Events during Friday Lates on Friday 30 October celebrate the launch of a new Sounds of the Gallery audio tour.

Painting is a silent art, but the best painters engage all our senses. They are concerned with the illusion of space, conveying texture and smell – and with rhythm, tone and harmony.

Contrasting colours shout at us, while fluid lines and quiet tones create harmony. Body language, gesture and the rhythms of a composition can suggest movement and noise or set up tension, a quiet about to be broken.