http://www.sarahjaffray.com/work daily 1.0 2024-04-27 http://www.sarahjaffray.com/other daily 0.75 2024-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/1590071233472-CVOKMSMGCOY83D1ITQ8C/Rubens2.png Video - Gained in Translation: Drawing Art History Academic article for Loughborough University’s Drawing Research Network. Available to read and download for free here. Image credit: Daisy Wooley, Untitled (drawing from Rubens) (2018), graphite on paper Twist (2018), photographic still from performance, courtesy of the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/1590069068811-BUDJ9LNO2PRWPGZIQR0H/image-asset.jpeg Video - 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity' | Wax vanitas tableau Script/Presenter: Sarah Jaffray. Director: Chris Chapman. Filmed for Wellcome Collection. Video courtesy of Wellcome Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/1621852057935-89GH9OSS91C6GMOHT39E/BOTH.%2BEva%2BSuhajek%2B%2528b.%2B1996%2529%252C%2BDialog%2Bwith%2BRaphael.%2BMixed%2Bmedia%2Bon%2BMDF%252C%2B2019.%2B%25C2%25A9%2BEva%2BSuhajek.%2B%25282%2529.jpg Video - Raphael in 2020: emerging artists respond An exhibition focused on the art of early-career artists, inspired by one of European art history’s most iconic artists; this was the first exhibition of its kind in the British Museum’s long history. For the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, emerging artists respond to one of the Renaissance artist’s early career drawings. Raphael’s artistic practice and development is shown in parallel to the work of contemporary artists Erin Adderley, Crystal Chia, Yulin Huang, Hanne Peeraer, Ti-Jean Roberts and Eva Suhajek. http://www.sarahjaffray.com/the-wiener-library-1 daily 0.75 2014-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/1392225087330-XNAF6UAB1PBOUB811ZBR/image-asset.jpeg The Wiener Library - Transient http://www.sarahjaffray.com/theorizing-the-web-1 daily 0.75 2014-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/1392215410351-4PYB248CULCRZ92AIFYO/image-asset.jpeg Theorizing the Web - Transient http://www.sarahjaffray.com/va-museum-of-childhood-1 daily 0.75 2014-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/1392224991435-OTGX756K308HP5GCBDRD/photo.JPG V&A Museum of Childhood http://www.sarahjaffray.com/lectures daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/ceea6051-bec8-4d9f-bc8f-35e898654c8a/image-from-rawpixel-id-8229977-jpeg.jpg Lectures - Berthe Morisot’s Impressionist Circle Berthe Morisot was one of the key figures of the Impressionist movement. Her work, both artistic and curatorial, as well as her financial backing helped the artists associated with the movement thrive. This lecture introduces her professional life, her art and the artists who were inspired by her. [Image: Berthe Morisot, The artist’s sister and niece, Edma and Jeanne, 1872] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/97ffc8c3-ddca-41e1-ac1a-ce0ae4a88ae0/Franz_von_stuck%2C_il_peccato%2C_1912_ca._02.jpg Lectures - Dangerous women: picturing the femme fatale The idea of a ‘femme fatale’ emerges out of the Christian conception of Eve - the woman who brought the fall of man. From there the dangerous woman was associated with social decay, from witches to deceptive queens. This lecture focuses on the social context of the femme fatale in late 19th century Europe to explore how sensuous images of women coincide with developments in women’s social power, psychology and public health. [Image: Franz von Struck, The Sin, c. 1909] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/64e1db72-cb44-4d2d-8ab8-b98508ab766d/MIch.jpg Lectures - Old Master Drawings: behind the scenes of artistic process This lecture introduces how drawings can help us better understand the artistic processes of Old Masters. From the rapid thoughts of Michelangelo to the exploration of light with Rembrandt and the blue paper pastels of Rosalba Carriera we’ll get ‘behind the scenes’ with the artist's process. [Image: Michelangelo, Study for Sistine Chapel c. 1510-11 in the collection of the British Museum] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/a1f9a3af-edfb-4c36-bd15-4f6062cd6c23/Hok.jpg Lectures - Hokusai and Monet: the colour & spaces of the floating world This talk looks at the affinities between Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and Claude Monet (1840-1926) as a way to look at their famous works through a different perspective. Hokusai never knew Monet, but Monet knew Hokusai through his work and was transformed by the older artist's images of nature. [Image: Katsushika Hokusai, Storm below Mount Fuji (Sanka no haku u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 1830-32 in the collection of Metropolitan Museum] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/c72c23db-f3aa-49f7-8d9e-0432f8934017/Screenshot+2026-04-03+at+12.17.59.png Lectures - John Singer Sargent: beautifully subversive This talk explores the psychological and social complexity of Sargent’s early works and his failures in Paris, before his (somewhat) successful move to England in 1886. We’ll develop Sargent’s biography and art historical context to understand his interest in subversion, his desire to rebel against classism and we’ll get to thinking about what makes him ‘modern’ and not simply the society painter some presume him to be. [Image: John Singer Sargent, detail of Madame X, 1884 in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/60a89455-fe78-420a-992f-36f83c587154/Tile.jpg Lectures - Art on the Silk Road A short introduction to the Silk Road, focusing on the art produced by some of the cultures that were part of this extraordinary trade route. We examine five to six objects that were produced as a result of trading along the Silk Road, these include textiles, ceramics, painting and stone sculpture. The hope is to explore the vibrant diversity of the ancient/medieval world and to see how cultures are far more connected than first imagined. [Image: Tile with Image of Phoenix, late 13th century, in the collection of Metropolitan Museum] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/8e76be69-3943-4951-8468-fb83ce22e849/kollwitz48580.jpg Lectures - Käthe Kollwitz: Master Printmaker Kollwitz is considered one of the most important printmakers in history. This lecture explores why by introducing her innovative processes. We will look at her artistic influences and why she chose to be a printmaker above all other art mediums. We will then explore how she changed print method according to subject and how her art traces the turbulent era of late 19th and early 20th century Germany. [Image: Kollwitz, Frontal Self-Portrait, 1922-23, via National Gallery of Ottawa] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/64aa0aea-45a2-4f5e-a959-caf012ee358c/fields-of-force-marcel-duchamp-and-chess.jpg Lectures - End Game: Chess in the art of Marcel Duchamp Culturally, we think of Marcel Duchamp as an artist, but he was a certified chess master, representing France in the World Federation of Chess and writing an influential book on the subject in the 1930s. This lecture explores how Duchamp integrated the fundamental strategies of chess into his art. We’ll look at his development of conceptual art and how it transforms the art object into a logic puzzle that challenges the viewer to think about the artist’s next move. [Image: Unidentified photographer, Five-way portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1917 via National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/4e20e5a9-d442-4665-90b7-2181c238767e/2013-06-05+14.37.30-1.jpg Lectures - Other lectures and topics A history of photography in five photographs Convulsive Beauties: The women of surrealism Shaping Time: the foundations of Mayan art and architecture Mary Cassatt’s Unconventional Women Rembrandt’s Amsterdam: a history of the city in five artworks Art Nouveau: the invention of modern design Best Friends Forever: the origins of the friendship portrait from Erasmus to Van Dyck Klimt and Beethoven: myth making in modern Vienna Dressed to the nines: the fashion, accessories and objects of the Three Magi Édouard Manet’s Paris Mother Figure: how the cult of the Virgin Mary changed art Art of the Harlem Renaissance And more. . . http://www.sarahjaffray.com/courses daily 0.75 2026-04-03 http://www.sarahjaffray.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/faa8f43a-ad0f-4f82-ba33-876a908b8a8a/processed-9765eea1-267f-4582-8754-222e65bd48d0_pJSzc0zx.jpeg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.sarahjaffray.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-04-03 http://www.sarahjaffray.com/news-copy daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/73b5b4d9-8872-490e-859f-7a193e58db46/Screenshot+2026-04-03+at+12.11.51.png News - Old Master Drawings 13 April, in The Arts Society Henfield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/265c33ad-d66f-416c-bde6-533581bdaf35/fashion.jpg News - Surrealism & Fashion 14 April, online at City Lit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/0c430166-5afc-4634-a374-67ca3b275dc8/tea.jpg News - Mary Cassatt’s Unconventional Women 15 April, in-person at The Arts Society Clapham Common https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/4bdcfc68-dd14-42bf-9a68-9a024b1bd8e0/best_emmaus.jpg_lrg.jpg News - Study Day: Fakes, Forgeries & the Experience of Art 14 May, in-person at The Arts Society of Greater London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/694055f3-98ce-4e90-96c8-580d047c0b93/Whistler-Nocturne_in_black_and_gold.jpg News - James Abbott McNeill Whistler: art for art’s sake 3 June, online at City Lit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/d36262be-33f5-4718-9080-d98ba9c79ad7/unnamed.jpg News - From darkness to light: painting philosophy in the Italian Renaissance 6 May, online at City Lit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/f63b17ba-0a25-4d34-a7ab-3a51c6fa351d/N05910_9.jpg News - Women depicting women at Tate Britain 19 June, in-person at Tate Britain for Art Historical London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/02d8b50c-9347-453d-b029-827d61a97f00/Augusta_Savage%2C_H-HNE-20-87.jpg News - Art of the Harlem Renaissance 18 May, in-person at The Arts Society Flitwick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/745f2857-0426-4291-b363-a1281f284ced/fk.jpg News - Frida Kahlo: creating identity 8 July, online at City Lit http://www.sarahjaffray.com/lectures-copy daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/ceea6051-bec8-4d9f-bc8f-35e898654c8a/image-from-rawpixel-id-8229977-jpeg.jpg Lectures - Berthe Morisot’s Impressionist Circle Berthe Morisot was one of the key figures of the Impressionist movement. Her work, both artistic and curatorial, as well as her financial backing helped the artists associated with the movement thrive. This lecture introduces her professional life, her art and the artists who were inspired by her. [Image: Berthe Morisot, The artist’s sister and niece, Edma and Jeanne, 1872] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/97ffc8c3-ddca-41e1-ac1a-ce0ae4a88ae0/Franz_von_stuck%2C_il_peccato%2C_1912_ca._02.jpg Lectures - Dangerous women: picturing the femme fatale The idea of a ‘femme fatale’ emerges out of the Christian conception of Eve - the woman who brought the fall of man. From there the dangerous woman was associated with social decay, from witches to deceptive queens. This lecture focuses on the social context of the femme fatale in late 19th century Europe to explore how sensuous images of women coincide with developments in women’s social power, psychology and public health. [Image: Franz von Struck, The Sin, c. 1909] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/64e1db72-cb44-4d2d-8ab8-b98508ab766d/MIch.jpg Lectures - Old Master Drawings: behind the scenes of artistic process This lecture introduces how drawings can help us better understand the artistic processes of Old Masters. From the rapid thoughts of Michelangelo to the exploration of light with Rembrandt and the blue paper pastels of Rosalba Carriera we’ll get ‘behind the scenes’ with the artist's process. [Image: Michelangelo, Study for Sistine Chapel c. 1510-11 in the collection of the British Museum] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/a1f9a3af-edfb-4c36-bd15-4f6062cd6c23/Hok.jpg Lectures - Hokusai and Monet: the colour & spaces of the floating world This talk looks at the affinities between Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and Claude Monet (1840-1926) as a way to look at their famous works through a different perspective. Hokusai never knew Monet, but Monet knew Hokusai through his work and was transformed by the older artist's images of nature. [Image: Katsushika Hokusai, Storm below Mount Fuji (Sanka no haku u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 1830-32 in the collection of Metropolitan Museum] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/c72c23db-f3aa-49f7-8d9e-0432f8934017/Screenshot+2026-04-03+at+12.17.59.png Lectures - John Singer Sargent: beautifully subversive This talk explores the psychological and social complexity of Sargent’s early works and his failures in Paris, before his (somewhat) successful move to England in 1886. We’ll develop Sargent’s biography and art historical context to understand his interest in subversion, his desire to rebel against classism and we’ll get to thinking about what makes him ‘modern’ and not simply the society painter some presume him to be. [Image: John Singer Sargent, detail of Madame X, 1884 in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/60a89455-fe78-420a-992f-36f83c587154/Tile.jpg Lectures - Art on the Silk Road A short introduction to the Silk Road, focusing on the art produced by some of the cultures that were part of this extraordinary trade route. We examine five to six objects that were produced as a result of trading along the Silk Road, these include textiles, ceramics, painting and stone sculpture. The hope is to explore the vibrant diversity of the ancient/medieval world and to see how cultures are far more connected than first imagined. [Image: Tile with Image of Phoenix, late 13th century, in the collection of Metropolitan Museum] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/8e76be69-3943-4951-8468-fb83ce22e849/kollwitz48580.jpg Lectures - Käthe Kollwitz: Master Printmaker Kollwitz is considered one of the most important printmakers in history. This lecture explores why by introducing her innovative processes. We will look at her artistic influences and why she chose to be a printmaker above all other art mediums. We will then explore how she changed print method according to subject and how her art traces the turbulent era of late 19th and early 20th century Germany. [Image: Kollwitz, Frontal Self-Portrait, 1922-23, via National Gallery of Ottawa] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/64aa0aea-45a2-4f5e-a959-caf012ee358c/fields-of-force-marcel-duchamp-and-chess.jpg Lectures - End Game: Chess in the art of Marcel Duchamp Culturally, we think of Marcel Duchamp as an artist, but he was a certified chess master, representing France in the World Federation of Chess and writing an influential book on the subject in the 1930s. This lecture explores how Duchamp integrated the fundamental strategies of chess into his art. We’ll look at his development of conceptual art and how it transforms the art object into a logic puzzle that challenges the viewer to think about the artist’s next move. [Image: Unidentified photographer, Five-way portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 1917 via National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f7bee3e4b086cbdc0e2a16/4e20e5a9-d442-4665-90b7-2181c238767e/2013-06-05+14.37.30-1.jpg Lectures - Other lectures and topics A history of photography in five photographs Convulsive Beauties: The women of surrealism Shaping Time: the foundations of Mayan art and architecture Mary Cassatt’s Unconventional Women Rembrandt’s Amsterdam: a history of the city in five artworks Art Nouveau: the invention of modern design Best Friends Forever: the origins of the friendship portrait from Erasmus to Van Dyck Klimt and Beethoven: myth making in modern Vienna Dressed to the nines: the fashion, accessories and objects of the Three Magi Édouard Manet’s Paris Mother Figure: how the cult of the Virgin Mary changed art Art of the Harlem Renaissance And more. . . http://www.sarahjaffray.com/current-courses-copy daily 0.75 2026-04-03 http://www.sarahjaffray.com/current-courses-copy-copy daily 0.75 2026-04-03