EXHIBITION EVENTS
GOYA THE PORTRAITS
The National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing Theatre
Lunchtime Talks – Free, no booking
Courses – £14/£12 concession/£10 members
October-December 2015
1.00-1.45pm
OCTOBER
Lunchtime talk
Thursday 29 October
Goya & the Duchess of Alba
Marcus B. Burke
Senior Curator, Museum Department, The Hispanic Society of America, New York
NOVEMBER
Course (Sainsbury Wing Theatre)
Thursday 12 November
11am-1pm
Fashioning identity
Tutor: Aileen Ribeiro
£14/£12 concessions/£10 members
Professor Aileen Ribeiro of the Courtauld Institute of Art explores themes of costume and national identity in Spain, England and France during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Lunchtime talk
Monday 16 November
The Altamira Family, Goya and Portraiture
Xavier Salomon
Chief curator, The Frick Collection, New York
Study day
Saturday 21 November
11am-3.30pm
Sainsbury Wing Theatre
Subversive portraits: Goya and his legacy
Speakers: Juliet Wilson Bareau, Emma Barker, Xavier Bray, Gill Perry and Yinka Shonibare
£25/£14 concessions/£10 members and OU students
Explore portraits by Goya and other artists in the context of Napoleonic Europe, and discover why Goya has been such a key figure for modern and contemporary artists from Manet to Jake and Dinos Chapman. Held in collaboration with the Open University.
Lunchtime talk
Monday 30 November
Public faces, private views: Goya’s letters and the problem of portraiture
Sarah Symmons
Visiting Fellow, University of Essex
DECEMBER
Monday 7 December
Goya’s patron: Manuel Godoy
Isadora Rose-de Viejo
Monday 21 December
Painted Cloth: Goya and Dress
Jacqui Ansell
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