TALKS, TOURS & LECTURES
Lunchtime Talks
Lunchtime Talks take place at 13.15 in the Hochhauser Auditorium in the V&A's new Sackler Centre for arts education or Seminar Room 3. Lasting approximately 45 minutes, speakers will give an insight into specialist subjects and exhibitions. Occasional talks are also held on weekends. All talks are free unless otherwise stated.
Action Comics no. 289, front cover, USA, June 1962. Museum no. AAD/1985/3/2/308/1 (click image for larger version)
20th-Century Comic Books
Wednesday 3 February
13.15–14.00
Ian Rakoff's free lunchtime lecture focuses upon the social and historical aspects of comics. At the end of the 19th Century, searching for conformity and disregarding the past, the immigrant nation needed corroboration for its American identity. It is possible that this yearning was fulfilled by the newspaper strips and later comic books.
Introduction by John Meriton, Deputy Keeper, Word & Image Department.
The Heneage Jewel or The Armada Jewel; pendant in enamelled gold, table cut diamonds & Burmese rubies with portrait bust in gold under rock crystal of Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603); English; c.1595. Museum no. M.81-1935. (click image for larger version)
Medieval Jewellery
Wednesday 17 February
13.15–14.00
Marian Campbell
Coffer,Spainabout 1550 inlaid walnut with a central pattern of stars, Museum no. 667:1-1890. (click image for larger version)
Medieval Spain, Where Three Faiths Lived Together: Architecture, Poetry and Language
Wednesday 3 March
13.15–14.00
Michael Alpert
Jointly organised with Spiro Ark
The Gallery at Strawberry Hill, watercolour by Thomas Sandby (1723 - 98), English, 1781. Museum no. D.1837-1904. (click image for larger version)
Horace Walpole
Wednesday 17 March
13.15–14.00
Michael Snodin