Past Gallery Talks
Past Gallery Talks 2008
Thursdays at 1.30pm
These 15-minute gallery talks, discussing particular paintings or objects from the exhibitions and permanent collection, are given by the Barber’s curatorial staff. Please report to Reception, taking care to arrive in good time.
*Different Perspectives is a new series of occasional gallery talks specially developed for visitors with visual impairment. However, everyone is welcome to attend, of course!
| 6 March | Picture of the Month — Murillo: The Marriage Feast at Cana | Sarah Brown |
| 13 March | Curator’s Choice — Industry and Agriculture in 19th-century British Banknotes | Eurydice Georganteli |
| 20 March | Director’s Choice — Cima: Christ on the Cross | Ann Sumner |
| 27 March | Curator’s Choice — Rossetti: Alexa Wilding | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 3 April | Curator’s Choice — The Rise of City Culture in 19th-century Britain | Eurydice Georganteli |
| 10 April | Picture of the Month — Sebastiano Mazzoni: The Three Fates | Kathryn Murray |
| 17 April | Director’s Choice — Thomas Gainsborough: The Harvest Wagon | Ann Sumner |
| 24 April | Exhibition in Focus — Fates | Katherine M Waters |
| 1 May | *Different Perspectives — Fates | Marian Edwards |
| 8 May | Exhibition in Focus — Interventions | Ruth Claxton |
| 15 May | Picture of the Month — Magritte: The Flavour of Tears | Sarah Brown |
| 22 May | Director’s Choice — Oliver: Portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales | Ann Sumner |
| 29 May | Art and Fantasy — Gauguin: Bathers at Tahiti | Sarah Brown |
| 5 June | Exhibition in Focus — Changing Landscapes: Maritime Trade in 19th-century Britain | Mike Saxby |
| 12 June | Picture of the Month — Monet: The Church at Varengeville | Kathryn Murray |
| 19 June | Curator’s Choice — Puvis de Chavannes: The Beheading of St John the Baptist | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 26 June | Architecture Choice — Atkinson and the Barber Institute | Andrew Davies |
| 3 July | Gallery Talk — Degas: Jockeys before the Race | Brian Scholes |
| 10 July | Director’s Choice — Gwen John: Nuns, Priests and the Congregation | Ann Sumner |
| 24 July | Picture of the Month — Poussin: Tancred and Erminia | Sarah Brown |
| 4 Sept | Claude Gellée (Le Lorrain): Pastoral Landscape | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 11 Sept | Camille Pissarro: The Pond at Montfoucault | Kathryn Murray |
| 18 Sept | Exhibition in Focus: Claims to Power | Barbara Fogarty |
| 25 Sept | *Different Perspectives: 20th-century Art | Marian Edwards |
| 2 Oct | New Loans at the Barber | Ann Sumner |
| Baroque at the Barber | ||
| 9 Oct | Mattia Preti: The Martyrdom of St Peter | Sarah Brown |
| 16 Oct | Jan Steen: The Wrath of Ahasuerus | Arnold Franks |
| 23 Oct | Matthias Stom: Isaac Blessing Jacob | Brian Scholes |
| 30 Oct | Studio of Zurbarán: St Marina | Sarah Brown |
| 6 Nov | Evaristo Baschenis: Still Life with Musical Instruments | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 13 Nov | J. J. Shannon: Portrait of Lady Barber | Sophie Wilson |
| The Past within the Present | ||
| 20 Nov | Jan Gossaert: Hercules and Deianira | Kathryn Murray |
| 27 Nov | Exhibition in Focus | Anita Taylor |
| Jack Kerouac: Back On the Road | ||
| 4 Dec | Road Dreams: a Super-8 American film diary 1968–82, illustrated with clips |
Elliott Bristow |
| 11 Dec | Exhibition in Focus: Back On the Road | Richard Ellis |
| 18 Dec | Cosimo Rosselli: Adoration of the Child | Liane Crisari |