2012 Events and Lectures
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture
21 January—9 April 2012

David Hockney, 'Winter Timber', 2009. Oil on 15 canvases, 274.32 x 609.6 cm. Photo: Jonathan Wilkinson. © David Hockney Talks
On Location: Hockney in Yorkshire
Marco Livingstone, exhibition co-curator (Monday 23 January)
From Malibu to Montcalm: Hockney Finds a New Perspective
Constance Glenn (Friday 27 January)
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture – an Introduction
Edith Devaney (30 January)
David Hockney: A Bigger Message
Martin Gayford (Friday 3 February)
Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed
10 March – 10 June 2012

Johan Zoffany RA, The Sharp Family, 1779–81. Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 125.7 cm. By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Lloyd-Baker Trustees. Talks
Johan Zoffany: A Question of National Identity
Dr Martin Postle (12 March 2012)
‘Nothing is but what is not’: Zoffany’s Paintings of the Theatre
Robin Simon, (23 March 2012)
Johan Zoffany Conference
From Paris: A Taste for Impressionism – Paintings from the Clark
7 July – 23 September 2012

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 'Girl with a Fan', c. 1879. Oil on canvas. 65.4 x 54 cm, © Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA, 1955.595.
Talks
Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous: Sterling and Francine Clark – the Story of the Collection and Institute
Michael Conforti, (6 July 2012)
From Old Masters to Impressionists: Discovering the Sterling and Francine Clark Collection
MaryAnne Stevens (9 July 2012)
Renoir's Wall Power: Painting Large as an Impressionist
Coilin Bailey (13 July 2012)
Bronze
15 September – 9 December 2012

Chariot of the Sun, 14th-century BCE, from Trundholm, in Zealand, Denmark. Talks
The Divine Bronzes of South India
Michael Wood (Friday 28 September 2012)
Brazen Cheek: The Classical Bronze Nude
Dr Nigel Spivey (Friday 26 October 2012)
Bronze: An Introduction
Professor David Ekserdjian, University of Leicester and exhibition co-curator, (Monday 17 September 2012)
From Archaeology to Early Modern: Brass and Bronze in Lower Niger Art History
Professor John Picton, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, (Monday 15 October 2012)
Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and the Making of Landscape
8 December 2012 — 17 February 2013

John Constable RA, The Leaping Horse, 1825. Oil on canvas. © Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photo John Hammond Spotlight Talks
Listen online: Constable's 'The Leaping Horse'
Helen Valentine, Curator
Listen online: J.M.W Turner's 'Liber Studiorum'
Nick Savage, Head of Collections and Library
Listen online: J.M.W Turner's Durham Cathedral
Annette Wickham, Research Curator
Mariko Mori: Rebirth
13 December 2012 — 17 February 2013

Mariko Mori, 'Tom Na H-Iu II', 2006 Glass, stainless steel, LED, real time control system, 450 x 156.3 x 74.23 cm. Courtesy of Mariko Mori Studio Inc. © Mariko Mori. Photo: Richard Learoyd.
Talks
Mariko Mori and Professor Brian Cox: Art meets Science
Mariko Mori and Professor Brian Cox (University of Manchester), moderated by Heather Mayfield (NMSI).