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Image: Detail of Georges Seurat, 'Le Chahut', 1890 © Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands

Curators' introduction

Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists

Talks and conversations
Date
Friday, 12 September 2025
Time
11 am - 12 pm
Location
Pigott Theatre
Audience
For Members

Tickets

Members: £10

This is a Members' exclusive event. Please have your membership card and ticket ready. 

Please meet at the Pigott Theatre located in the Sainsbury Wing.

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About

Neo-Impressionists embraced an exciting new approach to colour and painting, using small dots of pure colour to create nuanced tones and an illusion of light. When first displayed, critics thought this new style of painting might bring about the death of painting itself.

This radical new style of painting reflected the radical new political ideas of late 19th-century Europe. George Seurat, Paul Signac, Anna Boch, Jan Toorop and Henri-Edmond Cross painted luminous landscapes, portraits and interior scenes, but also the struggles of the working class.

Exhibition curators Christopher Riopelle and Julien Domercq lead this exclusive Members’ introduction to ‘Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller's Neo-Impressionists’. Join Christopher and Julien as they introduce the Neo-Impressionists and the incredible paintings in this exhibition, with an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the talk.

This exhibition is a collaboration between the National Gallery and the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo. The museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller, one of the first great women art patrons of the 20th century.

This is an in-person event taking place in the Pigott Theatre. Unable to attend in person? This event will be livestreamed. You can book your online tickets here.

Speakers

Julien Domercq is a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. He was previously Associate Curator of Post 1800 Paintings at the National Gallery. At the National Gallery, he co-curated 'After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art' (2023) and ‘Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell’ (2017-18). He was also the curator of ‘Caravaggio: Martha and Mary Magdalene’ (Dallas Museum of Art, 2019) and ‘Frans Hals: Detecting a Decade’ (Dallas Museum of Art and The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, 2020).
Christopher Riopelle is the Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings. He previously held curatorial positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum, California. He has curated and co-curated many exhibitions at the National Gallery, including most recently, 'Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers' (2024), 'After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art' (2023), 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' (2022), 'Picasso Ingres: Face to Face' (2022), 'Gauguin's Portraits' (2019) and 'Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light' (2019).

Livestream

This is an in-person event taking place in Pigott Theatre. If you would prefer to attend online, book your online ticket here.

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