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Unimpressed: Livery Badge and Legal Tender in Late Medieval England

5:00pm, 22 Jun 2022 | Free, booking essential

At the center of this talk are two unimpressive objects: the livery badge and the coin. ...

Black and white photograph showing a naked woman sat on a chair facing to the right, head down.

Centre for American Art, Research

Like the Sea: Dancing with Mary Glass (1946-2021)

5:00pm, 10 May 2022 | Free, booking essential

A very visual lecture with images and film clips deliver by Carol Mavor. ...

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Queer Ecologies: Artist Adham Faramawy

6:30pm, 9 May 2022 | Free, booking essential

At a time of rising far right movements as well as waves of LGBTQ+ activism and in the midst of a climate emergency, artist Adham Faramawy will reflect on the relationship between queer politics and ecologies in their art practice. ...

oil painting of a lady wearing a white headgear

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Painting Pairs 2021/22: Collaborative Research in Conservation and Art History - Second Presentations

1:00pm, 5 May 2022 | Free, booking essential.

This year's Painting Pairs students will share the results of their research into the paintings. ...

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‘God is in the Details’ - The Art of Detail in the Middle Ages

10:00am, 29 Apr 2022 | Free, booking essential

This is the 27th Annual Medieval Postgraduate Symposium, titled 'God is in the Details'. ...

Photograph of a discoloured stone carved archway

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Image, Pattern, Repetition: The Craft of Romanesque Sculpture in Southwest England

6:00pm, 21 Apr 2022 | Free, booking essential

Drawing upon material from Devon and Cornwall, English counties rich in daisywheel, palmette, star and many other motifs, this lecture explores how we might consider the nuances of repeated forms and their production. ...

people in a gallery space, standing and looking at pictures hanging on the walls, behind a sculpture

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Open Courtauld, Research

Considering Collecting: Women and Collecting

6:30pm, 19 Apr 2022 | Free, booking essential

In the fifth event in this series, the panel will discuss the neglected stories of women artists, collectors and historical figures, as well as their own experiences as women in the field of visual arts. ...

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All in it Together: Are Artist Collectives the Future of the Artworld?

6:00pm, 17 Mar 2022 | Free, booking essential

Organized by the MA Curating the Art Museum cohort at the Courtauld Institute of Art, this museum debate seeks to answer these questions and to illustrate the importance of collective practice....

Front cover of the book 'Imagining the Apocalypse: Art and the End Times' showing a drawing of a man sat on a rock overlooking a ruined city.

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Imagining the Apocalypse: Art and the End Times

6:30pm, 27 Apr 2022 | Free, booking essential

What are the politics of picturing the end times? This panel discussion will celebrate the launch of Imagining the Apocalypse: Art and the End Times with Courtauld Books Online. ...

detail of the front cover of a book titled purity is a myth

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Lynne Cooke, Briony Fer and Ricardo Alcaide in Conversation about "Purity Is a Myth: The Materiality of Concrete Art in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay"

7:00pm, 7 Mar 2022 | Free, booking essential

Join us for the celebration of the book launch of “Purity is a Myth: The Materiality of Concrete Art from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil,” a volume of essays published by Getty Publications in 2021 and edited by Dr Zanna Gilbert, Dr Pia Gottschaller, ...