Speaking.
Kassia St. Clair is an experienced public speaker and moderator. Public appearances include lectures at the Dallas Museum of Art, Tate Liverpool, the V&A and the National Portrait Gallery, as well as events at Hay and Chalke Valley History Festivals, Soho House and Christie’s.
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Upcoming events.
The Race to the Future
The Race to the Future captures the birth of a new world through a global event — the Peking-Paris race in 1907. It covers many facets of transformation in the lead up to the First World War that help us understand our world today: the transition from horse economies to automobiles, Chinese history, the Russian revolution, American mass manufacturing, women and motoring, the evolution of the car and more!
The Race to the Future, Edge of the World Books
A talk about Kassia St Clair’s new book, The Race to the Future, at the Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance
The Race to the Future, Topping & Co., Bath
A talk about Kassia St Clair’s new book, The Race to the Future, at Topping & Company in Bath.
Five Colourful Histories
Come to Leighton House Museum for an exploration of the histories of five pigments, dyes and hues. Learn about the green that could have killed Charles Dickens before he wrote 'A Tale of Two Cities'; the molluscs that gave us royal purple; and the costly blue that entranced artists of the Renaissance.
WECS - Study Day
Kassia St Clair, cultural historian, gives a talk on the history of textiles at the West of England Costume Society
Art Talk: The Secret Lives of Colour
We are delighted that Kassia St Clair, author of top-ten bestseller The Secret Lives of Colour, is coming to Pegasus Art to give an illustrated talk. You may have heard snippets on Radio 4 when it was Book of the Week, you may have seen its colourful book cover in Waterstones – and now is your chance to delight in the hidden history of seventy five pigments, revealing fascinating historical and cultural facts that will bowl you over.
Previous events.
2021.
The Golden Thread, The Bookshop, E. Grinstead, Jan 21st
Five Secret Colours, Glen Eira Libraries, Feb 25th
After a Fashion, The National Gallery, Mar 26th
On Cloth in conversation with Molly Mahon, Wealden Literary Festival, Jun 27th
2020.
Bridget Riley: Painting and Perception, Hayward Gallery, Jan 18th
The Golden Thread, Arts Society Brighton, Feb 11th
Five Secret Colours Zoom talk, Glen Eira Libraries, Sep 24th
The Golden Thread, Glen Eira Libraries, Nov 10th
2019.
Textile Tales, Fashion and Textile Museum, Jan 10th
Colour Innovation with Jane Monnington Boddy, Christie’s, Feb 11th
In Discussion with Sonia Velton, Faversham Literary Festival, Feb 24th
In Conversation with Clare Hunter, Aye Write!, Mar 23rd
The Unknown Path, Toast Creative Residency, May 4th
In Conversation with Clare Hunter and Rosie Goldsmith, Hay Festival, May 29th
Colourful Conversation, Soho Hotel, Jun 12th
Exploring Colour, PDF Plymouth, Jun 25th
The Golden Thread, Chalke Valley History Festival, Jun 27th
On Colour at the Lee Krasner exhibition, Barbican, Jul 11th
What’s the Most Important Colour?, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Aug 15th
On The Golden Thread, Milton Keynes Literary Festival, Sep 22nd
In Conversation with 52 Insights, Soho House, Oct 28th
Colour and Bridget Riley, Hayward Gallery, Oct 31st
Alarming and Unusual Colours, Cheltenham Design Festival, Nov 2nd
Cloth and Colour, Daunt Books, Nov 6th
Colourful Conversation, Textile Society Conference, Nov 9th
In Conversation with Anna Gravelle, Stroud Book Festival, Nov 10th
2018.
In Conversation with Frieda Gormley, House of Hackney, Nov 28th
Five Textile Tales, Bath Fashion Museum, Nov 8th
Five Textile Tales, Warner Textile Archive, Nov 2nd
The Secret Lives of Colour, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, Sep 20th
The Secret Lives of Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Aug 16th
2017.
Five Colourful Tales, National Portrait Gallery, Jun 1st
Colour Perception with Beau Lotto, The Bath Festival, May 28th
Colourful Tales, Victoria & Albert Museum, Apr 19th
Five Colourful Tales, Christie’s Lates, Feb 7th
The Secret Lives of Colour, Electric House, Jan 30th
2016.
Yves Klein and his Blue, Tate Liverpool, Oct 30th