About this Event
Wednesday 11 November 2026, 6:30pm
Royal Drawing School, 19-22 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3SG
As part of our Autumn Term Lecture Series, join us for Julian Bell in conversation with the painter Matthew Krishanu to celebrate the launch of Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell. Copies of the book will be available to purchase. The lecture is chaired by broadcaster, presenter and journalist BIDISHA. Please arrive at 6:30pm to be seated in the studio for a 7pm start.
Julian Bell (b 1952) is a painter and art writer who has taught at the Royal Drawing School since 2012. He has exhibited since the 1970s in London, New York and also in his home town of Lewes in East Sussex, where he is represented by Natasha O'Kane Sussex Contemporary Art. Bell is the author of What is Painting? (2017) and Natural Light: The Art of Adam Elsheimer and the Dawn of Modern Science (2023), both published by Thames & Hudson, and regularly contributes to the London Review of Books and the New York Review of Books. The new monograph about his work by the American art writer David Carrier, Storytelling Pictures: The Art of Julian Bell, has been bought out by the International art publishers DISTANZ.
Matthew Krishanu (b.1880) is a London-based painter. His paintings are currently in the British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers, UK tour (2026-2028). Recent solo exhibitions include Falling into place, Salon 94, New York (2026); The Bough Breaks, Camden Art Centre, London (2024).
Event venue & nearby stays
Royal Drawing School, 19-22 Charlotte Road, London, United Kingdom
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