7, 14, 21 and 28 September 2026 – National Gallery, London – 3.30pm (Online)
From Empire to Modernity: Austrian Art in the Long 19th Century
From the lyrical landscapes of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller to the radical visions of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, explore a century of extraordinary artistic transformation in Austria. Join cultural historian Gavin Plumley as he traces the development of Austrian art from the Enlightenment to the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.
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18 September 2026 – National Gallery, London – 7pm and 8pm
Friday Lates – Gavin Plumley: Waldmüller’s World
Cultural historian Gavin Plumley unlocks the world of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Placing the paintings currently on display in our exhibition Waldmüller: Landscapes in their historical and social context, these talks explore the reality behind Waldmüller’s dazzling realism. Repeated twice across the evening, these talks are an introduction to one of Austria’s greatest painters.
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18 October 2026 – Cheltenham Literature Festival – 4.30pm
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber reflects with Gavin Plumley, on an extraordinary life in music, drawing on his revelatory memoir Bows and Arrows. With warmth, humour and striking honesty, he shares stories from a career that brought him into contact with some of the world’s greatest musicians, while exposing the hidden realities of the classical music profession. 
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