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Join a musical evening inspired by the painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), surrounded by his works in our splendid Picture Gallery.

Gainsborough was an avid amateur musician known for hosting musical gatherings. The programme includes works by Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787); and Italians Felice Giardini (1716– 1796) and Valentino Nicolai (fl. 1775–1798).

London Obbligato Collective is a period-instrument chamber ensemble launched by harpsichordist Masumi Yamamoto in 2023 to give the harpsichord a place to shine, enhanced by the richness of the accompanying instruments. The ensemble is made up of musicians who regularly play with the major period-instrument ensembles including the Gabrieli Consort & Players, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the Academy of Ancient Music.

Forming part of a small tour in London, Hampshire and Devon, this promises to be a very special evening at the Museum.

Probably the greatest British painter of the 20th century, Francis Bacon based almost all of his works on photographs. As curator of Iconic, Chris Stephens will reveal that source material and explore the ways it reveals the artist’s ideas and motivations.

This event will take place during our January Up Late, which will also offer the opportunity to try your hand at printing Pop Art icons, and enjoy music and drinks in the Cafe.

Joshua Donkor uses portraiture to subvert monolithic portrayals of Black identity. In this discussion with Chantal Akworkor Thompson, an educator and art writer based in Ghana, he will share his influences and explain his techniques, rich in personal narrative. this event will take place during our monthly Up Late evening.

The work of British pop artist Pauline Boty expresses many of the social changes and tensions for young women in Britain in the 1960s. This lecture will look at Boty’s work and, in particular, her self-portraits and photographic portraits of her, in the context of shifts in morality and sexuality in the period and the changing image of youthful femininity. Lynda Nead is Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London. She has published widely on the history of British art and on gender, sexuality and visual representation.

Ken Russell’s 1962 film is widely celebrated as one of the most innovative art documentaries of all time. Moving from London bedsits and studios to the cinema and fairground, it profiles the Young British Artists of the day who pioneered Pop Art, including Peter Blake, Peter Phillips, Derek Boshier and Pauline Boty. The screening will take place during our monthly Up Late evening.