Art of Power 10 Minute Talk Programme

Published: 1 March 2017

12 April - 21 June 2017

Every Wednesday from 12 April - 21 June 2017
1.00pm
Hunterian Art Gallery
Admission free

These free lunchtime talks relate to our Art of Power: Masterpieces from the Bute Collection exhibition and feature expert speakers from The Hunterian, Mount Stuart and beyond.

12 April
Claude’s Evening and Morning
Claire Pace, Honorary Research Fellow, History of Art, University of Glasgow

19 April
“Hidden" Masterpieces: Claude and Jan Steen at Luton Hoo
Caitlin Blackwell, Bute Fellow, Mount Stuart

26 April
The Third Earl’s Public Image
Robert Ferguson

3 May
David Teniers' Interior of an Inn
Pippa Stephenson, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, Glasgow Museums

10 May
The Valkhof at Nijmegen by Jan van der Heyden
Ailsa Turner, Lecturer in History of Art, Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow

17 May
Johan Zoffany's portrait of The Ladies Anne, Caroline and Louisa Stuart
Anne Dulau, Curator, The Hunterian

24 May
Bute in London: John Wilkes, Boot and the 45
Matthew Sangster, Lecturer in English Literature, University Of Glasgow

31 May
Landscapes at Luton
Peter Black, Curator of Old Masters, The Hunterian

7 June
Frans Francken “A Collector’s Gallery”: The painting in the painting
Lola Sanchez-Jauregui, Curator, The Hunterian

14 June
The text of Euclid presented to Simson by Bute
Bob MacLean, Glasgow University Library

21 June
Thomas Pennant’s visit to Mount Stuart
Nigel Leask, Regius Professor of English Literature, University of Glasgow


First published: 1 March 2017

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