Feeling Blue, Seeing Red: The Role of Colour in Art
Friday 19 January, 26 January, 2 February, 9 February, 16 February
10:15am – 12:15pm
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
£6 per talk or £25 for the whole series
Includes free tea, coffee and biscuits
Booking essential
Few things bring an artwork more to life than its colour – or the absence of it. As long as artists have created art, colour has been a tool they’ve used to render the world as they see it. This series will explore how the meaning of colour has been fashioned and manipulated over time so that each colour has developed its own identity and meanings.
Book a series ticket for the role of colour
Friday 19 January
Colour
Artwork: Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria attributed to Jan Mertens
Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey
Book a ticket for colour art lecture
Friday 26 January
Blue
Artwork: The River Nene - David Gommon
Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey
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Friday 2 February
Yellow
Artwork: Still Life and Fruit & Napkin - Ben Mathews
Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey
Book a ticket for the colour yellow art lecture
Friday 9 February
White (and Black)
Artwork: Underfoot 1, Missing Twin - Peter Jewell
Speaker: Dr Miriam Gill
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Friday 16 February
Red
Artwork: Red Forms - Frank Avray Wilson
Speaker: Dr Conny Bailey
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Speakers are correct at the time of going to press but may be amended due to unforeseen changes to availability or subject expertise.