Exposed: The Victorian Nude

1 November 2001 - 13 January 2002

Events

Call Tate Ticketing on 020 7887 8888 to book tickets for evening events, conferences, and study days.

Wed 21 Nov 2001
The Erotic Eye -- Stereoscopic Photographs and Victorian Cinema
David Burder and Simon Brown explore the role of the nude in stereoscopic (3-D) photography and early Victorian film. £8 (£6 concs)

Wed 28 Nov 2001
Close Up on the Nude -- Panel Discussion
Panel discussion chaired by Lynda Nead, and featuring art historian Linda Nochlin, critic Adrian Searle, and artist Jemima Stehli, which reviews the different meanings of the nude in historic and contemporary art. £7 (£4 concs)

Thurs 6 December 2001
Victorian Values -- An Evening with John Sessions
The actor, writer and Victorian enthusiast, John Sessions reads extracts from literature and other writings of the period that convey Victorian reactions to the nude. £10 (£8 concs)

Sat 17 Nov 2001
The Secret Victorians
Adult study day organised with Leighton House that questions conventional assumptions about Victorian prudery, looking at A L Munby, Linley Sambourne, Frederic Leighton and others. £20 (£17 concs)

21 Nov-12 Dec 2001
The Artist's Model
Four week-day sessions exploring the fascinating history of the Artist's Model art. Organised with the Royal Academy of Art. £75 (£65 concs)

23-24 Nov 2001
Victorian Bodies
A major academic conference jointly organised with Birkbeck College and the Courtauld Institute that includes 15 speakers and talks on painting, sculpture, performance, film, photography, medicine, race, gender and childhood. £30 (£15 concs)
Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

On selected Thursdays at 13.15 throughout the exhibition. Meet at the exhibition entrance

13.00 Studio 1
Admission Free
2 Nov 2001
The English Nude -- J E Millais' Knight Errant
Christine Riding

9 Nov 2001
Whose Body, Whose Art: Men, Women and the Nude
Pamela Gerrish Nunn

16 Nov 2001
Marble to Flesh: Classical Sculpture and Victorian Painting
Rosemary Barrow

30 Nov 2001
Expose and Confess: Victorian Art and Pornography in Modern Times
Martin Myrone

7 Dec 2001
The Body Politic: Controversies Surrounding the Victorian Nude
Alison Smith

11 Jan 2001
The Modern Nude
Robert Upstone

7th Nov 2001-27 Jan 2002
Regular weekday screening of documentaries, and weekend screening of feature films relating to the exhibition. Programme selected by Stacey Abbott and Simon Brown of the BFI.