# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Spotlight Talk | Skin. John Singer Sargent and the scandal of Madame X
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: By 1883 John Singer Sargent was establishing what would become a glittering career as the go-to portrait painter of high society. As a young artist in Paris he implored a beautiful socialite to allow him to paint her. Over the following year Sargent laboured over what he later considered to be his masterpiece, the portrait of Virginie Gautreau. 🖼️

The painting, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1884, shocked its viewers with its connotations of sexual impropriety, and the breaking of class taboos in the artificial colouration of his subject’s skin. It ruined Virginie’s reputation and ended Sargent’s career in Paris, but he would quickly create a new life in England as the portrait painter of the era, creating visions of beauty and swaggering privilege.🎨

In his second talk for Worcester’s exhibition on Sargent’s work, art historian Justin Reay discusses Sargent’s approach to painting Virginie Gautreau, including how the sexuality of the artist played a role in this portrait; he describes the public response to the painting now known as ‘Madame X’ and the reasons for the scandal which ensued, and discusses how the painting arose from the self-identity of the sitter which resonates today with modern society’s fascination with how we recreate ourselves as we wish to be seen.

➡️£10 for the talk; book via the link above. If you’d like to visit the exhibition too, advance booking is available online. There are a variety of admission options to choose from. The rest of the Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit as usual.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/worcester/spotlight-talk-|-skin-john-singer-sargent-and-the-scandal-of-madame-x/200029736575906
- **Event Categories**: art, music, fine-arts, exhibitions, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Worcester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
- **lat**: 52.19639203138
- **long**: -2.2224100188394
- **full address**: Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Special Projects, Foregate Street, Worcester, WR1 1HB, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (https://allevents.in/org/worcester-city-art-gallery-and-museum/12683300)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 11:00 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Special Projects, Foregate Street, Worcester, WR1 1HB, United Kingdom
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  - **A:** Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, music, fine-arts, exhibitions, workshops
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