The Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House, WC2
020.7872.0220
This event has passed.
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Hisham Matar
- When
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Thursday 20 Nov 2008 (5:30pm)
Wednesday 26 Nov 2008 (5:30pm)
Thursday 4 Dec 2008 (5:30pm)
Wednesday 10 Dec 2008 (5:30pm)
Thursday 15 Jan 2009 (5:30pm)
Wednesday 21 Jan 2009 (5:30pm)
- Where
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Tube: Temple
- Price
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£20
- Links
Note:
The ticket price includes all-day entrance to the Courtauld Gallery on the day of the talk.
Somerset House writer-in-residence Ruth Padel invites eminent writers to discuss their favourite paintings at the Courtauld Gallery over the winter months. The French Impressionists dominate as Philip Pullman explains his attraction to Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, while Julia Neuberger, novelist Colm Tóibín and poet Jackie Kay also praise the influential Gallic style. Hisham Matar dares to be different and chooses Adam and Eve by old master Lucas Cranach. Vanessa Bell’s Conversation forms Gillian Beer’s pick – an apt description for these relaxing evenings involving a glass of wine and a book signing.
