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Join Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, curator of ‘The Last Caravaggio’ for an introduction to the exhibition
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Discover our new exhibition, ‘The Last Caravaggio' in this online introduction by curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper.
Caravaggio created striking works in the years before his early death, featuring violent scenes of which Caravaggio was no stranger. Exhibition curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper will explore these paintings in this context and reflect on violence today.
Francesca will discuss the artist and his characteristic style of cropped scenes and dramatic lighting. She will share the stories of Saint Ursula and Salome, and she will discuss the lasting impact of Caravaggio’s paintings.
Following the talk, Francesca will answer any questions you may have in a live Q&A.
This session will be accompanied by live speech-to-text transcription supported by Stagetext.
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Dr Francesca Whitlum-Cooper is the Acting Curator of Later Italian, Spanish and French Paintings at the National Gallery. She is the curator of 'Discover Liotard and the Lavergne Family Breakfast' (2023) and the forthcoming 'Last Caravaggio' (2024), and she previously curated 'Poussin and the Dance' (2021) and ‘Boilly: Scenes of Parisian Life’ (2019) at the Gallery. She received her PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Collection, New York
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Supported by Elizabeth and Daniel Peltz OBE