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| Wednesday 14 October 2026 |
| The Foreign Invention of British Art from Renaissance to Enlightenment |
| Leslie Primo |
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We will look at the various formats and uses of art tracing foreign artists from the Tudor period through to the Renaissance and Baroque and how they came to be in Britain. Image courtesy of : Leslie Primo |
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| Wednesday 11 November 2026 |
| The Father of Modern Painting? A Closer Look at Constable’s Great Landscapes |
| Sarah Cove |
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Describing Constable’s diverse painting methods and illustrated by highly detailed images, his dynamic late works are brought to life in a new and exciting manner. SADLY NO ZOOM - due to copyright issues Image courtesy of : © Sarah Cove ACR, Constable Research Project. |
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| Wednesday 2 December 2026 |
| Every Object Tells a Story |
| David Spence |
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From the sinking of the Titanic to the Charge of the Light Brigade and Charlie Chaplin’s childhood our museums’ collections reveal the nation’s history. Image courtesy of : Unknown Photographer from Charlie Chaplin's 1921 movie "The Kid" -in the public domain |
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| Wednesday 13 January 2027 |
| Cleopatra: Image and Reality |
| Stephen Kershaw |
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Concentrating on her personality, the events of her life and the men in it, this lecture will
demonstrate how Cleopatra became “the bane of Rome”. Image courtesy of : John William Waterhouse http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/cleopatra/waterhouse.html |
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| Wednesday 10 February 2027 |
| Climbing Great Buildings |
| Jonathan Foyle |
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This presentation will review the secrets found in carved and structural details often invisible from ground level in some of the 15 buildings included in his BBC series of the same name. Image courtesy of : Jonathan Foyle |
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| Wednesday 10 March 2027 |
| Sacred Art of Tibet |
| Zara Fleming |
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This lecture explores the wealth of this sacred artistic tradition and explains how the paintings and sculptures were created and the diverse ways in which they are used. Image courtesy of : Tibetan Buddhist Book: Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37810 |
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| Wednesday 14 April 2027 |
| Going with the Flow: Garden Cascades, Fountains, Canals and Lakes |
| David Winpenny |
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The many ways in which water is used in gardens are explored in this talk with examples ranging from Roman villas to the 21st. Century. Image courtesy of : Forde Abbey by S Peat |
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| Wednesday 12 May 2027 |
| The Art Thief |
| Lucrezia Walker |
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We will look at thieves, forgers and crooked art dealers seeking to profit in a world where art works sell for astronomical sums. Image courtesy of : Copyright xcolour.tv |
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| Wednesday 9 June 2027 |
| The Two Gustavs: Mahler and Klimt |
| Gavin Plumley |
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Comparing these two totemic “fin de siecle” talents, this lecture places Klimt and Mahler in context asking what fundamentally links and, indeed, divides them. SADLY NO ZOOM - due to copyright issues Image courtesy of : Gustav Klimt: Belvedere, Wien, Dauerleihgabe in der Secession, Wien |
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