18
March 2025

The Bed in Art - from Titian to Emin

Welcome to The Arts Society Eastbourne
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 14:00
East Dean & Friston Village Hall,
Village Green Lane, East Dean Eastbourne BN20 0DJ
Online Event

Linked to both passion and art, this lecture explores manifestations of the bed in art.

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. 

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr Marie-Anne Mancio

Trained as an artist before gaining a PhD in Art and Critical Theory from the University of Sussex. Has lectured in art history for the City Lit, Tate Modern, the Course, Art in London, London Art Salon, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and many private art societies; also runs art history study tours abroad and is a Director of InFems art collective for whom she curates exhibitions and writes.