaker: Marykate Cleary
Location: Drawings and Prints Study Room, The Courtauld Institute of Art
This talk is limited to a maximum of 12 people. A sign up sheet will be available on the day at the gallery admissions desk. Particpants will be met in the foyer of the gallery and taken to the Drawings and Prints Study Room. Afterwhich they will be returned to the gallery.
For further details please contact: joff.whitten@courtauld.ac.uk Tel: 0207 848 2705
Thursday 11 March 2010
17.15 – 18.45
Michelangelo's Dream
Teachers' Preview Evening
Speaker: Dr Stephanie Buck
Location: Room 15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery and a reception in the Courtauld Institute of Art.


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Join us for a curator's talk and find out more about our schools, colleges and university education programme. Includes free resource pack.
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
For more details please contact: joff.whitten@courtauld.ac.uk
Tel: 0207 848 2705
Friday 12 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
The Card Players
PAul Cezanne
Speaker: Ellida Minelli
Location: Room 3, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Sunday 14 March 2010
15.00 – 15.45
SUNDAY GALLERY TALK
MICHELANGELO'S DREAM

Speaker: Emily Gray
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Monday 15 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Virgin and Child
French Gothic sculpture
Speaker: Nerissa Taysom
Location: Room 1, Ground Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Wednesday 17 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Women by the Sea
Max pechstein
Speaker: Aurica Garcia Schaible
Location: Room 13, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Friday 19 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Exhibition Talk
The Dream (il Sogno)
Michelangelo
Speaker: Shari Kashani
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Sunday 21 March 2010
15.00 – 15.45
SUNDAY GALLERY TALK
MICHELANGELO'S DREAM

Speaker: Rachel Ropeik
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Monday 22 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Seated Woman, Ka Cox
Duncan Grant
Speaker: Meghan Goodeve
Location: Room 11, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Wednesday 24 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
The assasination of St Peter Martyr
GIOVANNI BELLINI
Speaker: Rafaela van der Heyden
Location: Room 5, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Thursday 25 March 2010
Until 21.00
Michelangelo's Dream
LAte NIGHT OPening


Unwind after work and explore the exhibition as well as our world-famous collection.
Listen to live music or Gallery Talks and enjoy delicious refreshments in The Courtauld Gallery Café!
Normal admission fees apply, last entry 20.30.
Friday 26 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Exhibition Talk
Portrait of Mrs Gainsborough
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
Speaker: Jocelyn Anderson
Location: Room 7, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Sunday 28 March 2010
15.00 – 15.45
SUNDAY GALLERY TALK
MICHELANGELO'S DREAM

Speaker: Emily Gray
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Monday 29 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
LOOKING AT MICHELANGELO
FURTHER WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE PRINTS AND DRAWINGS COLLECTION
Speaker: Mary Hogan Camp
Location: Room 12, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Wednesday 31 March 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Female Nude
AMedeo Modigliani
Speaker: Hannah Fuller
Location: Room 4, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
PLEASE NOTE
There will be no lunchtime gallery talks or Sunday talks over the Easter Weekend
Wednesday 7 April 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (after Raphael)
PETER PAUL RUBENS
Speaker: Juliet Chippindale
Location: Room 6, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Wednesday 7 April 2010
17.15 – 18.00
Michelangelo's Dream
Curators Talk



Speaker: Dr Stephanie Buck
Location: Room 15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery.
This talk is free with admission, no booking required
For further details please contact : joff.whitten@courtauld.ac.uk Tel: 0207 848 2705
Friday 9 April 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Exhibition Talk
The Dream (il Sogno)
Michelangelo
Speaker: Daisy Dunn
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
Sunday 11 April 2010
15.00 – 15.45
SUNDAY GALLERY TALK
MICHELANGELO'S DREAM

Speaker: Ayla Lepine
Location: Room 14+15, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery
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