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Lunchtime Lecture: ‘Art and Money, or the Story of the Room’: The scandals and afterlives of Whistler’s notorious ‘Peacock Room’
Join expert curators and inspiring speakers for our free weekly lunchtime lectures.
In light of the current display of Darren Waterston’s ‘Filthy Lucre’ at the V&A, Sally-Anne Huxtable explores the tumultuous history, and the many incarnations, of James Abbot McNeill Whistler’s infamous and immersive room-as-work-of art, ‘Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room’.
Visit our SoundCloud channel to listen to past Lunchtime Lectures: soundcloud.com/vamuseum/sets/v-a-lunchtime-lecture-serie
Header image: Installation view, Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room Reimagined by Darren Waterston at V&A © Victoria and Albert Museum, London