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.
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.
7.6MB, 16.20 mins
Robin Emmerson![]()
Categories: Decorative arts
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.
8.8MB, 19.49 mins
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Categories: Decorative arts
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
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.
21.3MB, 47.42 mins
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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.
22.6MB, 48.16 mins
Ann Bukantas![]()
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
Xanthe Brooke![]()
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
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.
19.9MB, 44.40 mins
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Categories: Contemporary 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
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.
9.4MB, 20.4 mins
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Categories: Contemporary art, Decorative arts
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
Talk by Xanthe Brooke at the Walker Art Gallery
26.7MB, 29.9 mins
Xanthe Brooke![]()
Categories: Decorative arts
Categories: Fine art, Performance
Categories: Fine art
Categories: Decorative arts