October Focus: Light and Dark

October’s talks focus on the theme of light and dark. From candlelight to strange happenings at night, golden possessions to candid confessions, talks are sure to be illuminating.

October Focus Painting

Detail from Joseph Mallord William Turner: 'Ulysses deriding Polyphemus- Homer's Odyssey'

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 'Ulysses deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey', 1829

Can light and dark tell a story? Find out how Turner tells a tale by contrast

October highlights

Performance
Epic Tales of Dark and Light: The 'Odyssey' and the Ramayana

Talk and shadow puppet performance

Sunday 4 October, 2–3.15pm

Sainsbury Wing Theatre

Admission free
Lunchtime talk
'The Sun is God': Turner's Solar Sublime

Plus book signing

Monday 12 October, 1–1.45pm

Sainsbury Wing Theatre

Admission free

Free lunchtime talks

Join one of our themed lunchtime talks - Tuesday to Saturday at 1pm

Tuesdays: ‘Illumination’

Wednesdays: ‘Shades of Temperament’

Thursdays: ‘Black and Gold’

Fridays: ‘Talk and Draw’

Saturdays: ‘Out from the Shadows’

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