Series two
Enjoy an in-depth insight into the Barber’s stunning collection through this programme of mini art podcasts.
Discussions include past and present displays, small groups of related works, an aspect of the member of staff’s own research, or single masterpieces and recent acquisitions.
Episode 16:
Cosimo Rosselli: the Nativity in Italian Renaissance Painting, with Jennifer Young, Volunteer Gallery Guide.
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Episode 15:
A Venerable Mystery: Strozzi’s Head of an Old Woman, with Becca Randle, Learning and Engagement Coordinator.
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Episode 14:
The Reader: the Barber’s new acquisition by Marguerite Gérard, with Helen Cobby, Assistant Curator.
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Episode 13:
Giovanni Antronio Pellegrini’s Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, about 1710, with University of Birmingham Classical Literature and Civilisations student Evie Garret.
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Episode 12:
The Barber Concert Series at 75: some thoughts and reminiscences… with Andrew Kirkman, Peyton and Barber Professor of Music.
Find out more about the Barber Concerts 75 celebrations.
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Episode 11:
Rodin, with Helen Cobby, Assistant Curator.
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Episode 10:
Ikegobo to the Iyoba, with Adwoa Owusu-Barnieh, University of Birmingham Classical Literature and Civilizations graduate.
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Episode 9:
‘The Art of Devotion: Sacred Illuminations, Prints, and Drawings’, with April Armstrong-Bascombe, Collections Intern.
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Episode 8:
‘Changing Shapes’, with Helen Cobby, Assistant Curator.
Content warning: please be aware this talk includes discussion of sexual violence in relation to historic art and literature.
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Episode 7:
Salomon van Ruysdael’s A Cavalry Travelling through a Wooded Landscape, 1658, with Robert Wenley, Deputy Director and Head of Collections.
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Episode 6:
Now and Then, with Nicola Kalinsky, Director.
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Episode 5:
Self-Portrait in Profile: the Artist’s Process, with Flora Kay, Learning and Engagement Manager.
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Episode 4:
Student Lightning Talk: Degas Dancers, with Emily Langridge, University of Birmingham History of Art student.
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Episode 3:
Student Lightning Talk: Arm Reliquary, with Nadia Sommella, University of Birmingham History of Art student.
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Episode 2:
Student Lightning Talk: The Evening Meal, with Maya Biddulph, University of Birmingham Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences student.
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Episode 1:
Student Lightning Talk: Lovers in a Landscape, with Susanna Davis, University of Birmingham History and History of Art graduate.
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