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The Laing Art Gallery is offering visitors the chance to learn more about the stories behind some of its best-loved paintings with a series of free talks. The Picture of the Month talks will focus on a different painting every month.
Julie Milne, curator of the Laing Art Gallery, says: 'There are so many fascinating stories and hidden facts behind the paintings on show at the Laing and these free tours will give people a chance to find out more about a different work of art each month.'

The talks are run by the Friends of the Laing and take place every Saturday at 11am with no booking required - meet in the Laing's Marble Hall to join in.
Details on forthcoming talks can be found below:

Picture of the Month Schedule 2012
Every Saturday, 11am
March
Ruins of a Northumbrian Keep by Charles Napier Hemy
April
End of Shift (1934 -1941) by Oliver Kilbourn
May
Evangeline by Henry Emmerson
June
A House of Cards by William Hogarth
July
David Garrick as Sir John Brute in Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife by Johan Zoffany
August
The Lovers, by Stanley Spencer
September
Mending the Nets by Frank Brangwyn
October
Pitmen playing Quoits by Henry Perlee Parker