We hold regular free talks and lectures at our venues, and are making many of these available for either download or to 'listen again' through your computer.
This directory holds mp3 files and transcripts. For information on using these files see 4 ways to listen.
Acclaimed artists The Singh Twins talk about their painting in The Rise of Women Artists exhibition and the concept of being 'women artists'.
10.7MB, 6.54 mins
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Categories: Temporary exhibitions, Fine art, Contemporary art
Paul O'Keeffe, talks about Gainsborough's portrait of Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux
17.6MB, 38.29 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Categories: Fine art, Temporary exhibitions
Categories: Fine art
Kate Johnson gives a gallery talk on the Walker Art Gallery's portrait of Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein
9.12MB, 20.55 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Talk by exhibition curator Alex Kidson from the Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool symposium
11.8MB, 25.15 mins
Alex Kidson![]()
Categories: Fine art, Temporary exhibitions
Talk by Roey Sweet from the Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool symposium
11.7MB, 25.54 mins
Roey Sweet![]()
Categories: Fine art, Temporary exhibitions
Peter Betts gives an artwork of the month talk on John Robertson Reid's 'A Country Cricket Match' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery
4.7MB, 10.3 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Peter Betts discusses Frederic Lord Leighton's 'Elijah in the Wilderness' at the Walker Art Gallery.
6.4MB, 14.33 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Head of the Lady Lever Art Gallery Sandra Penketh delivers a picture of the month talk on William Holman Hunt's 'The Tuscan Girl'
13.3MB, 28.26 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Dr Paul O'Keeffe delivers a painting of the month talk on Arthur Hacker's 'Pelagia and Philammon' at the Walker Art Gallery.
15.1MB, 32.12 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Keeper of Art Galleries Julian Treuherz delivers a picture of the month talk on 'The Last Muster' by Herkomer at the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
14.9MB, 32.49 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Sandra Penketh gives a gallery talk on the 'The Decameron' and 'The Enchanted Garden' at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. A transcript of the talk is available.
13.8MB, 29.27 mins
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Categories: Fine art
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.
12.6MB, 27.0 mins
Alex Kidson![]()
Categories: Fine art
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.
15.5MB, 33.10 mins
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Categories: Fine art
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.
16.9MB, 35.16 mins
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Categories: Fine art
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.
17.4MB, 40.59 mins
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Categories: Fine art
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.
9.2MB, 20.54 mins
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Categories: Fine art
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.
13.4MB, 29.43 mins
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Categories: Fine art
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.
21.8MB, 23.15 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Categories: Fine art
Categories: Fine art, Performance
Categories: Fine art