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Pigments and poisons

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Photograph of a woman talking to a seated group who look at a screen with an image of a medieval manuscript.
Dr Elma Brenner talks about medieval manuscripts in the Viewing Room, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join us for an expert talk on artists’ pigments through the ages. You’ll hear about how these colours could be deadly and toxic, medicinal or used for other crafts.

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Location

We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.

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About your speaker

Colour photograph of Dr Lucia Burgio.

Lucia Burgio

Dr Lucia Burgio is Senior Scientist at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Her main interests include pigments and other artists’ materials as well as oriental lacquer.