Lectures
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Marie-Anne is an accredited The Arts Society lecturer who has lectured nationally and internationally for organisations such as Tate Modern, Dulwich Picture Gallery, V & A, Ben Uri, City Lit, The Course, as well as many private societies.
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Lectures and study days include:
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The History of American Art in 25 Iconic Works
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The Only Blonde In The World: Pauline Boty
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The Grit and The Glamour: Art in the Jazz Age
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Caravaggio and his Models
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Venetian Courtesan Culture
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The Doll in Art
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Toni Morrison and Mickalene Thomas: creation within disruption
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The bed has been the subject of multiple explorations in art, representing an ambiguous realm between something personal, intimate, and yet common to all. Most often associated with passion, throughout history the bed has also been linked to childhood, death, disease and other more unseemly acts.
In this live HENI Talk, made in collaboration with The Arts Society, Dr. Marie-Anne Mancio investigates some of the scintillating examples of ‘The Bed in Art’,
