Objects of Censorship

This series of gallery talks looks in detail at objects in the collection that respond to or are informed by acts of censorship

Monday 23 April: Killing the Message: Censorship’s power to dilute and confuse
Led by Dawn Hoskin

Tuesday 24 April: Sacred and Secret: Catholic worship in England after the Reformation
Led by Alexandra Jones

Wednesday 25 April: Umbrellas as resistance: Protest and youth ambition
Led by Alice Power

Thursday 26 April: Michelangelo’s David: Indecency and the fig leaf
Led by Livia Turnbull

Friday 27 April: Rodin’s ‘Fantasies’: The censorship of same-sex desire as mythology in the 19th century
Led by Rebecca Knott

Duration of each talk: 20 minutes

Part of the V&A Performance Festival 2018