The Pietá by Michelangelo - Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories – Spring 2025

6. The Pietá by Michelangelo - Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories – Spring 2025

Artist and art teacher Áine Andrews returns with another series of lectures on Famous Paintings and their Hidden Histories. In each lecture, Áine will focus on a particular painting to recount its history, as well as that of the artist and their story.

The lectures can be attended as a series, but are also designed as standalone talks, which can be attended individually.

1. Tues 4 February
La Loge Pierre by Auguste Renoir – Courtauld Gallery, London
 
2. Tues 11 February
A Sunday Afternoon on the Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat – Art Institute of Chicago
 
3. Tues 18 February
In a Convent Garden by William Leech – National Gallery of Ireland
 
4. Tues 25 February
My Four Green Fields by Evie Hone – Government Buildings, Dublin, Ireland
 
5. Tues 4 March
Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn by Rachel Ruysch – National Gallery Dublin
 
6. Tues 11 March
The Pietà by Michelangelo – St Peter’s Basilica, Rome