Morgan Haigh, Art Historian

Join me for another 'pay-what-you-can' online talk, this time looking at the city of Florence and its extraordinary impact on the history of art as the cradle of the Italian Renaissance of the 15th century!

7pm on Thursday 27th August, online via Zoom and as a recording afterwards.

Book your 'pay-what-you-can' ticket now via this link:

Florence: Birth of The Renaissance - A Zoom Talk at Online Tickets are now available for Florence: Birth of The Renaissance - A Zoom Talk at Online, Online on Thu 27 Aug 2026 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

Link in bio! 'Pay-what-you-can' online art history talks are back - and we're kicking-off a new season with Florence in the golden age of the Renaissance!

Join me for a digital walk through the streets of the artistic capital of the fifteenth century in Europe. We'll discover the masterpieces that are still to be found in the churches, friaries, and convents of Florence, as well as the works of Renaissance art that occupy pride of place on the walls of the Uffizi and other major galleries around the world. Expect Botticelli, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Ghiberti, Michelangelo, Alberti, Brunelleschi, and more...

The Renaissance was a revolution of art and ideas which changed the way we see the world, and it began here in Florence.

Thursday 27th August 2026, 7pm BST
(Approx. 1hr30 - 2hrs)
A 'Pay-what-you-can' online event via Zoom

Book via link in bio...
A full recording of the event will be available to all ticket holders the day after the event.

🌘 Ippolito Caffi channeling his inner Canaletto in 'The Eclipse of the Sun, Venice, 6th July 1842. An unusual artist's interpretation of a solar eclipse before the age of photography... physicists are advised to not look too closely.

Followed by my poor attempt earlier today using the modern art of photography and some eclipse-viewing glasses from 1999.

Britain's greatest living artist died earlier this summer but the media barely noticed!

So this is a bit of a rant combined with an obituary for the late great David Hockney.

The Quiet Death of David Hockney How the loss of Britain's greatest living artist went by barely marked.

Your Sunday reading...

The Painted Mirror The Enigma of Reflections in Art.

🗒️Read via link in bio... My latest on Substack looking at the strange world of mirrors and reflections in paintings, and how the mirror itself changed the way artists thought about their work.

Featuring van Eyck, Velázquez, Manet, and Estes.

Read now via the link in my bio...

Art is fragile, it can easily be destroyed, defaced, or vanished away by robbers.
The long history of art is littered with examples of great artworks which have been lost to the ravages of time.

Join Morgan Haigh, Art Historian for a journey through some of the great lost masterpieces of European culture.

There are still some tickets left for the talk - to book tickets visit our website

There are still some tickets available for Morgan Haigh, Art Historian talk on lost masterpieces

Ranging from the middle ages to the modern day, this talk will examine paintings, buildings, sculptures and more, including lesser known works by old-masters like Michelangelo and Vermeer, to modernist experiments in what art by the likes of Man Ray, Jean Tinguely, and David Nash.

Telling the stories of their loss but also exploring the artworks themselves, seeing where they fit in the production of great artists, and the gap their absence leaves in the history of art.

You can buy tickets online, by phone 01443 449111 or in-person at Llantrisant Guildhall reception.

https://llantrisantguildhall.co.uk/event/morgan-haigh-lost-masterpieces/

Join me on Thursday 16th July at Llantrisant Guildhall for a talk all about lost masterpieces from across the history of art. Buildings, sculptures, and paintings which due to crime, war, accident, or disaster have been lost to us today.

Hear the stories of their creation and learn how they disappeared!

7pm at Llantrisant Guildhall on Thursday 16th July 2026.
Book here:
https://llantrisantguildhall.co.uk/event/morgan-haigh-lost-masterpieces/

📝🇺🇸 Link in bio! Read my latest essay in a series on American art history celebrating 250 years of the USA!

This time the focus is on the post-Civil War period known as the Gilded Age when America began its rise to the position of global superpower and its artists began experimenting with new ways of depicting the modern world.

Featuring Moran, Homer, Singer-Sargent, Sloan, Bellows and more!

Read on Substack via the link in my bio.