New Insights on The Royal Pavilion- A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation

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New Insights on The Royal Pavilion- A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation

Day	Saturday
Date	6th December 2025
Time	10:30 - 12:30
Presenter	Dr Alexandra Loske
Cost	£10.00
Room	Main Hall
THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED
Availability	58/60 Places

Event Description
The Royal Pavilion: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation An illustrated talk by Dr Alexandra Loske, Curator of the Royal Pavilion and Historic Buildings at Brighton & Hove Museums The Royal Pavilion in Brighton is often considered the most impressive architectural expression of the Romantic imagination and a hallmark of Regency style. Created between 1787 and 1823 by George IV, the Royal Pavilion is perhaps the most daring and enchanting example of a building that expresses the European fascination with what in the early nineteenth century was considered the “Orient,” in particular China and India. The building, with its Indian-inspired exterior, was the work of the renowned architect John Nash, who with the contributions of several other gifted and inventive architects, artists and designers, created a building that draws you in, takes you on a journey and plays with your senses. Drawing on recent research and conservation projects, this talk by curator Dr Alexandra Loske, celebrates the colours and sensual beauty of the interiors while situating this iconic building in the context of the time of its creation and development under royal ownership, from its beginning in the wake of the French Revolution, through its transformation and extension during and just after the Napoleonic Wars, to its fate and legacy in the early Victorian era. The Royal Pavilion, Brighton: A Regency Palace of Pleasure and Sensation by Dr Alexandra Loske is published by Yale University Press, London and available in the Royal Pavilion shop- https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilionbook/
Presenter
Dr Alexandra Loske FSA is a British-German art historian, writer, and Curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. She read English and Linguistics at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Art History at the University of Sussex, where she is a Research Associate, working on women in colour history. In 2024 she gave the Mondrian Lecture on colour at the Sikkens Prize award ceremony in Rotterdam. Alexandra has published widely on colour, including Colour: A Visual History, and A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry. In 2024 she published the substantial Book of Colour Concepts (TASCHEN), as well as the first monograph on Mary Gartside (Abstract Visions of Colour). Her latest book on colour is The Artist’s Palette (Thames & Hudson). In June 2025 she published a major new book on the Royal Pavilion with Yale University Press, with the title The Royal Pavilion, Brighton: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation.

Event Description

The Royal Pavilion: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation

An illustrated talk by Dr Alexandra Loske, Curator of the Royal Pavilion and Historic Buildings at Brighton & Hove Museums

A drawing of a building

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The Royal Pavilion in Brighton is often considered the most impressive architectural expression of the Romantic imagination and a hallmark of Regency style.

Created between 1787 and 1823 by George IV, the Royal Pavilion is perhaps the most daring and enchanting example of a building that expresses the European fascination with what in the early nineteenth century was considered the “Orient,” in particular China and India. The building, with its Indian-inspired exterior, was the work of the renowned architect John Nash, who with the contributions of several other gifted and inventive architects, artists and designers, created a building that draws you in, takes you on a journey and plays with your senses.

Drawing on recent research and conservation projects, this talk by curator Dr Alexandra Loske, celebrates the colours and sensual beauty of the interiors while situating this iconic building in the context of the time of its creation and development under royal ownership, from its beginning in the wake of the French Revolution, through its transformation and extension during and just after the Napoleonic Wars, to its fate and legacy in the early Victorian era.

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton: A Regency Palace of Pleasure and Sensation by Dr Alexandra Loske is published by Yale University Press, London and available in the Royal Pavilion shop- https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilionbook/

Presenter

Dr Alexandra Loske FSA is a British-German art historian, writer, and Curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. She read English and Linguistics at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Art History at the University of Sussex, where she is a Research Associate, working on women in colour history. In 2024 she gave the Mondrian Lecture on colour at the Sikkens Prize award ceremony in Rotterdam.

Alexandra has published widely on colour, including Colour: A Visual History, and A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry. In 2024 she published the substantial Book of Colour Concepts (TASCHEN), as well as the first monograph on Mary Gartside (Abstract Visions of Colour). Her latest book on colour is The Artist’s Palette (Thames & Hudson). In June 2025 she published a major new book on the Royal Pavilion with Yale University Press, with the title The Royal Pavilion, Brighton: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation.