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1 June 2021: Georgina Bexon on “The story of Modern Indian Art”
An exploration of how art in the subcontinent threw off the yoke of colonial influence to create modern masterpieces and[…]
Read more4 May 2021 Lesley Primo on “The sublime in the everyday: Vermeer and the Delft School of Painting”
This lecture will trace Vermeer’s origins, his early training and influences.
Read more6 April 2021 Neil Faulkner on Dickens, Lawrence and Zhivago: David Lean’s Art of Cinema
In the ‘golden age’ of cinema film-makers had to construct sets, effectively art installations which they captured on celluloid images. […]
Read more2 March 2021: Fiona Rose on “Frida Kahlo: A life in Art”
Note that this lecture will be given twice: once on 2 March at 11a.m. and will be repeated on Thursday[…]
Read moreFebruary 2 2021: Adam Busiakiewicz on “The queen of instruments-the lute in old master paintings”
5 January 2021 Bertie Pearce on “We Are Amused!”
Note this lecture is on 5 January not the 4th as in the recent email. A Panorama of Victorian Leisure[…]
Read more1 December 2020 online: Jacob Moss on “Treasures of the Fan Museum”
An introduction to the world’s first fan museum and its extraordinary collections.
Read more3 November 2020: Shirley Smith on “Raphael of Urbino: Artist and Architect”
2020 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael. This lecture will study his art and architecture, from his[…]
Read more6 October 2020 online: Peter Medhurst on “The Genius of Beethoven”
The lecture explores Beethoven’s genius as a writer of music, at the same time setting his extraordinary story against the[…]
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