Season pass to the series of adult talks and lectures 'Joseph Wright Rediscovered' on the life and work of Joseph Wright of Derby, held on Thursday afternoons.
Derby Museum & Art Gallery is running a series of artist talks and lectures on Joseph Wright of Derby, and they've put together a season pass that covers the whole thing. It's called Joseph Wright Rediscovered, and it's part of The year of Joseph Wright, a wider celebration of the painter that the museum is hosting throughout 2026.
If you're not familiar with the name, Wright was born here in 1734 and is known internationally as a painter of light, closely linked to the Enlightenment. He's now regarded as one of Britain's most interesting and wide-ranging painters, and Derby Museums holds the world's largest collection of his work. There's even a permanent space, the Joseph Wright Gallery, dedicated to showing the full range of his paintings alongside small temporary displays of his drawings and prints.
Joseph Wright Rediscovered is a collaboration between Derby Museums and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, and the talks draw on new and ongoing research from leading professionals. The season pass gives you access to the full series, which runs on Thursday afternoons from September to November 2026 at The Wardwick. One of the sessions included is From Soup to Nuts, a complete catalogue of Wright's oil paintings, which takes place on 29 October.
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Practical details: the sessions are for adults (18+), booking is essential, and places are limited. The season pass costs £90 and covers the entire series, with the talks running on Thursday afternoons from September through November at The Wardwick.
