The Bed in Art: from Titian to Emin

The bed has been the site of multiple encounters in art from Titian’s stunning mythologies through Manet’s Olympia, Picasso’s nudes, and the abject of Tracey Emin’s infamous ‘My Bed.’ But if the bed has been linked to passion, it has also been linked to death and this lecture explores its manifestations in the art of Caravaggio, Munch, Klimt, and others.

Lecturer: Marie-Anne Mancio

Marie-Anne Mancio trained as an artist before completing her DPhil at the University of Sussex in Art and Critical Theory. She has lectured for Tate Modern, Ben Uri gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, V and A, and is a Tour Director for ACE Cultural Tours. She also runs her own small group art history tours under her company Hotel Alphabet. She is a co-founder and co-Director of feminist art collective InFems for whom she writes and curates. She is currently writing a book on The Sex Worker in Art.

Date: Tuesday 22nd June 2027
Time: 2.30pm - Please arrive a little earlier to be seated.
Venue: Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH.

Guest tickets will be available to book in the New Year