Art | Gallery Talks
Gallery Talks
Thursdays at 1.30pm
These informal talks, led by members of the Barber staff and guiding team, or by guest curators, focus on individual works of art or smaller exhibitions. They last approximately 15 minutes and are held in front of the works themselves. Please arrive in good time as talks start promptly.
| 15 Jan | Exhibition in Focus: Back On the Road | Richard Ellis |
| 22 Jan | 13th-century German Arm Reliquary | Jonathan Shea |
| 29 Jan | Fernand Léger: Composition with Fruit | Sarah Brown |
| 5 Feb | Frans Hals: Portrait of a Man holding a Skull | Arnold Franks |
12 Feb |
*Different Perspectives — Eugène Delacroix: St Stephen borne away by his Disciples | Marian Edwards |
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| 19 Feb | JMW Turner: The Sun rising through Vapour | Sarah Brown |
| 26 Feb | Richard Wilson: The River Dee | Ann Sumner |
| 5 Mar | Marcus Larson: Norwegian Fjord in Moonlight | Sarah Brown |
| 12 Mar | Joseph Wright of Derby: Castle Gandolfo with Lake Albano | Kathryn Murray |
| 19 Mar | Exhibition in Focus: Changing Nature | Natalie Osborne |
| 26 Mar | Eugène Boudin: A Beach near Trouville | Andrew Davies |
| 2 Apr | Alfred Wahlberg: View near Waxholm | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 9 Apr | Early Netherlandish 15th Century: The Deposition | Elizabeth Moore |
| 16 Apr | Studio of Botticelli: Madonna and Child with the Infant St John | Liane Crisari |
| 23 Apr | Byzantine icon of St Theodore | Jonathan Shea |
| 30 Apr | Eugène Jansson: Riddarfjärden, Stockholm | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 7 May | Simone Martini: St John the Evangelist | Sarah Brown |
| 14 May | Birmingham: Art Capital of the World |
Richard Clay |
| 21 May | Domenico Beccafumi: Reclining Nymph | Hannah Higham |
| 28 May | Prins Eugen: The Factory | Sarah Brown |
4 June |
Copper and tokens: Boulton’s Copper Connections | Sue Tungate |
| 11 June | Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Portrait of Countess Golovine | Kathryn Murray |
| 18 June | ‘This is Me!’ and the Eridge Trust Project | Brian Scholes |
| 25 June | *Different Perspectives: Paolo Veronese: The Visitation | Marian Edwards |
| 2 July | Exotic Eccentricities: Designs for the Duke | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 9 July | Sebastiano and Marco Ricci: Allegorical Tomb of the 1st Duke of Devonshire | Duncan Fielden |
| 16 July | Dürer to Spencer: Introduction | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 23 July | Dürer to Spencer: 19th-century works | Sarah Brown |
| 30 July | Dürer to Spencer: Augustus John and Gwen John | Ann Sumner |
| 3 Sept | Parallels in Print | Carly Hegenbarth |
| 10 Sept | Jan van de Capelle: Boats on Ruffled Water | Paul Spencer-Longhurst |
| 17 Sept | Eduardo Paolozzi: Calcium Light Night | Sarah Brown |
| 24 Sept | André Derain: Portrait of Bartolomeo Savona | Andrew Davies |
*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!