Members' talk and Q&A
About
Artists across the centuries have harnessed the power of the eyes, particularly in matters of love. Award-winning art guide Muriel Carré leads this online talk about the look of love.
Muriel has hand-picked a selection of paintings by Sandro Botticelli, Lorenzo Lotto, Lucas Cranach, Rembrandt, Pieter de Hooch, Nicolas Poussin, Joseph Wright of Derby and many others to explore how artists capture the gaze of love.
Love at first sight, the alluring look of a classical goddess, the ardent look of voyeurs, the confident gaze of the heroic wife, a couple of lovers lost in each other’s eyes, furtive looks exchanged while playing music and more stories from our collection will be unveiled and studied during this online Members’ talk with Q&A.
Speaker
Muriel Carré is an award-winning guide specialising in art and architecture. Muriel studied English Literature and History at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, followed by a master's degree in art history at Christie's, London. Alongside teaching English Literature in France and abroad, Muriel has worked for a contemporary art online magazine in Madrid. Muriel now leads tours in English and French in all the major London museums and historic houses.
Watch again
This online Members' event will be recorded. Recordings are usually available in your National Gallery account within three working days of the event.
This recording will be available for two weeks.
Closed captions
Automatic closed captioning is available for this event.
The look of love
Members' talk and Q&A
Free for Members
This is an online event, exclusive to Members, hosted on Zoom.
Members, please book your free 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.
