Members' stream and Q&A
About
Visit ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300‒1350’ from the comfort of your own home with our curators' tour – featuring special insights from exhibition curators Drs Laura Llewellyn and Caroline Campbell.
See some of Europe's earliest, most exquisite and most significant artworks. Laura and Caroline will guide you through exhibition highlights, from fantastic altarpieces to intricately detailed objects of devotion. We will visit the reunited panels of Duccio’s ‘Maestà' altarpiece, Simone Martini’s Palazzo Pubblico and Orsini altarpieces, the ‘Annunciation’ and ‘Birth of the Virgin’ by the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and other objects crafted by incredible Sienese artists.
This recorded Members' tour will finish with a live Q&A with Laura and Caroline. Please note that this event will run for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
'Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300 ‒1350' was organised by the National Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Speakers
Dr Caroline Campbell is Director of the National Gallery of Ireland. She is the first woman to hold this role. Previously, she was Director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery. A specialist in Italian Renaissance painting, her interests range from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. During her time at the National Gallery, she curated the exhibitions ‘Mantegna and Bellini’, ‘Building the Picture’ and ‘Duccio | Caro’ among others. Her first book, ‘The Power of Art’, was published in 2023.
Dr Laura Llewellyn is Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 at the National Gallery, London, where she was previously Associate Curator of Renaissance Paintings (2020‒23). Prior to this she was Assistant Curator in the Department of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (2016‒20). At the Getty, she curated the exhibitions 'Ercole de’ Roberti in Focus' (2019) and 'Paolo Veneziano: Art and Devotion in 14th-century Venice' (2021), organised in partnership with The Frick Collection. She received her PhD from the Courtauld in 2017. At the National Gallery she curated the exhibition 'Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed' (December 2023 ‒ March 2024).
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A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.
This recording will be available until the exhibition closes.
Closed captions
Automatic closed captioning is available for this event.
Curators' online tour of Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300‒1350
Members' stream and Q&A
Tickets
Members: £10
This is an online event, exclusive to Members, hosted on Zoom.
Members, please book your ticket to access this event. You will receive an E-ticket with instructions on how to access your online events, films and resources via your National Gallery account. Only one ticket can be booked per account.
A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.
