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Discovering Hammershøi

4 Jul 2008
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Michael Palin talks about how he first came across the work of Hammershøi, what it was about it that so impressed him, and how he and his colleagues from BBC Glasgow set about the tricky task of finding out more about the artist himself.

Please note that Michael Palin is unable to accommodate book signing.

In the Reynolds Room; 6.30-7.30pm

DON'T MISS:
Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershøi, 8pm 29 June, BBC4

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Show photo credits

Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.

 

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art