Events Archive – Autumn 2025

Conferences, Research

Architectural Historiography in the British Isles: National and International Perspectives

9:30am, 15 Nov 2025

Since 1980, studies of the historiography of architectural history, as well as the institutional and cultural frameworks within which it is situated, have grown enormously. The symposium seeks to examine how the discipline has developed over the past...

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The Manton Centre for British Art Lecture: Iris Moon

6:00pm, 11 Nov 2025

Join us for the inaugural lecture for The Manton Centre for British Art, delivered by Iris Moon

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Comrades in Art, Artists Against Fascism, 1933-43

6:00pm, 31 Oct 2025

Join us for a conversation with Andy Friend to mark the launch of his new book: Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism, 1933-43.

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Lecture, Research

On Parasocial Media: The Shoggoth and the Skeuomorph

6:00pm, 28 Oct 2025

In the first event in our 2025-26 Asymmetry Distinguished Lecture Series, artist and writer Gary Zhexi Zhang will discuss the internet, AI, and the techno-politics of persona through an account of “parasocial media”. Online identity formation and the...

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Lecture, Research

The Barber at The Courtauld: New research on the Barber collection

6:00pm, 23 Oct 2025

To coincide with the current display at The Courtauld Gallery of 18 masterpieces from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, this event will bring together researchers from the Barber and The Courtauld to discuss some of these works, presenting new resea...

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Research, Talks

Episcopal display and the English crozier around the time of the Norman Conquest

5:30pm, 22 Oct 2025

Join Dr Sophie Kelly for a talk on the making and meaning of medieval croziers in the decades either side of the Norman Conquest. Croziers, the sceptre-like staffs granted to bishops, abbots, and abbesses across Europe as a sign of authority, are one...

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Lecture, Research

Japanese Buddhist Art at The British Museum: Collection, Curation, Conservation and Collaboration

6:00pm, 21 Oct 2025

The British Museum holds about 1,000 items of Japanese Buddhist material, ranging from the eighth century to the present day. The majority date from the 18th and 19th centuries, and include sculptures, paintings, portable shrines, and ritual and voti...

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A Place in the World with Garth Evans in Conversation

6:00pm, 20 Oct 2025

Join us for a screening of A Place in the World, followed by a conversation with Garth Evans and Sam Cornish, chaired by Indie A. Choudhury.

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Research, Talks

ORLAN's Striptease: All about my Life, All about my Art

6:00pm, 16 Oct 2025

Join artist ORLAN and Professor Sarah Wilson for a special in-conversation event. ORLAN returns to London and to the Courtauld Institute, interrupting her international trajectory of exhibitions, ranging from Saint-Etienne in France (her home town), ...

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Lecture, Research

Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukranian-Russian case

1:00pm, 16 Oct 2025

Join us to celebrate the publication of 'Ambicoloniality and War. The Ukrainian-Russian Case', by Svitlana Biedarieva. The book proposes the new notion of “ambicoloniality” to speak about the current situation when Ukraine has become Russia's territo...

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Research

Negotiating cultural modernity: Jewish dealers and the modern European art market

5:30pm, 9 Oct 2025

A new book from Bloomsbury brings together a team of distinguished international contributors to consider Jewish art dealers as an interconnected cohort, tied together by common strategies and a shared vulnerability. Spanning the decades 1860-1940 th...

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Lecture, Research

Reflections on the Statue of Tara from Sri Lanka at The British Museum

6:00pm, 7 Oct 2025

The bronze Statue of Tara from Sri Lanka is currently displayed in the special exhibition, “Ancient India: Living Heritage” at the British Museum. Donated to the British Museum in 1830 by Sir Robert Brownrigg, this nearly life-size sculpture of Tara ...

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British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain

6:00pm, 2 Oct 2025

Join us to mark the publication of Lynda Nead's latest book, British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain

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Exhibition Preview

The 16th East Wing Biennial RE:VISION

6:30pm, 24 Sep 2025

Join us for the opening party of The Courtauld Institute's 16th East Wing Biennial, under the theme of RE:VISION. Through a wide-ranging selection of contemporary artwork and an exciting slate of events throughout 2025-2027, RE:VISION urges audience...

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Lecture, Research

Making something out of nothing: Women, sculpture & visibility in 1980s London

6:00pm, 9 Sep 2025

Join Natalie Rudd for this talk exploring the overlooked histories of women sculptures in 1980s London, through an examination of Phyllida Barlow, Shelagh Cluett and Veronica Ryan's work.

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