Discover philosophical puzzles prompted by paintings in Gallery 18 on the theme ‘The Pleasures and Pains of The Flesh’. Event Friday 22 May 2026. Booking opens Monday 18 May 2026.
Join us at The Colony Room 9th February 6-8pm in Mayfair for a pop up Philosophy Bar on the theme of Love.
What does it mean to know? And what lies beyond what is knowable? Between knowledge and ignorance, certainty and doubt, knowing and not knowing: where do we stand, and what does it mean to remain open to both knowing and not knowing? Join philosophers, analysts and artists as we try to work this out.
Explore Shapeshifters, a new exhibition that brings together painting, philosophy, and performance. The Private View on Tuesday 21 October features a special one-night-only event: The Philosophy Bar.
Join us for the Private View of the Shapeshifters exhibition and take a seat at the much-anticipated Philosophy Bar.
Explore the themes of luxury and leisure across paintings in the Gallery’s collection, and art more broadly, in this three-week course. Within Western art, luxury and leisure are deeply ambiguous concepts. Luxury is associated with pleasure and splendour, but also with corruption and excess. In the third session, we turn these questions back on to our own relationship to art.
Explore the themes of luxury and leisure across paintings in the Gallery’s collection, and art more broadly, in this three-week course. Within Western art, luxury and leisure are deeply ambiguous concepts. Luxury is associated with pleasure and splendour, but also with corruption and excess. In the second session, we turn to leisure, considering works by Raphael, Van Dyck, Seurat and Sorolla.
Explore the themes of luxury and leisure across paintings in the Gallery’s collection, and art more broadly, in this three-week course. Within Western art, luxury and leisure are deeply ambiguous concepts. Luxury is associated with pleasure and splendour, but also with corruption and excess.
Aspex Portsmouth and The Place are pleased to present Embodied Activism, the debut visual arts exhibition by interdisciplinary dance artist Sivan Rubinstein.
What separates the authentic from the fake? Is authenticity always something to aspire to? And is fake the worst we can be? What exactly is authenticity? Should we want it - and, if so, how do we get it? Join philosophers, analysts and artists to debate these questions.
In collaboration with The Estate of Francis Bacon, the CPA are delighted to present Bacon, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, a conference exploring new ways of understanding Francis Bacon's work and its implications for psychoanalysis and philosophy.
Flat Time House and /origin\forward/slash\ are hosting an online conversation with ‘Art & Language’ (Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden) and Michael Corris (artist and author of upcoming publication Inside Art & Philosophy: An Artist’s Point of View).
Registration is now open for our Virtual Conference ‘Time for Beauty’ generously sponsored by the British Society for Aesthetics.
