Metamorphoses: Myth, Transformation, and the Inspiration of Art
Fri, Oct 09
|Richmond Library Annexe, online & replay
For more than two thousand years, Ovid’s Metamorphoses has provided artists with an inexhaustible world of gods, heroes, desire, violence, deception, and transformation. This richly illustrated art-historical talk explores how artists across the centuries have brought Ovid’s myths to life.
Time & Location
Oct 09, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Richmond Library Annexe, online & replay, Quadrant Rd, Richmond TW9 1DH, UK
About the Event
(Image used: Juul Kraijer, SPAWN, 2019)
Through paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, and contemporary works, this talk explores how artists have depicted moments of physical and psychological transformation—from gods becoming animals and humans becoming plants to the shifting of bodies and identities.
Drawing on some of the most compelling stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, we will consider enduring themes of desire, power, violence, beauty, loss, and renewal, and explore why these ancient tales have continued to inspire artists across centuries and cultures, from Titian, Caravaggio, and Bernini to Rodin, Brancusi, Magritte, and Louise Bourgeois.
delivered by Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff
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This ticket is only for people who have credit with Art Historical London because they have paid in advance or because they have a gift voucher.
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