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Download mp3 audio files of talks and events at our museums and galleries. Transcripts are also available with each podcast.

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2006

December

'Casablanca Cabinet', Ettore Sotsass

Head of Decorative Arts Robin Emmerson gives a gallery talk on Ettore Sotsass' 'Casablanca Cabinet' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Decorative arts

'Moor Park mantelpiece'

Head of Decorative Arts Robin Emmerson gives a gallery talk on the 'Moor Park mantelpiece' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Decorative arts

'The Death of Oedipus'

Curator of British paintings Alex Kidson gives a gallery talk on the 'The Death of Oedipus' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Fine art

'The Annunciation'

Dr Paul O'Keeffe gives a gallery talk on the 'The Annunciation' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Fine art

'Viral Landscapes', Helen Chadwick

Fine Art Curator Ann Bukantas gives a gallery talk on Helen Chadwick's 'Viral Landscapes' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Contemporary art, Temporary exhibitions

November

Judging John Moores 24

Fine Art Curator and John Moores 24 juror gives a gallery talk on judging and organising the John Moores 24 exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Contemporary art, Temporary exhibitions

Martin Greenland on 'Before Vermeer's Clouds'

Martin Greenland gives a gallery talk on his John Moores 24 first prizewinning painting 'Before Vermeer's Clouds' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Contemporary art, Temporary exhibitions

October

'Pandora', John Gibson

Dr Paul O'Keeffe gives a gallery talk on John Gibson's sculpture 'Pandora' from the Lady Lever Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Fine art

John Moores 24 First Prizewinner

Dr Paul O'Keeffe gives a gallery talk on the first prizewinner in the Walker Art Gallery's John Moores 24, Martin Greenland's 'Before Vermeer's Clouds'. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Contemporary art, Temporary exhibitions

'Scene from a contemporary novel', Nicholas Middleton

Artist Nicholas Middleton gives a gallery talk on his painting 'Scene from a contemporary novel' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, Contemporary art, Temporary exhibitions

September

'Self-portrait as a young man', Rembrandt van Rijn

Curator Xanthe Brooke gives a gallery talk on Rembrandt van Rijn's painting 'Self-portrait as a young man' at the Walker Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Fine art

'The Piggery', George Morland

Frank Milner gives a gallery talk on George Morland's painting 'The Piggery' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Fine art

Modern and contemporary art galleries tour

Ann Bukantas, Curator of Fine Art at National Museums Liverpool, gives a gallery talk on the refurbishment and rehang of the modern and contemporary art collections at the Walker Art Gallery A transcript of the talk is available.

Categories: Contemporary art

August

'Bubbles', Sir John Everett Millais

Julian Treuherz, Keeper of Art Galleries at National Museums Liverpool, gives a gallery talk on Sir John Everett Millais's 'Bubbles', a painting on long term loan to the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

Categories: Fine art

'Loophonium', Fritz Spiegl

Robin Emmerson, Head of Decorative Arts at the Walker Art Gallery, gives a gallery talk on Fritz Spiegl's 'Loophonium', providing a potted history of the euphonium, the lavatory and the career of Fritz Spiegl.

Categories: Contemporary art, Decorative arts

July

'Baalbec - Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus', David Roberts

Peter Betts, Education Officer at the Walker Art Gallery, gives a gallery talk on David Roberts's painting 'Baalbec - Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus', comparing it with Louis Daguerre's 'Ruins of Holyrood Chapel'. Peter discusses lithographs, the Baalbek world heritage site, David Roberts's remarkable life story and the emergence of daguerreotypes.