What you’ll do
Join us for an expert talk on artists’ pigments through the ages. You’ll hear about how these colours could be deadly and toxic, medicinal or used for other crafts.
Dr Elma Brenner talks about medieval manuscripts in the Viewing Room, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Dates
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Past
Need to know
Location
We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.
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About your speaker
Lucia Burgio
Dr Lucia Burgio is Senior Scientist at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Her main interests include pigments and other artists’ materials as well as oriental lacquer.