The title for this series of public talks is ‘The Sitting Book’ which is based on a series of pocket notebooks held in the RA Archive by Joshua Reynolds. These recorded in detail his sitters, social circles and relationships that fed into the formation of his work.

The talks series looks at how contemporary artists have used human subjects, social groups and relationships in the formation of their practice. This is the last of a series of talks, hosted on Zoom on Thursday evening at 5.30pm during February, March and April.

Further talks include:

Dragana Jurišić 24th February

Pat Curran 10th March

Vanessa Jones 31st March

Salvatore Of Lucan 21st April

Image: Harry Walsh Foreman, Found 20 euro in Tesco car park and I taught what would Jesus do, so I turned it into wine (detail), 2021, Acrylic paint on mdf, 100 cm X 54 cm, Image courtesy of the artist.