Barry Venning

BIOGRAPHY
Barry Venning is an art historian whose interests and teaching range from the art of late medieval Europe to global contemporary art. He has published books, articles and exhibition catalogue essays on Turner, Constable and European landscape painting, but also has an ongoing research interest in postcolonial art and British visual satire. He works as a consultant and associate lecturer for the Open University. His media work includes two BBC TV documentaries, radio appearances for BBC local radio and ABC Australia, and a DVD on Turner for the Tate.

TALKS

1. Cartoons and Contraptions: The wonderful world of W. Heath Robinson
2. Spectacular Bodies: Art, anatomy and medical science
3. A Child Of Six Could Do It! Cartoonists’ views of modern art
4. ‘The Good, The Bad and the Ugly’: Unexpected uses of portraiture
5. ‘Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei?’ Repression and resistance in recent Chinese art
6. With A Little Help From Their Friends: The Beatles and the art world
7. A Global Lens: People and places in recent photography
8. Art After Empire: Postcolonial art in Britain since 1948
9. Paintbrushes at Dawn: The world’s greatest artistic feuds, rows and quarrels