Art in Focus
November

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge , c1872–5
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge  c1872–5
Tate
Tuesday 3 November 2009, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 7 November 2009, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 10 November 2009, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 14 November 2009, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 17 November 2009, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 21 November 2009, 14.30–14.45
Tuesday 24 November 2009, 13.15–13.30
Saturday 28 November 2009, 14.30–14.45

James Abbot McNeill Whistler said of London's riverside in the evening mist: 'the whole city hangs in the heavens and fairy land before us'. This shows in his atmospheric painting 'Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge' c1872-5. Marvel at its beauty during this fifteen minute talk.

Tate Britain  Room 12
Free

Access for wheelchairs and pushchairs  Hearing loop available