Tuesday 25 March 2025

Wednesday 2 April 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Milan is home to the Pinacoteca di Brera, one of Italy’s most prestigious art galleries which contains a pivotal collection of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, including works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Mantegna and Piero della Francesa. It also shares history and a site with the Accademia, an art school not unlike NAS. …

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Wednesday 9 April 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Fergus Berney-Gibson was the recipient of the 2024/25 Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship. He undertook a study trip to the United Kingdom to enhance his research which is concerned with heritage leather-craft and textiles. During his travels he encountered Celtic metalwork, contemporary photomedia practices, diverse curatorial a…

Wednesday 05 March 2025

Wednesday 19 March 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Exploring connections between cultural forms can reveal surprising parallels. Over the past decade, artists worldwide have increasingly drawn from science fiction to generate ideas, reframe contexts, and rethink creativity. One key technique borrowed from sci-fi is worldbuilding–the imaginative reconfiguration of social relationships an…

Tuesday 04 March 2025

Monday 03 March 2025

Wednesday 26 March 12.45 – 1.30pm Cell Block Theatre Upritchard will discuss the exhibition-making process, using her show A Loose Hold at Kunsthalle Pasquart in Bienne, Switzerland as a case study. The talk will explore various aspects of exhibition design, including model-making, conceptualization, scale, and the challenges of work production and publishing. She will also share insights…