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	Evening Talks & Events - July

July	Thursday 3 July 2008, 19:00 Paper Portraits - Falling Wide Falling between dance and the visual arts, Paper Portraits explores danceís relationship to artistsí materials: how movement influences art, the choreography of construction and how line, colour and sculptural form can bear its mark on movement and space. Performed within the galleries, five dancers will create life-sized self-portraits influenced by the sitters in the Collection. Free

July	Friday 4 July 2008, 18:30 Music Dorian Ford Trio An affectionate and meticulous post-modern approach to the music of Bill Evans: Dorian Ford (piano), Tom Herbert (bass), Pat Levett (drums). Free

July	Thursday 10 July 2008, 19:00 BP Portrait Award 2008 Exhibition Tour Art historian and painter Marc Woodhead introduces the exhibition. Free but tour tickets required and available on the night from 17.00, on first come, first served basis. Free

July	Friday 11 July 2008, 18:30 Music Trillium This unique quartet (soprano, saxophone and brass), returns with a programme of new works written for them by composers Eoin O'Keefe, Paul Seamen, Luca Vanesschi, Tim Benjamin and Howard Haigh. Free

July	Thursday 17 July 2008, 19:00 Film Allen Jones - Women and Men Dir. Jake Auerbach, 2007 (59 mins) Allen Jones has produced some of the most startling and zestful images of the past fifty years, in painting, sculpture and print. This film explores the artist and his work with contributions from former sitter, Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell, his wife Deirdre Morrow, artist Gary Hume and Jones himself.

July	Friday 18 July 2008, 18:30 Music Claire Jones Official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales One of Wales's brightest young talents, since her appointment in June 2007 Claire has performed for His Royal Highness on a number of occasions, including an invite by Maestro Gergiev to join the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet Orchestra as guest artist. Free

July	Thursday 24 July 2008, 19:00 Pub Quiz: Yara El-Sherbini Part quizmaster, part stand up comic, artist Yara El-Sherbini uses the format of the pub quiz to playfully - and seriously - explore ideas around art, life and the Gallery's Collection. Fun, entertaining and politically challenging - join in, answer the questions and have a laugh. Tickets: £4/£2 concessions and Gallery Supporters Book online

July	Friday 25 July 2008, 18:30 Music Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea Irish duo, Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) play music by John Adams and Chick Corea, alongside a world premiere written for them by British composer Tom Armstrong. Free

July	Friday 25 July 2008, 19:00 Pub Quiz: Yara El-Sherbini Part quizmaster, part stand up comic, artist Yara El-Sherbini uses the format of the pub quiz to playfully - and seriously - explore ideas around art, life and the Gallery's Collection. Fun, entertaining and politically challenging - join in, answer the questions and have a laugh. Tickets: £4/£2 concessions and Gallery Supporters Book online

July	Thursday 31 July 2008, 19:00 Wyndham Lewis Exhibition Tour Free but tour tickets required in addition to an exhibition ticket and available on the night from 17.00, on a first come, first served basis.

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