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Sarah Jihae Kaye's group performance workshop of soft sculpture-making with nylon stockings. Photo: Garrett Elliott
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Talks, Tours, Events

Each season, we present a suite of artist, insider and specialist talks, tours and events that connect you with visual art and artists, and with one another. These are free, open to all and invite you to dig deeper into the exhibitions and collections, and to explore emerging perspectives on the art of the past and the culture of our time.

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Albert Eckhout, Still Life with Watermelon, Pineapple, and other Fruits, oil on canvas, c. 1640. Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen. Photo: John Lee
Talk
Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art with Dr Stephanie Porras
15 November 2024
6–7:30 pm (ET)
Portrait of Sarindar Dhaliwal. Courtesy of the artist.
Talk
Koerner Lecture with Sarindar Dhaliwal: the cartographer’s mistake
7 March 2024
6–7:30 pm
Artist Ann Clarke at the Exhibition Celebration. Photo: Tim Forbes
Talk
Artist Talk with Ann Clarke
2 March 2024
1–2:30 pm
Artist Joan Scaglione at the Exhibition Celebration. Photo: Tim Forbes
Talk
Artist Talk with Joan Scaglione
3 February 2024
1–2:30 pm with reception to follow
Courtesy of Dr Tommy Mayberry
Talk
You Ain’t “Scared of Me” … You Hate Me with Dr Tommy Mayberry
29 January 2024
12–2 pm
Bernardino Ignazio da Vezza d’Asti, Missione in Prattica, water colour on paper, around 1750. Photo: Bibliotheca civica Centrale di Torino.
Talk
Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art with Dr Cécile Fromont
15 November 2023
7:30–9 pm (ET), with reception to follow. Isabel's doors open at 6:30 pm.
Mountains in a landscape scene. PHoto taken by Making Art Work workshop lead Holly Chang.
Talk
Making Art Work: Professional Development Series
11 October, 15 November and 5 December 2023
6–7:30 pm EST
Portrait of Abbie Vandivere. Photo: Ivo Hoekstra, Mauritshuis
Talk
The Girl in the Spotlight: A technical examination of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring with Abbie Vandivere
3 November 2022
5:30–6:30 pm
Rajni Perera working in her studio.
Talk
2022 Koerner Artist-in-Residence
Public Lecture
27 October 2022
6–8:30 pm
Zina Saro-Wiwa, Worrying the Mask: The Politics of Authenticity and Contemporaneity in the Worlds of African Art (detail), 2020, video. Purchase, The Gallery Association Purchase Fund, 2021
Talk
Film Screening: Worrying the Mask (Postponed)
23 October 2022
4–5:30 pm
Portrait of Winsom Winsom. Courtesy of the artist
Talk
Conversation with Winsom Winsom and Dr Andrea Fatona
17 September 2022
1:30–3 pm
Anthony van Dyck, Queen Henrietta Maria (detail), 1636, oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Mrs Charles Wrightsman in honor of Annette de la Renta, 2019
Talk
Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art with Karen Hearn
Thursday 14 April 2022
6–8 pm (ET)
Tom Thomson, Autumn Woods, 1916, oil on wood panel. Gift of Margaret Botterell in memory of Dr Harry Botterell, 1998
Talk
Deep Looking: Tom Thomson? The Art of Authentication
12 April 2022
12:15–1 pm (ET)
Tatum Dooley and a volunteer arranging work on a cart to be delivered to Fudger House.
Talk
Canadian Art in Isolation with Tatum Dooley and Margaux Smith
17 March 2022
6:30–7:30 pm
Chris Curreri, No Tears For The Creatures of The Night, 2021, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Daniel Faria Gallery
Talk
Deep Looking: Chris Curreri: A Surrogate, A Proxy, A Stand-In
1 March 2022
12:15–1 pm (ET)
Caitlyn Picard handles objects in the collection. Photo: Garrett Elliott
Talk
What Is…Art Conservation? with Emy Kim
Saturday 5 February 2022
1–2:30 pm (ET)
Jacob van Campen, Old Woman with a Book, 1625–1630, oil on canvas. Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2013
Talk
Deep Looking: Studies in Solitude
Tuesday 16 November 2021
12:15–1 pm (ET)
John Young Johnstone, Start Another, 1915, graphite and gouache on paper. Gift of Mary Jane Braide in Memory of her Mother Janet G. Braide, 2010
Talk
Deep Looking: Humour Me
Tuesday 19 October 2021
12:15–1 pm (ET)
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