Event name: Lunchtime Lecture: Prometheans – John Martin and the Generation Who Stole the Future

Date and time: Wednesday 4 May, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery

Description: Author Max Adams will speak about Martin’s circle in London and how it was that this provincial Northumbrian came to be at the heart of a hugely significant group of artists, engineers and revolutionaries. Adams is author of The Firebringers, published in 2009.

Admission: Free – no need to book.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at The Laing, call (0191) 232 7734 or visit the official site.

Event name: Lunchtime Lecture: John Martin’s Bad Taste

Date and time: Wednesday 20 April, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery

Description: We are pleased to welcome Martin Myrone, Curator of Rude Britannia and the upcoming Great British Art Debate John Martin exhibition at Tate Britain, to speak in the galleries.

Admission: Free – no need to book.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at The Laing, call (0191) 232 7734 or visit the official site.

Event name: Lunchtime Lecture: Man of Vision

Date and time: Wednesday 6 April, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery

Description: Sarah Richardson is Keeper of Art at the Laing Art Gallery and curator of John Martin: Heaven & Hell.

Admission: Free – no need to book.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at The Laing, call (0191) 232 7734 or visit the official site.

Event name: Lunchtime Lecture: John Martin – Prints and Printmaking Techniques

Date and time: Wednesday 23 March, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery, Function Room

Description: Marie-Therese Mayne is Keeper of Fine and Decorative Arts at Laing Art Gallery. Mayne will speak about John Martin’s printmaking in the Function Room at the Laing Art Gallery.

Admission: Free – no need to book.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at The Laing, call (0191) 232 7734 or visit the official site.

LEvent name: Lunchtime Lecture: Introducing John Martin

Date and time: Wednesday 9 March, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery

Description: First in a series of talks & lectures on Wednesday lunchtimes, including informal talks in the gallery and formal lectures from recognised John Martin experts! This informal introduction to John Martin’s life and works will take place in the galleries. Barbara Morden is the author of John Martin: Apocalypse Now!, published in 2010.

Admission: Free – no need to book.

Contact: For more info about this and other events at The Laing, call (0191) 232 7734 or visit the official site.