Course
The Medici of Florence
10:45 am GMT (Europe/London)
In person · University Women's Club, London, United Kingdom
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Stories beyond the frame
See art with new eyes.
Leslie Primo writes, lectures and broadcasts on art and its histories, with particular interests in Renaissance Europe, and the presence of Black people in Western art.
On television
Rethinking King George III: In Ten Portraits, BBC Select
Watch the trailer and more television work
- Birkbeck, University of London: BA Art History; MA Renaissance Studies
- Eighteen years at the National Gallery
- Television and radio work for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Arts
Explore Leslie's lectures, courses, gallery visits, book and podcast appearances, or get in touch about a speaking engagement.
What's on next
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Focus on: iconography
11:00 am GMT (Europe/London)
Online
See City Lit for current availability.
Course
Focus on: the art of Siena
11:00 am GMT (Europe/London)
Online
See City Lit for current availability.
Lectures, courses and trips
A study day
A History of Art
A study day offering a route through major periods and questions in the history of Western art.
A lecture
Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807): An Artist in 18th Century England
Angelica Kauffmann's training, Continental reputation and years in England provide the frame for this lecture.
Days out
Gallery
National Gallery
The National Gallery is in Trafalgar Square, London.
Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery is in St Martin's Place, London.
Explore in your own time
Television appearances
Television
How William Hodges Invented Paradise
Leslie Primo presents a HENI Talks film on the paintings William Hodges made on Captain James Cook's second voyage, and the gap between what he saw and what he chose to paint.
HENI Talks
Television
L.S. Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
A BBC programme about L.S. Lowry, using recordings made by Angela Barratt in 1972.
BBC Two
Television
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
A BBC Two documentary that reads J. M. W. Turner's 37,000 private sketches, drawings and watercolours for what they reveal about the man behind the paintings.
BBC Two
Listen and read
Book
The Foreign Invention of British Art
Leslie Primo's history of the artists from abroad who helped to shape art in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
Podcast
Primo & Payne: Great Art Explained
Leslie Primo and James Payne discuss art in Primo & Payne: Great Art Explained.
Writing
Depicting the Magi: origins, gifts and representing men of colour
Leslie Primo's essay on how the story of the Magi grew from its Eastern roots, how artists pictured the three kings and their gifts, and how European painters came to include a black king.