Music in art
Part IV: The music of modern life
Talks and conversations
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
2 - 3 pm
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By the late 19th century, Paris was a city in transformation. A once rural workforce had moved into the capital, finding employment and entertainment in the bustling cafés, lively bars, grand department stores and along Haussmann’s sweeping new boulevards.
In this final session of our 'Music in art' series, Belle Smith explores how artists such as Manet, Degas and Seurat captured the rhythms of modern urban life in Paris.
From the Tuileries Gardens and café-concertos to cabarets and the opera, their vibrant brushstrokes and bold colours evoke the fleeting, dynamic energy of contemporary performance and spectacle.
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Belle Smith is an art historian and educator who has worked in London museums and galleries for many years. She studied at Goldsmiths College and has an MA in the History of Art. She enjoys working with groups of all ages, from young children and teenagers to undergraduates and adults.