C O N F E R E N C E

Gauguin's Vision of the Sermon:
Interpretation, Reception, Conservation

Friday 30 September 2005, 4.30-8pm (includes wine reception and private view
from 6.15-8pm) &
Saturday 1 October 2005, 9am-5.15pm

Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Weston Link
National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh

This conference, which has been organised by the Education Department at the
National Galleries of
Scotland in conjunction with VARIE (the Visual Arts Research Institute,
Edinburgh), accompanies the
National Galleries' major exhibition for summer 2005, Gauguin's Vision (6 July
- 2 October 2005,
Royal Scottish Academy Building). Comprising 84 works, the exhibition explores
Paul Gauguin's
seminal painting Vision of the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1888),
in context, looking
closely at its sources, making and impact. The one-and-a-half-day conference
brings together
specialists from around the world who will debate the issues raised by this
painting, from a broad
range of new perspectives.

Speakers include Debora Silverman (Professor of Modern European History, Art
and Culture, University
of California, Los Angeles); Denise Delouche (Professor Emeritus at the
University of Rennes); James
McMillan (Richard Pares Professor of History, University of Edinburgh); Fred
Leeman (Independent
Scholar, Amsterdam); Rodolphe Rapetti (Directeur adjoint, Réunion des Musées
Nationaux; Director,
Musée Henner, Paris; Director, Musée Henner, Paris); Juliet Simpson (Professor
of Art History and
Visual Culture, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College); Lesley Stevenson
(Senior Paintings
Conservator, National Galleries of Scotland) and Elise Eckermann (Independent
Scholar, Frankfurt).

Tickets cost £20 (£10 concs) and are available from the Weston Link Information
Desk or by calling
0131 624 6560 between 9.30am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday.

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Dr Stacy Boldrick
Administrator, VARIE
School of Arts, Culture and Environment
University of Edinburgh
Minto House
20 Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1JZ
Tel. +44 (0)131 650 4126
Fax +44 (0)131 650 8019