Before 3am, Talks & lectures, Visual art

Senior curator Francis Fowle explores the recently acquired painting by the leader of the Glasgow Boys. Booking is essential.

Peter Abrahams, Professor of Clinical Anatomy at Warwick University, explores the value of Leonardo’s anatomical drawings as a tool for understanding the human body, and how closely the artist anticipated the range of imagery used by the medical profession today.

The 2013 Sony World Photography awardee speaks about her work.

Artist Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler present their latest piece of multi-discipline work, which is based on Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings, and combines film, performance, sculpture and opera. Followed by the chance to discuss the piece with its creators.

Painter Frederic Edwin Church travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1859 and made some of the most awe-inspiring images of icebergs ever painted; his 1861 The Icebergs is but the most monumental. Maritime historian Trevor Ware discusses Church's work.

Leonardo is celebrated as both an inspired artist and anatomist. This special event considers how contemporary artists, performers and scientists are informed by each other’s work in their exploration of the human body. Part of the Clod Ensemble’s Performing Medicine programme in collaboration with Wellcome Trust.

Ângela Ferreira discusses her exhibition Political Cameras with curator Filipa Oliveria.

Jera May, founder of the Just Glass Society, asks ‘What is craft now?’ and looks at the range of work that exists between the hand-made and the digitally crafted. Booking is essential.

Got an idea to compete with Ikea? Create your own flat-packed product to take home in this two-day workshop with artist/designer Fraser Ross. Ages 15+.

An introduction to the Beaker people by Curator of Early History Christina Donald, and a chance to talk to textile artist Maureen Shepherd about her work which is influenced by Beaker pottery. Booking is essential.

Derval Tubridy, Goldsmiths, University of London, explores the vibrant interplay between Samuel Beckett’s work and contemporary art with a particular focus on bodies and technology. Chaired by Octavian Saiu.

Dr Dominic Paterson of the University of Glasgow looks at the different ways that the body is represented in the work of Matthew Barney and Robert Gober.

The Galleries' Books in Focus sessions are in-depth looks at famous artists' books and the people who made them. Booking is essential.

By Night is a series of bespoke evening events at various venues of National Gallery Scotland, each tailored towards individual exhibitions. All By Night events are free but ticketed. Booking is essential.

A panel of artists, researchers and government policy makers explore the philosophical and critical questions that surround creative work, and the various viewpoints that influence it. Presented by CCA Creative Lab Residency and Centre for Modern Thought, Aberdeen.

Portrait Gallery Director Christopher Baker talks about Frederic Edwin Church's monumental painting of Niagara Falls in the context of the artist's enormously successful career.

Regular talks on museum staff's favourite objects from the collection.

Curators from the Nam June Paik Art Center, Tate and Talbot Rice Gallery discuss the work and legacy of Nam June Paik.

Curator Julie-Ann Delaney gives a tour of the Peter Doig exhibition No Foreign Lands.

Artist Stuart McAdam and Claudia Zeiske, Director of Deveron Arts, will lead a discussion with a panel of experts about the relationship between art and walking, and the history of the railways in Scotland. This event is the culmination of a guided walk that McAdam will lead earlier in the afternoon along the Innocent…

A series of events, talks and performances looking at the life of the River Don in Aberdeen.