The Great British Art Debate » The Laing http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk What does art mean to YOU? Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:48:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Keith Armstrong: Under the Fantastic Sky http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/keith-armstrong-under-the-fantastic-sky/ http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/keith-armstrong-under-the-fantastic-sky/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:59:18 +0000 Hannah Flynn http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/?p=252 Event name: Lunchtime Lecture: Keith Armstrong – Under the Fantastic Sky

Date and time: Wednesday 1 June, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery

Description: Poet and performer Keith Armstrong will speak about John Martin and his brothers and their relationship to regional culture. Armstrong will also perform a sequence of his own poems inspired by Martin and his family.

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.

]]> http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/keith-armstrong-under-the-fantastic-sky/feed/ 0 The Abyss that Abides http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/the-abyss-that-abides/ http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/the-abyss-that-abides/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:56:15 +0000 Hannah Flynn http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/?p=247 Event name: Lunchtime Lecture: The Abyss that Abides

Date and time: Wednesday 18 May, 12.30 – 13.30

Venue: The Laing Art Gallery

Description: Julie Milne  speaks about the Influence of John Martin’s work on contemporary culture. Milne is curator 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.

]]> http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/the-abyss-that-abides/feed/ 0 Prometheans: John Martin and the Generation Who Stole the Future http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/prometheans-john-martin-and-the-generation-who-stole-the-future/ http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/prometheans-john-martin-and-the-generation-who-stole-the-future/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:29:07 +0000 Hannah Flynn http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/?p=243 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.

]]> http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/prometheans-john-martin-and-the-generation-who-stole-the-future/feed/ 0 Martin Myrone: John Martin’s Bad Taste http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/martin-myrone-john-martins-bad-taste/ http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/martin-myrone-john-martins-bad-taste/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:53:35 +0000 Hannah Flynn http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/?p=229 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.

]]> http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/martin-myrone-john-martins-bad-taste/feed/ 0 John Martin: Man of Vision http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/sarah-richardson-man-of-vision/ http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/sarah-richardson-man-of-vision/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:49:52 +0000 Hannah Flynn http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/?p=226 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.

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