{"title": "Creative Conversations | Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Drawing School", "address": "Charlotte Road 19-22, EC2A 3SG London", "price": "Free, booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting", "literature"], "description": "Creative Conversations | Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell is an in-person evening lecture at the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch, seating guests from 6.30pm for a 7pm start with limited tickets. It celebrates the launch of 'Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell', the first book to survey Bell's paintings, written by American art writer David Carrier and published by DISTANZ. Painter Julian Bell, who has taught at the school since 2012, is in conversation with the London-based painter Matthew Krishanu, whose work is in the collections of Tate and others. The event is part of the Creative Conversations series curated by Dr Claudia Tobin and is chaired by broadcaster and journalist Bidisha, with copies of the book available to purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/creative-conversations-storytelling-pictures-the-paintings-o-135699/", "official_url": "https://royaldrawingschool.org/events/creative-conversations-storytelling-pictures-the-paintings-of-julian-bell", "image": "https://noky.io/images/629e6b0d650e187f2c06bb5cc2dbaf342af4c62c8ec5dbd0e3d390f0939e6a30-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Drawing School", "address": "Charlotte Road 19-22, EC2A 3SG London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: The Lives of Artists", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Tate Britain", "address": "Millbank, SW1P 4RG London", "price": "£15 / £13 for Members, £13 Concessions / £5 Universal Credit and Pension Credit recipients, £5 for T", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/modern-art", "history"], "description": "This is a talk at Tate Britain called 'The Lives of Artists', part of the event series 'Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant'. Thomas Kennedy, curator of Modern British Art at Tate Britain, is joined by Dr Darren Clarke of Charleston, and art historians Dr Sophie Pickford and Dr Jon King. They reflect on the five-decade creative partnership between Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, members of the Bloomsbury Group and among the most influential British artists of the 20th century, considering their radical approach to domesticity in their modernist home and the significance of their collaboration and individual practices, which reshaped art, literature and societal thought in Britain.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vanessa-bell-duncan-grant-the-lives-of-artists-87920/", "official_url": "https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/vanessa-bell-and-duncan-grant/the-lives-of-artists-vanessa-bell--duncan-grant", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d27d9e7d8babd29290c7381ec5d1a4f5b9aaadcabf627d405a872501c910bc2a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Art of conversation: 10-minute Talk", "start": "2026-11-13T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "A ten-minute gallery talk at the National Gallery called 'Art of conversation', part of a series of talks and conversations. Speaker Erin-Jane Golding, a multidisciplinary creative, artist and cultural programmer who develops events at the National Gallery, leads it, inspired by the exhibition 'Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation'. The talk asks how we should converse with art, challenging the worry that visitors need art-historical knowledge or the 'right' interpretation to engage with a painting. Drawing on her own reflections, Erin invites everyone to explore looking, questioning and interpretation, celebrating that there is no single way to make meaning from art.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/art-of-conversation-10-minute-talk-78909/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/art-of-conversation-10-minute-talk-autumn-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5bac510622656a1288bab8efe51b6b567a1ebb981f12ed44d3ff19f17ed58923-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Friday Lates life drawing: 2B Or Not 2B Collective", "start": "2026-11-20T18:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing/figure-drawing"], "description": "A free evening life drawing session at the National Gallery's Friday Lates, held in the Social Space of the Roden Centre for Creative Learning for adults 18+, with two sessions that evening and materials provided by Stabilo. It is run by 2B Or Not 2B Collective, a People of Colour collective that uplifts marginalised bodies and makes art accessible, offering informal sessions with music for all levels of ability. The drawing is inspired by 'Mr and Mrs Andrews', reimagining Gainsborough's famous painting in the collective's own way. Afterwards, visitors can see the painting in the free exhibition 'Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/friday-lates-life-drawing-2b-or-not-2b-collective-78921/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/friday-lates-life-drawing-2b-or-not-2b-collective-20-11-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/19e75076a3b8e813e537908332db8aa38498c33683a1edf7f3b1a1aabcf8fbc3-2000.webp"}]}