At the 2012 Conference held at the Open University, Lord Putnam gives the keynote address considering 'How the arts are going to save us from civil war.'

The conference was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.

Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970

An International Conference organised by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, English Heritage, The Open University and the Twentieth Century Society.

Convened by Dr Julian Holder, English Heritage & Dr Elizabeth McKellar, Open University.

Paul Ranogajec, Beaux-Arts Urbanism and the Neo-Georgian in New York City

Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970 An International Conference organised by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, English Heritage, The Open University and the Twentieth Century Society. From Day 2, Session 3

Stephen Hague, 'Phony Coloney': the Reception of the Georgian and the Construction of Twentieth-century America

Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970 An International Conference organised by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, English Heritage, The Open University and the Twentieth Century Society. From Day 2, Session 3

Part of the Jaume Plensa Study Day

Part of the Jaume Plensa Study Day. See also http://www.culturecolony.com

Part of the Jaume Plensa Study Day

This event included a series of talks and some discussion relevant to the Mima exhibition Between Dimensions: The Representation of the Object (featuring still lifes from Tate’s collection) 25th November 2011 -11th March 2012. Speakers and topics were as follows: Dr Linda Walsh, Chardin’s Still Lifes, Nature and Economics Ms Sandra Pollard, Cézanne and Cubism Professor Gill Perry, Decoration and Play in Matisse’s ‘Pink Onions’

This specialist academic conference developed themes raised in the exhibition The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons. Speakers, including Professors Felicity Nussbaum (UCLA) and Joseph Roach (Yale), explored and problematised ideas of ‘celebrity’ culture and the symbolic, allegorical and discursive functions of portraits of women players.

Spike Bucklow, Everyday Alchemy

Part of the lecture series on 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art' A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art.