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.

Dr Wright speaking on The Courtauld CezannesDetail of Vanessa Bell's Conversation

Students from the institute making a vodcast in the gallery


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



Saturday 21 August 2010

4.00pm

Gallery Music Event

detail from Lely's Concert

Location: Room 6, First floor, The Courtauld Gallery


Join us for a short performance of two acts from Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride to coincide with the Somerset House Glyndebourne weekend.

For more information please click here.

 
Free with admission. Limited seating available on a first come first served basis.


 

Sunday 22 August 2010

3.00pm

Sunday gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions



Speaker: Katie Faulkner

Location: Room 15, Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

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Monday 23 August 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Lorenzo Monaco

The Coronation of the Virgin

Speaker: Gabriel Byng

Location: Room 1, Ground floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


 

Friday 27 August 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Cupid and Psyche

Speaker: Mary Camp

Location: Room 15, Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


 

Sunday 29 August 2010

3.00pm

Sunday gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions

3 images from the Courtauld Collects exhibition

Speaker: Emily Gray

Location: Room 15, Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

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Monday 30 August 2010

Bank holiday - no gallery talk

 



Friday 3 September 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions

Speaker: Alice Odin

Location: Room 15

Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 



Sunday 5 September 2010

3.00pm

Sunday gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions

3 images from the Courtauld Collects exhibition

Speaker: Pippa Couch

Location: Room 15

Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 



Monday 6 September 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Pierre Bonnard

The Seine in Paris: The Pont du Carrousel

Speaker: Kitty Hudson

Location: Room 10 Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 



Wednesday 8 September 2010

5.15pm

Curators gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions

3 images from the Courtauld Collects exhibition

Speaker: Dr Nancy Ireson

Location: Room 15

Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


Friday 10 September 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Paul Gauguin

Nevermore

Speaker: Feng Zhu

Location: Room 3

First floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


Sunday 12 September 2010

3.00pm

Sunday gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions

Speaker: Rachel Ropeik

Location: Room 15 

Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


Monday 13 September 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Landscape with the flight into Egypt

Speaker: Tom Balfe

Location: Room 6

First floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


Friday 17 September 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Courtauld Collects: 20 years of Acquisitions

Roger Fry: Self Portrait

Speaker: Mary Camp

Location: Room 15

Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 



Sunday 19 September 2010

3.00pm

Sunday gallery talk

Courtauld Collects:

20 years of Acquisitions

Speaker: Rachel Ropeik

Location: Room 15

Second floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


 

Monday 20 September 2010

1.15pm

Lunchtime gallery talk

Vincent Van Gogh

Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear

detail of Van Gogh's self portrait with bandaged ear

Speaker: Feng Zhu

Location: Room 4

First floor, The Courtauld Gallery

 


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