The Lightbox hosts a series of lunchtime and evening talks, both in-person and digitally, on a wide range of subjects, lasting approximately 45 minutes with a short time for questions.
You can also join a member of The Lightbox curatorial team for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of one of our exhibitions.
Advance booking is required. Please note that we reserve the right to cancel any events if the minimum ticket sales are not met.
Audio-Described Tour inspired by Bridget Riley: Pleasures of Sight. Read more
Audio-Described workshop inspired by Lines of Beauty with a focus on collecting, conservation and display of Old Master Drawings. Read more
Join us and learn more about the 'Fauves', a group of artists who first exhibited together in 1905, including Matisse, Derain, Rouault, and Vlaminck. Read more
Join us and learn more about the artist couple, Gwen John and Augustus John. Read more
Join us and learn more about Gustav Klimt, an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and designer, best known for his highly decorative and patterned paintings. Read more
Join us and learn more about Margaret Macdonald, one of the most gifted and successful women artists in Scotland at the turn of the 19th century, and Charles Rennie Macintosh, her husband who acknowledged her genius as an artist and pattern maker. Read more
Join us and learn more about Mary Moser, an English painter and one of the most celebrated women artists of 18th-century Britain. Read more
Join us and learn more about Angelica Kaufman, painter, printmaker, and decorative artist. Read more
Join us and learn more about Sandra Blow's career, one of the pioneers of the British abstract movement of the 1950s Read more
Join us and learn more about the many women artists who had successful art careers but were overshadowed by their other halves. Read more
Join military historian Andrew Robertshaw for a talk on the 76th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day. Read more
Join renowned art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon for a private tour of Lines of Beauty, followed by a talk on Old Master Drawings. Read more
Join us for a talk with architect and Managing Director of Marks Barfield Architects, Julia Barfield, as we spotlight the #ArtForYourWorld campaign to celebrate WWF's 60th anniversary. Read more
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of our Bridget Riley exhibition. Read more
Join Lucy Askew, Chief Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, National Galleries of Scotland as she probes further into Bridget Riley’s practice. Read more
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of our Lines of Beauty exhibition. Read more
Join Dr Caroline Campbell as she explores some of the most popular masterpieces which adorn the walls of The National Gallery. Read more
Join us for a fascinating talk into the valuation of European paintings that date from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Read more
Join Dr. Cliff Lauson, Senior Curator at the Hayward Gallery, for an illustrated online talk that will provide an overview of Bridget Riley’s practice. Read more