# Event Details - **Event Name**: Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Two hour unscripted tour of The Wallace Collection to reveal the implicit and explicit Black presence in the collectionAbout this EventCover Image Govaert Flinck (c1639) A Young Archer (detail)The Wallace Collection is one of the world’s great individual art collections. Hidden in its collection of over 5,500 works there are many Black presences, most times hidden.The Image of the Black in the Wallace Collection is a live, in person unscripted two-hour introduction to the open, and often hidden black presence to be found in the collection, from subjects of economic capital to creators of cultural capital.You’ll be taken around the Collection introduced you to many different works revealing Black subjects of economic capital, creators of cultural capital, kings & kingdoms, musicians, princesses, slaves, servants, saints and inspirations. You'll be introduced to the religious, cultural and social significance of the Black presences in he Wallace Collection. If you want to understand this presence in one of the great collections of 18th and 19th century art in the home of the connoisseur who brought this sumptuous collection together, then this tour is for you.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/events5/banners/0a1a5f70-b0d1-11f1-aa22-43be95323b73-rimg-w1200-h675-dc485848-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/0a60b740-b0d1-11f1-aa22-43be95323b73-rimg-w1200-h675-dc080808-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-wallace-collection/100001997573143044 - **Event Categories**: art, music, workshops, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: The Wallace Collection - 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 Wallace Collection - **lat**: 51.517323 - **long**: -0.1530885 - **full address**: The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/e25d93ffd45398e5900afc63ba960b9cdf4b7bbb177fb2e12cb9a264d571eba1-rimg-w1200-h628-dc181808-gmir.jpg?v=1787410940 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection being held? - **A:** Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection takes place on Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 18 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm at The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection? - **A:** Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection 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 Wallace Collection is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. 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. If Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Image of The Black at The Wallace Collection", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/e25d93ffd45398e5900afc63ba960b9cdf4b7bbb177fb2e12cb9a264d571eba1-rimg-w1200-h628-dc181808-gmir.jpg?v=1787410940", "startDate": "2026-10-18T14:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-10-18T16:00:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-wallace-collection/100001997573143044", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Wallace Collection", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Manchester Square", "postalCode": "W1U 3BN", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.517323", "longitude": "-0.1530885" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Two hour unscripted tour of The Wallace Collection to reveal the implicit and explicit Black presence in the collection", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-22", "availabilityEnds": "2026-10-18T16:00:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-08-22", "lowPrice": "7.50", "highPrice": "15.00", "price": "7.50", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-wallace-collection/100001997573143044" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-22", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-22", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-wallace-collection/100001997573143044", "price": "15.00", "name": "Tate Britain Ticket" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-22", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-22", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-wallace-collection/100001997573143044", "price": "7.50", "name": "2 for 1 Entry" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-22", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-22", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/image-of-the-black-at-the-wallace-collection/100001997573143044", "price": "12.50", "name": "Early Bird Tisket" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Image of the Black in London Galleries", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/image-of-the-black-in-london-galleries/23436528", "description": "TheImage of the Black in London Galleries (IBLG)highlights the black presence to be found in the national art collections in London. 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." } ] } ] ```