February Focus: Kaleidoscope
Talks this month take inspiration from kaleidoscopes – get a new angle on art with the key ingredients of light, colour, pattern, mirrors and symmetry.
February Focus Painting
Van Eyck, 'The Arnolfini Portrait', 1434
Beautiful symmetry: how this intricate painting has kept its secrets for over 500 years
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Talks this month explore kaleidoscope...
Discover how artists have created beautiful illusions of space – plus how they used symmetry and mirrors in paintings
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN