2020
4 December 2020, The VCS: New Conversations between Art and Scripture, Conference paper by Chloë Reddaway, Lived Religion and the Visual Arts, Virtual Study Day, Queen Mary College London and Aix-Marseille University.
13 November 2020, Chloë Reddaway, Jacopo’s Bassano’s Veronica: Artist-Witness, Religion and Art Practice Symposium, Goldsmiths College, London., https://youtu.be/RKBnl1qZvgs?t=2227
1 June 2020, Ben Quash, Imaginative Hope, Make Good Lecture: Why Art Matters in Times of Crisis, Morphē Arts.https://www.morphearts.org/resources/make-good-imaginative-hope
January–February 2020, Art, Conflict, and Remembering: The Murals of the Bogside Artists, Exhibition and seminar featuring Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin, Jamie Hawkey, Sam Wells, and Ben Quash, https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/exhibition-art-conflict-remembering-murals-of-the-bogside-artists
2019
27 November 2019, Art as Public Service, Part of Art, Imagination and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute's 2019 autumn programme., John Gilhooly, Marina Warner, and Ben Quash, https://radiopublic.com/westminster-abbey-WDOLgv/s1!fc532
23 May 2019, Idols and Taboos: Modern & Contemporary Art and Theology Today, Year 2 of the Theology, Modernity & the Visual Arts project, James Elkins, Thomas Crow, and Ben Quash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago., https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/idols-and-taboos-modern-contemporary-art-and-theology-today
17 November 2019, Encountering the Other (St Martin in the Fields 2018 Autumn Lecture Series), Rowan Williams (speaker) and Ben Quash (respondent), St Martin in the Fields, London., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-k3rkkw-Y
16 February 2019, Art as fulfilment: the use of religion and spirituality in contemporary art, Does art connect us?, Andrew Graham Dixon, Mariko Mori, Marina Warner, and Ben Quash, Royal Academy, London.,https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/art-as-fulfillment-religion-spirituality-in-contemporary-history
2018
5 July 2018, Sir Antony Gormley RA in conversation with the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, Year 1 of the Theology, Modernity & the Visual Arts project, chaired by Tim Marlow, Royal Academy, London., https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/antony-gormley-rowan-williams-in-conversation
16 June 2018, Ben Quash, Why Beauty Matters, Morphē Arts Study Day, All Soul’s, Langham Place, London., https://www.morphearts.org/resources/why-beauty-matters-prof-ben-quash
6 April 2018, Art and Religion: Theology, the Sacred, and Visual Culture, All-day seminar at the annual conference of the Association for Art History chaired by Ayla Lepine and Ben Quash, Bush House, London., https://forarthistory.org.uk/our-work/conference/annual-conference-2018/art-and-religion
January–December 2018, Encounters by Nicola Green, ASK partnered with the Encounters project as principal theological advisor to both the exhibition and the event series., https://www.nicolagreen.com/encounters
2017
December 2017, Chloë Reddaway, The Audacity of Christian Art: the Problem of Painting Christ, Sainsbury Wing lecture theatre, National Gallery, London.
13 November 2017, Ben Quash, Reforming Scripture (St Martin in the Fields 2017 Autumn Lecture Series), St Martin in the Fields, London., https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/reforming-scripture-ben-quash/
August 2017, Chloë Reddaway, The Sights and Sounds of Carlo Dolci, Nasher Gallery, Durham, N.C.
17 May 2017, Panel discussion on Religious Stories and Ancient Text on Stage: Yaël Farber’s Salomé at the National Theatre, Jennifer Sliwka and Joan Taylor, National Theatre, London., https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/context-religious-stories-and-ancient-text-stage
2016
20 April 2016, Panel discussion on Works of Mercy in Works of Art, Maggi Hambling, James Cahill, and Ben Quash, Von Hügel Institute, Cambridge., https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/resources-folder/audio-visual, (scroll down to 2016)
28 February 2016, Panel discussion on Art + Religion in the 21st Century at Jewish Book Week 2016, Aaron Rosen, Ben Quash, and Leni Diner Dothan, King’s Place, London., https://jewishbookweek.com/event/art-and-religion-in-the-21st-century/
2015
8 June 2015, Wildness & Wonder, Dazzlement and Darkness: An exploration of mystery in God and in the arts, James MacMillan, Michael Symmons Roberts, Cordelia Williams, Jeremy Begbie, and Ben Quash, Westminster Abbey., https://www.messiaen2015.com/event/westminster-abbey/
9 May 2015, Messiaen’s World and the Vingt Regards, Ben Quash, Cordelia Williams, Jeremy Thurlow, Edward Forman, Christopher Dingle, Michael Symmons Roberts, and Sophie Hacker, https://www.messiaen2015.com/study-daymessiaens-world-and-the-vingt-regards/
April–May 2015, Still Small Voice: British Biblical Art in a Secular Age, Lecture series featuring Chloë Reddaway, Jennifer Sliwka, and Ben Quash, The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham., https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/24-april/books-arts/visual-arts/a-theme-in-cheltenham
January–December 2015, Your Jewish Museum: Love, Journeys, Sacrifice, Three crowd-sourced exhibitions curated by Aaron Rosen, Jewish Museum, London., https://www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural/-/projects/your-jewish-museum
2014
November–December 2014, Michael Takeo Magruder, De/coding the Apocalypse: Real-time Histories of Conquest, War, Famine & Death, Exhibition following an artist’s residency in ASK, with Ben Quash as Principal Investigator.
Inigo Rooms, Somerset House, London.
Online exhibit: http://www.takeo.org/nspace/2014-decoding-the-apocalypse/index.htm
Symposium Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbiMzLUtt9w
Symposium Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV8eSuKIeaY
20 October 2014, Double Vision: Dostoyevsky on Film, Richard Ayoade, Rowan Williams, Catherine Wheatley, Max Saunders, and Ben Quash https://www.kcl.ac.uk/archive/news/trs/2014/festival-panel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx-jATOxR7U
7–11 July 2014, 12th International Art + Christianity Conference, The Sacred City: London, Art, and the Religious Imaginary, Co-hosted by Art + Christianity and ASK., Proceedings published as Visualising a Sacred City: London, Art, and Religion, ed. Ben Quash, Chloë Reddaway, and Aaron Rosen (I.B. Tauris 2016).
24 June 2014, Ben Quash, The Rise and Fall of Beauty in Western Culture, 17th MacDonald Critchley Lecture, The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, Apothecaries’ Hall, London.
31 January, 28 February and 28 March 2014, God’s Song and Music’s Meanings: Music and Theology Colloquia, Co-hosted with the Westminster Abbey Institute., Speakers including Gordon Graham, John Butt, Lucy Winkett, Daniel Chua, and David Bentley Hart., Proceedings published as God’s Song and Music’s Meaning: Theology, Liturgy, and Musicology in Dialogue, ed. James Hawkey, Ben Quash, and Vernon White (Routledge 2019).
2013
3 December 2013, Aaron Rosen, Jews in Abstraction, JW3, London.
28 November 2013, Marilynne Robinson and Francis Spufford, A writer’s dialogue, co-hosted with Theos.
26 November 2013, Artist’s Talk: Susie Hamilton, Co-hosted with Art + Christianity.
19 November 2013, Collector’s Talk: David Lewis on assembling the Schorr Collection, http://schorrcollection.org.uk
12 November 2013, Aaron Rosen, Artistic Responses to Abraham, JW3, London.
11 November 2013, Friday Saturday Sunday: The Future of Multi-Faith Space, Presentation by architects Dan Leon, Matthew Lloyd, and Shahed Saleem, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUiuezBriM0
29 October 2013, Curator Roundtable: Saints Alive at the National Gallery, Aaron Rosen, Colin Wiggins, Ben Russell, Sarah Salih, and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe
13 September 2013, Aaron Rosen, ‘Black-Black Witness’: Ad Reinhardt, Thomas Merton, and the Via Negativa, The Power of the Word Conference., University of Gdańsk, Poland.
30 September–13 October 2013, Urban Dialogues 2013, Red Gallery, Rivington Street, London, Co-organised with 3FF., Details of the event, and the process, can be found here: http://debategraph.org/Poster.aspx?aID=178&nid=287010
Interviews with Aaron Rosen and Ben Quash can be viewed here: http://debategraph.org/Stream.aspx?nid=287020&vt=bubble&dc=focus
24 June 2013, Aaron Rosen, Making Space for the Other: New Developments in Interfaith Design, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
13 June 2013, Artist’s Talk: Siona Benjamin, Blue Like Me, Co-hosted with Art + Christianity.
11 June 2013, Ben Quash, God and the Encyclopedia, Theological Developments at the Time of Rameau, O/Modernt Festival, Stockholm, Sweden.
5 June 2013, Ben Quash, The Art of Shared Spaces: Where is the Social Value?, JustShare Lecture, St Mary-le-Bow, London., http://www.justshare.org.uk/event-reports-ben-quash/4579865882
28 May 2013, Aaron Rosen, Obsessed with R.B. Kitaj, Gallery Talk, Jewish Museum, London.
14 May 2013, Margot Fassler, Hildegaard and the Virtues: the Musical and the Visual in the Ordo Virtutem, Co-organised with Art + Christianity.
17 April 2013, Curator Roundtable: Light Show at the Hayward Gallery, Aaron Rosen, Cliff Lauson, Riccardo Sapienza, Joan Taylor, and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe.
14 March 2013, Ben Quash, God’s Good Order and the Artist’s Patterns, Gresham College, London., https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/gods-good-order-and-the-artists-patterns
2012
17 November 2012, Ben Quash, Is One Place More Spiritual than Another?: Sticking Points and Sticky Places, Paper at Art in Sacred Spaces Study Day., National Gallery, London.
30 March 2012, Ben Quash, The ‘Desublimation’ of Modern Art: A Theological Task?, Gresham College, London., https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/part-one-the-desublimation-of-modern-art-a-theological-task
2–5 March 2012, Ben Quash, What Space Can Show Us About God, Biola University, USA; Year of the Arts., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rfbyykNWSU
2–5 March 2012, Ben Quash, Art as a Theological Medium: An Integration Seminar, Biola University, USA; Year of the Arts., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPShCqJMau0
2011
23 September 2011, Ben Quash, Epiphanies in Paint, Paper at Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces Before 1500 Study Day., National Gallery, London.
20 July 2011, Panel discussion on Miró: The Ladder of Escape, Co-organised with Art + Christianity and the International Association of Art Critics., Chaired by Ben Quash, with papers by Ayla Lepine, Andrew Brighton, Charles Pickstone, and George Pattison., The Reliance Pub, Hoxton.
8 June 2011, Ben Quash, Beyond the Eye of Reason: Response to Keynotes, A dialogue on the role of religion in contemporary art, sponsored and organised by Difference Exchange, the Culture Capital Exchange, and St George’s House, Windsor., http://www.differenceexchange.com/transquash.htm
11 May 2011, Post-performance panel discussion of the premiere of Clemency (Composer: James MacMillan; Libretto: Michael Symmons Roberts), Ben Quash, Richard Coles, and others., Royal Opera House, London.
2009
15 September 2009, Ben Quash, The Desublimations of Christian Art, Paper delivered to the Tate Britain conference, The Sublime in Crisis? New Perspectives on the Sublime in British Visual Culture 1760–1900
Tate Britain, London., https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime/ben-quash-the-de-sublimations-of-christian-art-r1140522
15 June 2009, Post-performance panel discussion of Parthenogenesis (Composer: James MacMillan; Libretto: Michael Symmons Roberts), Ben Quash, Germaine Greer, and Lewis Wolpert., Royal Opera House, London.
24 January 2009, Icons of the absence of God: A Symposium on Rothko and Spirituality, Co-organised with Art + Christianity., Chaired by Ben Quash, with papers by Aaron Rosen, Jonathan Harris, Daniel Glaser, and George Pattison.
2008
12 June 2008, Culture and Consequence: The Role of Ethics in the Arts Today, Day Conference in partnership with the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange.