# Event Details - **Event Name**: Image of the Black at the National Gallery - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 08 Nov, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 08 Nov, 2026 at 04:00 pm (+00:00) - **Event Description**: A two-hour live unscripted in person tour of National Gallery's collection revealing the Black presences in the art on display.About this Event Titian (1556-9) Diana and Actaeon (detail)The National Gallery is one of the world’s greatest collections of European art. Hidden in its collection of over 2,500 works there are many black presences most times hidden.This Image of the Black in the National Gallery is a live unscripted two hour introduction to the open, and often hidden black presence to be found in the Gallery’s collection, from subjects of economic capital to creators of cultural capital; musicians, kings, queens, slaves, servants, saints and artists, sometimes just as people.The tour reveals the presences to be found in works from the great Renaissance masters including Titian, Dürer, Veronese and Gossaert, eighteenth century English portrature by Reynolds, Lawrence , Zoffany and Hogarth as well as the hidden presence to be found in the gallery’s buildings.You'll be introduced to the religious, cultural and social significance of that often-hidden black presence in the works on display in, by the end of each tour you'll be able analyse the black presence in other pictures.Your tour guide isHonoray Doctorate from Open Univeristy (2024), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2022), Senior Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (2017), Honours degrees in Physics (1974) and Art History (2008). Blogs, writes and speaks regularly on the Black presence in Renaissance Europe. Has spoken in the UK at the National Gallery, Tate Britain, British Library, National Archives and the Victoria Albert Museum and USA at the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven and The Metroploitain Museum , New York. Founder of Image of the Black in London Galleries a series of gallery tours , the Project Director and Chief Evangelist of The John Blanke Project: an Art and Archive project celebrating John Blanke the Black trumpeter to courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII, co-convener of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies What’s Happening in Black British History series of workshops and founder member of the Black Presence in British Portraiture network@Michael1952 https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/e4c05520-aa33-11f1-abda-d1c1d0c990ef-rimg-w990-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/e4d90d40-aa33-11f1-abda-d1c1d0c990ef-rimg-w1200-h737-dcb84848-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-national-gallery/100001997574910330 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Entertainment, Music, Workshops - **Slot details of has slots**: - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: The National Gallery - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 7.5, max: 15, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: The National Gallery - **lat**: 51.50892899999999 - **long**: -0.12829899999996996 - **full address**: The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Image of the Black at the National Gallery - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/8e1885be309f0e25c51975785bfb6c3c8229063d888d1ca0d87bb1ee03bd21cc-rimg-w1200-h633-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg?v=1787091829 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Image of the Black at the National Gallery being held? - **A:** Image of the Black at the National Gallery takes place on Sun, 08 Nov, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 08 Nov, 2026 at 04:00 pm at The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Image of the Black at the National Gallery? - **A:** Image of the Black at the National Gallery is organized by Image of the Black in London Galleries. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Image of the Black at the National Gallery is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in London, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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NOW ON LINE.There is a black presence in many of the works in the nation’s collections in London. That presence takes many different forms; blacks are depicted as musicians, as kings, as slaves, as servants, as saints and sometime just as people and even as artist in their own right. The Black Presence is most cases is explicit though not immediately and sometimes the presence has to teased out, IBLG seeks to make that Black presence better known." } ] } ] ```