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Unexpected views
Andy Holden on Murillo's 'Self Portrait'
Take a journey through artist and musician Andy’s reflections on self image, illusion, meta-painting and cartoon realities... all in connection to Murillo’s 'Self Portrait'.
Andy joins Priyesh Mistry, Associate Curator for Contemporary Projects to talk about the limits of the frame in the Gallery's self portrait by Murillo and his own work as part of our Unexpected Views talks.
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Harold Offeh on Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars'
Offeh chats to curator Priyesh Mistry about Botticelli's iconic painting in relation to his own artistic practice.
Behind the scenes in Conservation
Restoring Botticelli's 'Adoration of the Kings': Part one
Jill Dunkerton and Britta New find out what was hiding beneath a frame for nearly two centuries
Behind the scenes in Conservation
Restoring Botticelli's 'Adoration of the Kings': Part two
Watch Jill Dunkerton as she retouches a Renaissance masterpiece
One painting, many voices
Holbein's 'The Ambassadors'
Grandiose. Monumental. Chas and Dave? Find out what people had to say about 'The Ambassadors'
Unexpected views
Hanna Tuulikki on Piero del Pollaiuolo's 'Apollo and Daphne'
Hanna shares some new and unconventional ways of looking at and interpreting the subject of this small but powerful painting.
Unexpected views
Cécile B. Evans on Salvator Rosa's 'Witches at their Incantations'
Evans draws a comparison between the themes of their own work and those of Salvator Rosa with curator Daniel Herrmann