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 programme that runs during the temporary exhbitiions 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 here are free with admission although some booking is essential. For further information about any of the events or talks listed please contact Joff Whitten.

t: 0207 848 2705 e: joff.whitten@courtauld.ac.uk


 


Monday 18 January 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

triptych with the entombment, the resurrection and a donor

robert campin (Master of Flamelle)

Speaker: Nathalie Paarlberg
Location: Room 1, Ground Floor, The Courtauld Gallery



Wednesday 20 January 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

the conversation
vanessa bell


Speaker: Mareike Spendel

Location: Room 11, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery


Friday 22 January 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

the virgin and child

parmigianino


Speaker: Katerina Pantelides
Location: Room 5, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery



Monday 25 January 2010

13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

le dejeuner sur l'herbe

edouard manet

Speaker: Pippa Couch
Location: Room 3, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery



Wednesday 27 January 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

the haystacks
paul gauguin


Speaker: James Ford

Location: Room 4, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery




Friday 29
January 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Painting from the Store

Polperro
Oskar Kokoschka


Speaker: Lauren Barnes
Location: Room 10, 2nd Floor, The Courtauld Gallery

The painting will be free standing on an easel for the duration of the talk. The work will be bought out of the painting store 15 minutes before the talk begins.




Monday 1 February 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

Nevermore and the Dream

Paul Gauguin

Speaker: Libby Howie
Location: Room 3, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery




Friday 5
February 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

Portrait of Don Francisco de Saavedra

Francisco de Goya


Speaker: Lindsay Huse
Location: Room 7, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery



Monday 8 February 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



Friday 12
February 2010
13.15 – 13.30
Lunchtime Gallery Talk

Woman powdering herself

George Seurat


Speaker: Daisy Dunn
Location: Room 4, 1st Floor, The Courtauld Gallery




Michelangelo's Dream

Complete listings for the Michelangelo's Dream including a special event series will be available in due course.


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