This is a forum space to discuss Nicola Moorby's lecture An Artist of Note: Turner and the new £20 (available from 11am 19th May 2020 on The Arts Society Connected site).
Nicola will be joining us on the forum throughout the day.
A thoroughly enjoyable lecture and a wonderful follow up to the lecture Nicola gave us on Turner and Constable earlier in the year. I'll never look at a bank note in the same way again!
I am the Secretary for TASCanterbury. I love all the references here to Margate and particularly to the shell statue of Mrs B, which I have never seen before, and the Fighting Temeraire which has always been my favourite Turner artwork. I am a Londoner and I live now in East Kent only because one Easter Sunday morning I saw the same light on the estuary that inspired Turner and realised how very special it is.
It is a shame people have to walk to the end of the pier to see Mrs B.
Great lecture Nicola and amazing technology by the Bank with the holograms. I have recommended it to all my fellow committee members and I hope we will be following it up with the members not to mention potential new members.
I really enjoyed it and it complemented an event we attended at the Bank of England as Friends of Turner's House which is just down the road from us in Twickenham. You told us even more than the Chief Cashier, Nicola!
Thanks so much! what a great lecture and a reminder to look at daily images around us, even on a note, in a completely different light. Very enjoyable and I learnt lots!
Thank you for a brilliant and fascinating lecture! I greatly appreciated your clear and detailed explanations of the history, symbols, design and modern interpretation. Hoping that I can locate an English banknote in Scotland to entertain (and impress) my grandchildren, including mastery of Snapchat.
Thank you Rae. I'm so pleased you enjoyed the various aspects of the talk. One thing I didn't discuss was Turner's own financial investments but you can see some fascinating detail about this on the Bank of England's website. Unlike so many artists Turner was a successful businessman and was very wealthy in his own lifetime.
Thank you Nicola for such an illuminating presentation. I have spent many of the new £20 notes without taking time to examine the intricacies of the design. And I would never have known about the augmented reality feature as I am not a user of the Snapchat app.
Thank you Gary. I must admit I'd never used Snapchat before myself and had to download it specially for the Turner £20! My children have much enjoyed using it since though.
Brilliant lecture, much appreciated. How fascinating to see a bank note become a work of art with each detail commemorating a piece of Turner's life. A timely subject when we have to adapt and evolve in this period of isolation.
Thank you Muriel. I think you're so right. The message of 'The Fighting Temeraire' is very fitting for these challenging times. If the painting tells us anything it is that all things pass eventually and that Britain is always equal to the task. Let's hope it is sooner rather than later!
I'm very excited that Nicola's lecture is now live, I don't think I will ever look at a £20 note in the same way again! Please click here to view Nicola's lecture.
Thankyou Nicola for such an enlightening lecture on Turner and the £20 note. Such an amazing artist !
A thoroughly enjoyable lecture and a wonderful follow up to the lecture Nicola gave us on Turner and Constable earlier in the year. I'll never look at a bank note in the same way again!
I am the Secretary for TASCanterbury. I love all the references here to Margate and particularly to the shell statue of Mrs B, which I have never seen before, and the Fighting Temeraire which has always been my favourite Turner artwork. I am a Londoner and I live now in East Kent only because one Easter Sunday morning I saw the same light on the estuary that inspired Turner and realised how very special it is.
It is a shame people have to walk to the end of the pier to see Mrs B.
Great lecture Nicola and amazing technology by the Bank with the holograms. I have recommended it to all my fellow committee members and I hope we will be following it up with the members not to mention potential new members.
I really enjoyed it and it complemented an event we attended at the Bank of England as Friends of Turner's House which is just down the road from us in Twickenham. You told us even more than the Chief Cashier, Nicola!
Thanks so much! what a great lecture and a reminder to look at daily images around us, even on a note, in a completely different light. Very enjoyable and I learnt lots!
What a great lecture - so interesting and an unusual take on a great artist. A wonderful "general knowledge" lecture too. Thank you Nicola.
Thank you for a brilliant and fascinating lecture! I greatly appreciated your clear and detailed explanations of the history, symbols, design and modern interpretation. Hoping that I can locate an English banknote in Scotland to entertain (and impress) my grandchildren, including mastery of Snapchat.
A fascinating lecture - thankyou very much.
A very interesting lecture, I must now try and remember my password for Apple to get on to snapchat!!
Absolutely fascinating. The lecture covered so much ground - biographical, historical, cultural, technical - all seamlessly connected. Thank you.
Thank you Nicola for such an illuminating presentation. I have spent many of the new £20 notes without taking time to examine the intricacies of the design. And I would never have known about the augmented reality feature as I am not a user of the Snapchat app.
Excellent lecture, thank you, and a useful reminder of how much skill and creativity goes into something that is taken for granted.
Brilliant lecture, much appreciated. How fascinating to see a bank note become a work of art with each detail commemorating a piece of Turner's life. A timely subject when we have to adapt and evolve in this period of isolation.
I'm very excited that Nicola's lecture is now live, I don't think I will ever look at a £20 note in the same way again! Please click here to view Nicola's lecture.
Looking forward to it.