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ArtsNational Narrabri - Illustrated arts talk: DE-CODING DA VINCI Presented by Alice Foster Leonardo da Vinci created some of the most influential paintings in western art. He died over 500 years ago, yet his work remains enigmatic, potent and mystifying. A gifted engineer, inventor and scientist, painting fell at the end of his line of …

ArtsNational Narrabri - Illustrated arts talk: A CARPET RIDE TO KHIVA Presented by Chris Aslan In this talk, Chris Aslan tells his own story of working with UNESCO to establish a silk carpet workshop in the desert oasis of Khiva, Uzbekistan – the most homogenous example of Islamic architecture in the world. His work took …

ArtsNational Narrabri - Illustrated arts talk: THE GENIUS OF STRADIVARI Presented by Toby Faber 250 years after Antonio Stradivari’s death, his violins and cellos remain the world’s most highly prized instruments. Loved by great musicians and capable of fetching fabulous sums when sold, their tone and beauty are legendary. Every subsequent violinmaker has tried to …

ArtsNational Narrabri - Illustrated arts talk: PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN Presented by Lydia Bauman Monet, perhaps the most important painter of gardens, once said he owed his painting “to flowers”. But so many other artists not only created gardens but made them the subject of their work – such as Pissarro, Sargent, Tissot, Kandinsky, Klee, …

ArtsNational Narrabri - Illustrated arts talk: KOH-I-NOOR Presented by Georgina Bexon From an Indian riverbed thousands of years ago to the Tower of London – this is the fascinating story of the Koh-I-Noor, the ‘Mountain of Light’. The story of this celebrated diamond is not only intriguing but also full of surprises. It has been …