‘Extremity of the West’ – A new artwork for the National Gallery

Name: ‘Extremity of the West’ – A new artwork for the National Gallery
Start: 2026-06-10T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-10T19:00:00+01:00
Location: The Cinema Room, MLG06, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

Schedule

Wed Jun 10 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Cinema Room, MLG06, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London | London, EN

This event will include a screening of the film, a short presentation about the research and development, plus a Q&A.
About this Event

In 1570 the artist Paulo Veronese playfully reframed a historical event. His painting of ‘The Family of Darius before Alexander’ relocates a scene from the Persian desert in 333BCE to a fashionable Venetian square of his own era. In a recently commissioned artwork, for the newly installed panoramic screen in the National Gallery’s refurbished Sainsbury Wing, Daniel Saul and Rachel Davies update the scene once more. This time to Trafalgar Square in 2025. The work, made in over 200 layers, combines high-resolution scans of the painting, 6K observational footage of Trafalgar Square and A.I. used for the purposes of satire.