Tate Modern

May 03, 2008

Tate Modern Course: Appearances: Philosophy, Photography and the Self

Booking is now open for the course I'm leading at Tate Modern on Monday evenings in June. The course is called Appearances: Philosophy, Photography and the Self and runs during the Street and Studio: An Urban History of Photography exhibition. There are four sessions. Booking is via the Tate Modern website or by telephone on 020 7887 8888..

April 03, 2008

Forthcoming course on Philosophy and Photographic Portraiture

I will be teaching a new course Appearances at Tate Modern on Monday evenings in June 2008. Further details of this are on my weblog Art and Allusion. This will coincide with Tate Modern's new photography exhibition Street and Studio. Booking will open on the Tate Modern website from early May.

January 04, 2008

7 Ways of Thinking About Art - Tate Modern

I will be leading a course on the Philosophy of Art at Tate Modern -  Seven Ways of Thinking About Art - on Monday evenings 6.30- 8pm,  4th February - 17th March this year (followed by a drink in the bar from 8pm). If you are interested in attending you should book soon as these courses sell out quite quickly. I'll be posting notes from the course on my other weblog Art and Allusion. This course is a mixture of classroom discussion and looking at works of art in the gallery after the public have left (a privilege in itself).

You can get an idea of the sorts of topics covered in this course and my approach by looking at my notes from the last time I taught the course here. We won't necessarily be looking at the same works for the upcoming course.

This course is also the basis of a book I am writing with the same name...but don't hold your breath.

August 30, 2007

Tate Modern Course on Louise Bourgeois - Advance Warning

Transformations: Louise Bourgeois’ Art About Life

Led by Nigel Warburton. Venue: Tate Modern.
Monday evenings 19th Nov.- 10th Dec. 2007. Booking details now available from Tate Modern.

This 4-session course investigates Louise Bourgeois’ art from a philosophical angle. Rather than dwelling on art historical connections, participants will have the opportunity to explore and discuss her work through the key themes of Life into Art, the Ambivalent Body, Transforming Pain, and Artistic Style. Bourgeois has declared that her work is about life: this course will provide a framework within which to examine that claim in the presence of the wide range of her art assembled for the major retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern. Each session will focus on a single theme, triggered by Bourgeois work, but will also address wider issues about the nature of art and expression.

July 05, 2007

Notes from Session 5 of Beyond Seeing, Tate Modern

Notes from the penultimate session of Beyond Seeing, the course I'm leading at Tate Modern, are available here.

June 30, 2007

Notes from Session 4 of Beyond Seeing, Tate Modern - Touch Tour

Notes from the 4th session of the Tate Modern course 'Beyond Seeing' are available here. This was a 'Touch Tour' led by Marcus Horley.

June 21, 2007

Notes on Taste and 'Taste' Session 3 of Beyond Seeing, Tate Modern

Notes from Session 3 of Tate Modern course Beyond Seeing are available here.

June 12, 2007

Notes on Session 2 of Beyond Seeing, Tate Modern

Notes from the second session of the course I'm leading at Tate Modern, Beyond Seeing, including short clips from an interview I made with artist Oswaldo Macia, are available here.

Notes from session one.

Course Outline.

Next week: Taste and 'Taste'...

June 05, 2007

Beyond Seeing - Tate Modern - Notes on Session One

Notes on the course at Tate Modern Beyond Seeing session one available here. Also course aims and overview.

April 25, 2007

Booking Now Open for Tate Modern Course 'Beyond Seeing'

Online booking is now open for the course I'm teaching at Tate Modern, 'Beyond Seeing', Monday evenings 4th June - 9th July 6.30 - 8.00 p.m. (followed by a drink in the Level One CafĂ©).  Further details here.

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