TASH TALK - October 16th 2025: The Empty Chair in Contemporary Art (by Angela Findlay)

The EMPTY CHAIR in Contemporary Art from van Gogh to Ai Weiwei

TIMINGS: Morning Lecture & Online @ 10:45 / Afternoon Lecture @ 14:15.

We all use chairs! But over the past 150 years, artists across the world have been using the humble chair as a conduit for profound ideas on themes from protest, absence and memory to domestic or everyday life. Starting with arguably the world’s most famous empty chair by Vincent van Gogh, we move through 20th century Europe.

Angela Findlay is a professional artist, writer and freelance lecturer. She has a BA Hons in Fine Art, a Diploma in Artistic Therapy and her paintings have been widely exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is also a published author.

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