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10 June 2026Of Crowns and CoronationsLecture
20 May 2026Forde Abbey Gardens Visit
13 May 2026The Artists of Montmartre: The Pilgrims of BabylonLecture
21 April 2026Portraits in StoneSpecial Event
20 April 2026FULL - Dutch Masters & Bulb Fields April 20th - 24th 2026Visit
08 April 2026Writers & Relics: A History of Literary TourismLecture
11 March 2026Threads of History: The World of the Bayeux TapestryLecture
11 February 2026The Golden Age of British ComedyLecture
14 January 2026Koh-i-Noor: The most famous Diamond in the WorldLecture
28 November 2025'Harems, Hookahs, Odalisques & Ottomans'Special Event
12 November 2025The Art of Marriage in the 15th Century FlorenceLecture
08 October 2025Music in ArtLecture
12 September 2025Sherborne Castle and Gardens Friday 12th September Visit
10 September 2025Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican Painting Lecture
01 September 2025Vienna Monday 1st - Friday 5th September 4 nights NOW FULL Visit
11 June 2025Marc Chagall: Wandering Jew or Citizen of the world?Lecture
21 May 2025Day visit to Lanhydrock, near Bodmin, CornwallVisit
14 May 2025The Magic of Prague: the City and the Czech Cultural Revival Lecture
09 April 2025The Art of Stained GlassLecture
25 March 2025 Study Day Tuesday 25th March 2025 “Blondes have more fun” - the Colourful World of David HockneySpecial Event
12 March 2025Banksy: Fraud or Genius?Lecture
12 February 2025Pre-Raphaelite Women: Madonna's, Magdalen's and the Femme FataleLecture
08 January 2025Britain's Arts Deco Architecture Lecture
10 December 2024Trip to Vienna 1-5th September 2025 Visit
04 December 2024Getting Under Their Skins Lecture
26 November 2024Study Day November Sutton Hoo & Lindisfarne Gospels Half day Special Event
13 November 2024Tour to Vienna 5 days and 4 nights 1st-5th September 2025Visit
13 November 2024The Seine Estuary Capturing the 19th Century ImaginationLecture
16 October 2024Berkeley Castle October 16th GloucestershireVisit
09 October 2024Arts Society Exeter's own Antiques Roadshow Lecture
30 September 2024Italy 30 Sept - 6 th October 2024 NOW FULLVisit
11 September 2024Great Operatic Rivalries: Handbags at DawnLecture
12 June 2024The World's Most Expensive Art - Where Leonardo meets PicassoLecture
04 June 2024CANCELLED - June 4th Study day on Trees through Art - Giotto to Klimt Special Event
15 May 2024Visit to Bowood House Wednesday 15th May Visit
08 May 2024From Sinai’s Heights: Important Icons from St Catherine’s MonasteryLecture
10 April 2024The Genius of Robert AdamLecture
26 March 2024Study Day Tuesday March 26th 2024 Trees through Art from Giotto to Klimt NOW FULL - waiting list in operation - BOOKING open for Tuesday June 4th for repeat of this study day in Exeter Library Special Event
13 March 2024The Rijksmusuem in Amsterdam: Rembrandt’s Night Watch and Much, Much MoreLecture
14 February 2024Wessex Explored: Thomas Hardy’s World Through His Work and the Paintings of Henry Moule and Walter TyndaleLecture
10 January 2024The Art of the CartoonistLecture
21 November 2023Cultural Experiments in the Weimar Republic _ Booking from September Special Event
08 November 2023The Borgias: The Most Infamous Family in HistoryLecture
25 October 2023Holburne Museum & GalleryVisit
11 October 2023The Two Faces of Russia: Moscow & St PetersburgLecture
17 September 2023Annual Tour to Dublin - The Art & Houses of Dublin’s Fair City with Tailored TravelVisit
13 September 2023T. S. EliotLecture
14 June 2023August Rodin and 19th Century SculptureLecture
10 May 2023Treasures of the Turf: The Fine & Decorative Arts of Horse RacingLecture
03 May 2023Caerhays Castle Wednesday 3rd May 2023Visit
12 April 2023Cornwall Calling: The Artists of Lamorna Cove 1899-1914Lecture
21 March 2023Art & Culture of Andalusia 10am-3.30pm in Exeter Central Library, Rougemont Room - NOW FULL sorry to disappoint Special Event
08 March 2023Picasso & Cubism: “Art is a Lie by Which We Understand the Truth” and AGM at 1.55pm Lecture
08 February 2023The Opera Singer Phenomenon : How do they make that noise?Lecture
11 January 2023Madras & Calcutta: Classical Architecture for the East India CompanyLecture
15 November 2022Study Day: The Art and Architecture along the Silk RoadSpecial Event
02 November 2022Seeing in MonochromeLecture
19 October 2022Visit to Pencarrow on 19th OctoberVisit
05 October 2022Holy Poverty and Artistic Magnificence: The Art of AssisiLecture
07 September 2022A Truly Cultured Woman is as Rare as the Phoenix: Life and Work of Isabella D’EsteLecture
08 June 2022A Personal Heaven: The Paintings of Stanley SpencerLecture
25 May 2022Visit to Mapperton House Visit
11 May 2022The Subtle Science and Exact Art of Colour in English garden design-—why gardening can rank as a fine art Lecture
13 April 2022COURTLY LIFE IN MANTUA: HUNCHBACKS, DWARVES & GIANTS Lecture
15 March 2022Study Day: Cathedral VisitSpecial Event
09 March 2022The World’s Most Expensive Art - where Leonardo meets PicassoLecture
09 February 2022Giles: his Life, Times and CartoonsLecture
12 January 2022The Dark Side of the Boom: The Mass Faking of the Russian Avant GardeLecture
01 December 2021Angels from the realms of Glory: the Wilton Diptych and the roof of Westminster Hall Lecture
23 November 2021The Shakers of North America (Please note change of date)Special Event
03 November 2021"How pleasant to know Edward Lear"Lecture
20 October 2021The Box, PlymouthVisit
15 October 2021“Caravaggio is not the only artist:” a study of his contemporaries and their varied response to his revolutionary art - Note that this is a Friday and that the lecture starts at 11.00a.m. Lecture
30 September 2021The Art, Historic Houses & Churches of EAST ANGLIAVisit
07 July 2021Churchill: An Inspirational Life in Photographs, Words and Paintings.Lecture
09 June 2021The Kingdom in the Sun: SicilyLecture
12 May 2021Edouard Manet: A Rebel in a Frock CoatLecture
14 April 2021Exeter Cathedral . Lecture
10 March 2021Titian: The First Modern ArtistLecture
10 February 2021Hammershoi and the Life of InteriorsLecture
13 January 2021Faber & Faber: 90 Years of Excellence in Cover Design - to be delivered by ZoomLecture
15 December 2020Sing We Yule: A Musical Portrait of Medieval Christmas NOTE CHANGE OF DATELecture
24 November 2020Tragedy and Triumph: the Heroic Age of Antarctic ExplorationSpecial Event
04 November 2020Nicholas Poussin: Rebel and PhilosopherLecture
14 October 2020The Art and Meaning of MapsLecture
03 April 2020THE ARTS SOCIETY EXETER, VISIT to Exeter Cathedral,Visit
20 March 2020COVID-19 Cancellation of Current Programme of LecturesLecture
11 March 2020Pevsner in DevonLecture
12 February 2020The Cultural Heritage of the HuguenotsLecture
08 January 2020The Making of Landscape PhotographyLecture
04 December 2019The Recording of Exeter in Art, 1770-1915Lecture
14 November 2019Study Day: Music and Personality at the Court of the Virgin QueenSpecial Event
06 November 2019Islamic Art: Exploring the Decorative Arts of the Islamic World.Lecture
23 October 2019Visit to Torre Abbey and the Mechanical Musical Collection at Aeolian Court, ChudleighVisit
17 October 2019The Arts Society South West SPECIAL INTEREST DAY The Anatomy of CollectingSpecial Event
09 October 2019Franz Schubert: The Piano and the Power of FriendshipLecture
04 April 2019SOUTH WEST AREA Study Day at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre - 'VISIONS OF ENCHANTED LANDS@ - Chinoiserie in European Art. Special Event
07 March 2019Study Day: Old Father Thames - the River in Art Special Event
08 November 2018Art Nouveau - Architecture & DesignSpecial Event
01 November 2018SOUTH WEST AREA Study Day - THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF IRELANDSpecial Event
30 June 2018The Royal School of Needlework in ExeterSpecial Event
04 April 2018The Art of the Islands - Pictish, Anglo-Saxon & Viking Art in the early Middle Ages.Special Event
15 March 2018SW AREA Study Day - Windsor Castle: History and Occupants to the present day and how The Queen entertains there Special Event
13 March 2018South West Area Study Day Gold Work for Beginners and ImproversSpecial Event
08 March 2018A Review of West Country Cathedrals in the Decorated PeriodSpecial Event
23 November 2017What exactly is Byzantine Art?Special Event
22 November 2017SW Area Study DaySpecial Event
23 February 2017The Ancient Silk Road and its Hidden TreasuresSpecial Event
03 November 2016THE MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSpecial Event