Part 1 of audio recording of Mirror-touch: Synaesthesia and the social symposium at Tate Modern

Alison Smith considers Tate's original role as the custodian of modern British (Victorian) art and the challenges facing curators today in displaying and developing this part of what is now a much broader collection. Part of British Art Network project.

Professor Liz Prettejohn explores the strange critical fortunes of artists whose careers spanned the awkward divide across the year 1900 – too late to be considered typical Victorians, too early to be called modernists. Part of British Art Network project

Henrietta Ward re-evaluates Frank Cadogan Cowper’s work and discusses the importance of this under researched artist within British art history. Part of British Art Network research project

Dr. Laura MacCulloch briefly discusses her research as part of an ongoing project to hold an exhibition on Christina Herringham and her work. Part of British Art network research project

Simon Toll discusses the life and work of Herbert Draper and his experience researching Drapers personal papers, sketchbooks and figure drawings held by the artist’s family. Part of British Art Network seminar

Dr. Patricia de Montfort considers how research on Jopling can help to bring the work of other neglected artists (especially women) to a wider audience. Part of British Art Network research project

Dr. Katie Tyreman argues that Swynnerton’s paintings provide an understanding of how actively and rigorously women artists contributed to the development of styles and movements of painting in the second half of the XIXc. Part of British Art Network

Christiana Payne discusses her research on John Brett, who was well known for his work in the 1850s and his friendship with John Ruskin, however his output post-1860 and especially post-1870 had never been properly evaluated. Part of British Art Network

Dr Susanna Avery-Quash discusses the work of Sir Charles Eastlake and his contribution to the Victorian art world. Part of British Art Network research project