Curator Talks and Exhibition Insights
Bell House has become known for hosting inspiring speakers, including curators from London museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the Tate, the Royal Academy and the British Museum, alongside art historians, and authors.
Our talks offer a rare behind-the-scenes perspective on major exhibitions, collections, and artistic movements, bringing museum expertise into an intimate setting. Recent talks have explored exhibitions such as Marie Antoinette Style (V&A), Turner and Constable (Tate Britain), Lee Miller (Tate Britain) and Radical Harmony (National Gallery).
“I love your curated talks, they really bring an exhibition to life”
Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals - Tate Britain
“boiling portentous skies versus two men and a dog”
Marie Antoinette Style - V&A
“magical & immersive”
Lee Miller - Tate Britain
“extraordinarily courageous woman”
Radical Harmony - National Gallery
“a brilliant paradox”
Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto - V&A
“modernist magnificence still chic after 140 years”
Silk Roads - British Museum
“fabulous array of treasures”
Discover how Renoir not only pioneered a revolutionary Impressionist technique that transformed modern art, but also how he produced images that responded to a changing city.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Explore how outstanding 19th and 20th-century paintings by artists including Monet, Renoir, Picasso and Matisse were each inspired by the French Riviera’s luminous beauty.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Join curator Nicholas Tromans in exploring the most ambitious display of Dadd’s work for over fifty years.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
A look at the major exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s work, now showing at Tate Modern, with art historian Cindy Polemis.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Join Lydia Caston, Exhibition Project, for a unique insight into the UK’s first exhibition on Maison Schiaparelli.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Known for her deeply personal and emotionally charged practice, this evening with lecturer Cindy Polemis explores the work of celebrated British artist Tracey Emin.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Marking 250 years since their births, Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals is a landmark exhibition which explores Turner and Constable's intertwined lives and legacies.
£8.60 | In-person | Book here
Art historian Cindy Polemis showcases the extraordinary work of Lee Miller currently exhibited at Tate Britain.
£7.60 | In-person | Book here
Join art historian Jo Rhymer in looking at a selection of featured works at the Radical Harmony exhibition including Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and Théo van Rysselberghe.
£7.60 | In-person | Book here
Hear Kew Gallery Curator, Maria Devaney, talk about The Power of Trees - a new exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens this summer of 2025.
£7.60 | In-person | Book here
Hear from the exhibition’s curator, Susan Stronge, who will talk us through the selection and curation of both famous and little-seen objects in this major exhibition at the V&A.
£7.60 | In-person | Book here
This talk with the British Museum unravels how the journeys of people, objects and ideas that formed the Silk Roads shaped cultures and histories.
In-person | £5.60 | Book here
This lecture on British Museum’s current exhibition offers insights into Picasso's life through his art, including his complex personal relationships and professional partnerships.
£5.60 | In-person | Book here
The V&A’s current exhibition NAOMI: In Fashion looks at Naomi Campbell’s extraordinary 40-year career, which intersects with the best of high fashion.
£5.40 | In-person | Book here
Join us to hear Dr James Finch discuss the creation and thought behind the landmark John Singer Sargent exhibition at Tate Britain.
£5.40 | In-person | Book here
Tory Turk is the associate curator on the Design Museum's current exhibition SKATEBOARD where she worked with skateboarder and industrial designer Jonathan Olivares.
£5.40 | In-person | Book here
the exhibition’s curator Janice Li will share the concepts and the making of the exhibition, as well as the inclusive approaches they are experimenting at Wellcome Collection.
£5.40 | In-person | Book here
Oriole Cullen, Senior Curator of Fashion and Textile at the V&A Museum, will discuss the development of the Chanel exhibition, which charts Chanel’s sixty-year design career. Book here.
Curator Rebecca Lewin will be talking about her latest exhibition REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion currently on at the Design Museum. Book here.
Dr Alexandra Green, curator of the Burma to Myanmar exhibition at the British Museum will be speaking about the artistic output of its people. Book here.
Please join us for a talk about the latest exhibition at the V & A Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear by senior curator Claire Wilcox. Book here.
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition on the world of Stonehenge. Curator Neil Wilkin will explore the exhibition with the help of its key objects from across Europe. Book here.
Online event
Join us for a sneak-peek ahead of the V&A’s exhibition Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution opening in late November. Book here.
Curator Dr Amber Lincoln reveals what life is like in the most northerly place in the world in her talk about the Arctic Culture and Climate exhibition currently on at the British Museum until 21st February 2021. Book here.
Vicky Donnellan, co-curator of Troy : Myth and Reality at the British Museum comes to Bell House. Book tickets online.
A talk by Catherine Flood, curator of the V&A “Food : Bigger than the Plate. Book tickets online.
Exhibition curator Oriole Cullen will come to Bell House to talk about the V&A's exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams. Book tickets here.
An exciting opportunity to listen to the co-curator of Frida Kahlo: making her self up discuss Kahlo’s life, art and wardrobe. Book tickets here.