This lecture looks at the art of some of the prominent members of the symbolist movement: Odilon Redon, Paul Serusier and Gustav Moreau.
Video Category: Visual art
Documents of Memory: South African photography in the 1980s
Documentary photography has retrospectively been associated with a progressive and liberal cause in South Africa. This photographic genre is inscribed within the 1980s and early 1990s, a moment in time when photography is widely considered as a ‘truth telling’ genre and an important source of documents articulated against the violence of the apartheid regime.
Imagination and Creativity in Japan: from erotic art (shunga) to anime
Shunga offered unashamed, non-violent, liberating and sometimes humorous approach to sexual pleasure. Despite technological advances, the popularity of the original Shunga artworks has never changed. In fact, this genre has had a significant impact on Japanese video games and especially inspired anime and manga.
Sex in the City: Jeanne Mammen and Otto Dix’s 1920s BerlinÂ
This lecture looks at the work of two artists who explored these ‘new’ sexual expressions, Jeanne Mammen and Otto Dix, alongside the work of sociologist and activist Magnus Hirschfeld, founder of the Institute of Sexology.Â
Ancestral Trauma in Caribbean Culture
Join Samantha Allen to understand what ancestral trauma means for the British Caribbean community and how we can help to create spaces of safety and liberation in the workplace.Â
Biology of Images: Empathy, Collective Memory & NeurophysiologyÂ
We will talk about the universality of the expression of emotions and movements, the concept of empathy, the phenomenon of collective memory, and the engram and offer a fresh perspective on these views in light of recent research on neurophysiology and experimental aesthetics.
An Interview with Art Historian Bojana Popovic
Enjoy the recorded version of our informal conversation with an art historian - Bojana Popovic.
Picturing Memories: A walk through contemporary art
By looking at a group of contemporary artists, discover how memories inspired them to create some of their best-loved paintings.
Henry Moore’s Shelter Drawings: Vulnerability and Community
This lecture explores Moore’s ‘Shelter Sketchbook’, the artist’s feelings for his subjects and how, over time, the artist’s intention was lost to suit a more heroic narrative.Â
Peggy Guggenheim: Saving Modern Art
This lecture traces the development of her work and her collection, from its early days of failure in London and Paris, to its ultimate success in New York and Venice.Â