PREVIOUS LECTURES
2022/2023
19 September 2022 at 6.30pm
Mark Hill
Curves, Colour and Cool: An introduction to mid-century modern
This lecture has been postponed until a later date. We felt it would be inappropriate to hold it on the same day as the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
17 October 2022 at 5.30pm
AGM
17 October 2022 at 6.30pm
James Butterwick
Dark Side of the Boom. The mass faking of the Russian avante-garde
21 November 2022 at 2.00pm
Stephen Taylor
Morris to Ikea. Modernity and tradition at home
12 December 2022 at 11.00am
Sally Dormer
The Wilton Diptych. Kingship and politics in 14th century England.
Christmas Lunch (optional)
16 January 2023 at 7.00pm
ZOOM lecture from Amsterdam
Sophie Oosterwijk
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
20 February 2023 at 7.00pm
ZOOM lecture from Rome
Stuart Harvey
Highlights of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel Frescoes
20 March 2023 at 2.00pm
Sue Jackson
Spitalfield Silks and The Age of Elegance
3 April 2023 at 2.00pm
Helen Oakden
The Art of Paula Rego
17 April 2023 at 2.00pm
Gillian Hovell
Ancient Roots: Timeless classic garden design
15 May 2023 at 6.30pm
Anna Warrilow
Britain as Workshop of the World. The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the
establishment of the Victoria and Albert Museum
2021/2022
13 December 2021 at 11.00am
Anne Haworth
Artisans of Venice (Part 1)
Christmas Lunch
13 December 2021 at 2.30pm
Anne Haworth
Artisans of Venice (Part 2)
20 September 2021 at 6.30pm
Lydia Bauman
Mono Lisa and Other Housewives: How portraits lie about their sitters
18 October 2021 at 6.30pm
Marilyn Elm
Brazilian Garden Design
15 November 2021 at 2.00pm
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Gardens of the Restoration: Garden Design and Garden Themed Embroidery
17 January 2022 at 11.00am
Zoom Lecture
Jacob Moss
Treasures of the Fan Museum
21 February 2022 at 2.00pm
Zoom Lecture
Jane Choy-Thurlow
A Virtual Tour of Exhibits in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands.
18 April 2022 at 2.00pm
Roger Askew
The Enigma of Edward Elgar
21 March 2022 at 2.00pm
Monica Bohm Duchen
Insiders, Outsiders, Refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British visual culture
16 May 2022 at 6.30pm
Caroline MacDonald Haig
Habitat Catalogued
20 June 2022 at 6.30pm
Amina Wright
The Wonder of Thomas Lawrence in Bath
2020/2021 - ALL ZOOM LECTURES (COVID RESTRICTIONS)
21 September 2020 at 2.00pm
Nigel Bates hosted:
It’s not just Tchaikovsky
19 October 2020 at 2.00pm - Zoom lecture
Lydia Bauman
Painting the Modern Garden - from Monet to Matisse
16 November 2020 at 11.00am - Zoom Double Programme
Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Ravilious, Piper and English Romantic Modernism
2.00pm
Anne Haworth
Art, Architecture and Style in Old Shanghai
7 December 2020 at 11.00am - Zoom Double Programme
Sandy Burnett
Shaken by an Earthquake - Igor Stravinsky, the Ballet Russe and the astonishing 1913 premier of the Rite of Spring
2.00pm
Sandy Burnett
Beethoven at 250
18 January 2021 at 2.00pm - Zoom lecture
Colin Davies
The Prince and the Prophet - Tradition and Modernity in Architecture
17 May 2021 at 2.00pm - Zoom lecture
Andrew Prince
Splendid Journeys: The Art of Opulent Travel
28 April 2021 at 2.00pm - A ZOOM EXTRA VIRTUAL LINK TO VENICE (£10)
Luisella Romeo
A tour inside the C’Dora Palace
19 April 2021 at 2.00pm - Zoom lecture
Anna Mosynska
Fresh Encounters and the Public Space
24 March 2021 at 7.30pm - AN EXTRA ZOOM LECTURE (£5)
Jonathan Foyle
The State of British Crafts
15 February 2021 at 2.00pm - Zoom lecture
Timothy Walker
The subtle Science and exact Art of Colour and English Garden Design - Why gardening can rank as a Fine Art
21 June 2021 - Zoom lecture
Ian Swankie
Great Railway Stations - Evoking the Spirit of Romance and Adventure
15 March 2021 at 2.00pm - Zoom lecture
Patricia Andrew
To Russia with Love: the work of British Artists, Architects and Garden Designers of St Petersburg