The newly restored outer panels of the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck - whose epic rescue during WWII was told in George Clooney's "The Monuments Men" - was one of many highlights in the recent Van Eyck. An Optical Illusion exhibition in Ghent.  Join Till-Holger Borcher, one of its curators, and Nicola Jennings for a discussion about the great Flemish master's revolutionary ability to depict both the natural world and the transcendent. 

Colnaghi Foundation - Curators in Conversation

Curators in Conversation - Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution

Curators in Conversation - Paul Benney

The story of Titan's Europa by Colnaghi to Isabella Stewart Gardner

Titian's Europa - "A Picture for a Great Coup"

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, landscape designer whose many credits include the new garden in Chapel Court at Hampton Court Palace and the redesigned Kensington Palace Gardens, talks to Jeremy Howard about London’s eccentric town gardeners of the 18th century such as William Stukeley, who was fascinated by Druids, and Joshua Brookes, who kept an eagle tethered to an extraordinary vivarium behind his residence in central London.  

Curators in Conversation - Eccentric 18th-Century London Town Gardeners

Curators in Conversation - Cranach & Contemporaries

The young David Bomberg (1890–1957) was one of the most audacious artists of his generation, expelled from the Slade School of Art in 1913 on account of his radical, geometric compositions. It may seem surprising, then, that Bomberg was a regular visitor to the National Gallery, which hosted an exhibition of some of his earliest paintings this year. In this conversation, hear curator Richard Cork and The Art Newspaper’s Louisa Buck discuss Bomberg’s work and the paintings by Old Masters such as Botticelli and Michelangelo which most inspired him. 

Curators in Conversation: Young Bomberg and the Old Masters

The myth of the Trojan War has captivated people for thousands of years and has led pilgrims, explorers and archaeologists to search for the location where the famed conflict took place. But did the city really exist? Listen to the curators of the 2020 Troy exhibition at London’s British Museum, Victoria Donnellan and Alexandra Villing, explore the reality behind the myth. 

Curators in Conversation - Troy: Myth and Reality

In conversation with Dr. Edward Payne (Assistant Professor, Pemberton Fellowship for the Study of Spanish Art, Durham University)&Dr. Xavier Bray (Director, Wallace Collection)

Ribera & the Anatomy of an Exhibition

In conversation with Jill Burke (University of Edinburgh)andPer Rumberg (Curator, The Royal Academy, London) 

Curating the Renaissance Nude

In conversation with Michael Petry (artist & director, MoCA London)

Looking at Old Spanish Masters Today

Henry Moore at the Wallace Collection:In conversation with Tobias Capwell (Curator, Arms & Armour, The Wallace Collection)andNicola Jennings (Director, Colnaghi Foundation)

Helmet Heads & the Woman in Armour

In conversation with Dr. Xavier Bray, Jonathan Ruffer and Jorge Coll

Collection Spanish Art in Britain

Talks and masterclasses about pre-20th century painting, drawing, sculpture and decorative arts, featuring museum curators, experts and scholars.

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Colnaghi Foundation - Curators in Conversation

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