2008 Events and Lectures
From Russia
26 January– 18 April 2008

Talks
John Richardson in Conversation with Richard Shone
John Richardson and Richard Shone (Friday 23 November 2007)
Russia on Display
Dr Marina Frolova-Walker (Friday 1 February)
Introduction to the Exhibition
Ann Dumas (Monday 4 February)
The Image of the People in Modern Russian Art
Professor Orlando Figes (Friday 8 February)
Theatre Design Takes Centre Stage
Jane Pritchard (Monday 11 February)
Out of the Shadows
John Riley (Friday 22 February)
All the Empty Palaces
Hilary Spurling, Natalia Semonova and Beverly Kean (Friday 29 February)
The Hermitage Museum
Geraldine Norman (Monday 3 March)
Workshops and Courses
Life Drawing
Francis Bowyer (Saturday 1 March)
Cranach
8 March — 8 June 2008

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Venus, 1532. Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 37.7 x 24.5 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Talks
‘… that you paint with wonderful speed’
Dr. Gunnar Heydenreich (Monday 28 April)
Lucas or Hans?
Dr. Susan Foister (Friday 9 May)
Cranach’s Influence upon Expressionism
Dr. Christian Weikop (Monday 19 May)
Lucas Cranach and Beauty
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe (Friday 30 May)
Workshop and Courses
Monotype Printing with Peter Freeth RA
Peter Freeth RA (Saturday 17 May)
Summer Exhibition 2008
9 June—17 August 2008

Talks
Tracey Emin RA in Conversation with Matthew Collings
Tracey Emin RA and Matthew Collings (Friday 13 June)
Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence
28 June—7 August 2008

Talks
Discovering Hammershøi
Michael Palin (Friday 4 July)
Hammershøi: Danish Painter – International Reputation
MaryAnne Stevens (Monday 7 July)
‘Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams’
Dr. Claire Thomson (Friday 11 July)
Hammershøi and the Danish Tradition of Storytelling
Dr. Colin Roth (Monday 14 July)
Workshops and Courses
Light and Shadow with Ian McKeever RA
Ian McKeever RA (Saturday 5 July)
Miro, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists
4 October 2008—2 January 2009

Talks
Four Friends in Close-Up
Rosamund Bernier (Friday 10 October)
Modernism in the Mediterranean
J.K. Birksted (Friday 17 October)
The Maeght Gallery
Ann Dumas (Monday 27 October)
The Maeght Family
Isabelle and Yoyo Maeght and Ann Dumas (Friday 31 October)
Workshops and Courses
Life Drawing
Francis Bowyer (Saturday 15 November)
Byzantium 330-1453
25 October 2008—22 March 2009

Talks
Byzantium
Professor Robin Cormack (Monday 3 November)
The Heavenly Liturgy
Dr Alexander Lingas (Friday 7 November)
Women, Men and Eunuchs
Professor Liz James (Friday 21 November)
Byzantium Rediscovered
Professor J.B. Bullen (Friday 28 November)
St John, the Island of Patmos and his Monastery
Maria Vassilaki (Monday 1 December)
Icons and the Practice of Prayer
His Grace Dr Rowan Williams (Friday 16 January 2009)
A Sinai Illuminated Manuscript of the Heavenly Ladder
Father Justin (Friday 13 February 2009)
Christians and Muslims on the Frontiers of Byzantium
Dr Antony Eastmond (Monday 16 February 2009)
Icons and Iconoclasm
Professor Judith Herrin, Dr Sabiha Al Khemir, Professor Philip Alexander and Bettany Hughes (Tuesday 17 March 2009)
Workshops and Courses
The Art of Mosaic
Emily Fuller (Mondays 19, 26 January and 2 February 2009)
Symposia and Focus days
Constantinople to St Petersburg
Professor Liz James, David Buckton, Deirdre Murphy, Roja Dove, Tony Faber and Professor Robin Cormack (Saturday 21 February 2009)