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16 September 2026A Painted Ocean: Seascapes, Ship Portraits and Life at Sea Lecture
17 June 20261066 and all that - The Bayeux TapestryLecture
20 May 2026AGM 2.15pm start The Late High Renaissance in VeniceLecture
15 April 2026Albrecht DürerLecture
18 March 2026Flights of Fancy: A History of Birds in Art Lecture
18 February 2026The Legendary Lee Miller Lecture
17 December 2025Christmas Ghosts: the Tradition of Winter Tales Lecture
19 November 2025Art of the 21st Century: Making Sense of Our TimeLecture
15 October 2025Raphael, a god amongst painters Lecture
17 September 2025Real and Existing Things: Art & Politics in mid-19th c FranceLecture
18 June 2025GoyaLecture
21 May 2025Treasures of the Black Tent AGM 2.15pm startLecture
16 April 2025Of Meissen MenLecture
02 April 2025 Christian Schad and German Art 1920 to 1933Special Event
19 February 2025Caspar David Friedrich and Early German RomanticismLecture
18 December 2024The Duc de BerryLecture
20 November 2024Identifying Forgotten Gems of the Art WorldLecture
16 October 2024Mr Barry’s war: Rebuilding the Houses of ParliamentLecture
18 September 2024John Singer Sargent: the Private RadicalLecture
19 June 2024The Nations Mantlepiece: The History of the National Gallery in 10 PaintingsLecture
15 May 2024Mr Barry’s War: Rebuilding the Houses of ParliamentLecture
17 April 2024Now you see it, now you don’t: The Art of Visual DeceptionLecture
20 March 2024The Great Valazquez at Court in MadridLecture
21 February 2024Picasso and Modern British PaintingLecture
13 December 2023Gold: Colour and SubstanceLecture
15 November 2023A Truly Cultured Woman is as rare as a Phoenix: The Life and Work of Isabella d’EsteLecture
18 October 2023Vermeer and his World Lecture
20 September 2023Sex and the City: Hogarth in 18th century LondonLecture
21 June 2023Wigs, Waistcoats and Weepers: Power Dressing the 18th Century Lecture
17 May 2023The Sistine Chapel Before and After Michelangelo Lecture
19 April 2023Sumptuous Veronese: the depiction of luxury goods in 16th century Venice Lecture
15 March 2023Hans Holbein Lecture
15 February 2023Shakespeare in TheatreLecture
14 December 2022A Right Royal Christmas - how our Royal Families have celebrated Christmas through the ages Lecture
16 November 2022The Art of Snow and Ice: how artists transformed the winter landscapeLecture
19 October 2022Cabbages, Carrots and Lamb: Spanish still Life from 1600 to 1812 Lecture
21 September 2022The world of Grayson Perry - Pots and Frocks Essex Punk Rocker to National Treasure Lecture
15 June 2022 Peter the Great – the Blaspheming BearLecture
18 May 2022Duccio’s MaestaLecture
20 April 2022Learning to look at Modern Art – 1945 to present Lecture
16 March 2022A Hungarian Metropolis- art and culture in BudapestLecture
16 February 2022Tricks of the Light: Illusion of Light and Shadow in Western ArtLecture
15 December 2021Xmas in Bach’s Leipzig The Xmas Oratorio of 1734/5Lecture
17 November 2021The Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldLecture
20 October 2021The Plague – Art and the Ultimate CalamityLecture
15 September 2021English Towns in 18th century: Society, Art and ArchitectureLecture
16 June 2021World Famous Photographs: images that shaped our cultureLecture
19 May 2021Breeches, Bonnets and Bags: British Fashion in Art through the CenturiesLecture
21 April 2021Reyntiens – Britains Leading Stained Glass MakerLecture
17 March 2021Painter of Light: Joachim SorollaLecture
17 February 2021The Past, Present and Future of Botanical Art and IllustrationLecture
02 December 2020Frost Fairs on the Frozen ThamesLecture
18 November 2020First catch your Squirrel: Historical materials and Techniques of Painting 15th - 18th centuryLecture
21 October 2020Loving Still Life: Caterpillars, Lemons and Lobsters, Dutch Still Life 1560 - 1650Lecture
17 June 2020*** POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE *** The Magnificence of Persia - the art of Isfahan, Shiraz and ancient Persepolis. Lecture
20 May 2020*** POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE *** Watercolour in Britain from Cozens to Constable and BeyondLecture
15 April 2020*** POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE *** Duccio's Maesta and the Arts of SienaLecture
18 March 2020Learning to look at Modern ArtLecture
19 February 2020The Georgians through Caricature, Cartoon and ConversationLecture
11 December 2019The Christmas Story in Renaissance ArtLecture
20 November 2019Behind the Walls-Creativity, Visions and the horrors in Renaissance Italian ConventsLecture
06 November 2019Day of Special Interest Special Event
16 October 2019The Sword and the Staff - the Pilgrim Route to Santiago de CompostelaLecture
18 September 2019Crusader CastlesLecture
18 July 2019SANDHAM MEMORIAL CHAPEL AND HIGHCLERE CASTLEVisit
19 June 2019The Medieval Guildhall: Romans and RomanticsLecture
21 May 2019THE VYNE AND WHITCHURCH SILK MILLVisit
15 May 2019Great Cities of Central Asia: The legacy of TamerlaineLecture
17 April 2019The Punch and Judy Show: A Subversive symbol from Commedia Del’’Arte to the Present DayLecture
20 March 2019The Two Gustavs: Mahler and KlimtLecture
13 February 2019The Art of the Poster: the poor man’s art gallery ?Lecture
09 January 2019The Huguenot Silkweavers of SpitalfieldsLecture
21 November 2018Pieter Bruegel, The ElderLecture
17 October 2018Van Dyck and BritainLecture
19 September 2018Jan van Eyck: The Arnolfini PortraitLecture