Upcoming events
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Picasso's Year of Wonders lecture by Cindy PolemisThursday, October 9, 2025 - 18:30 to 20:00About the lecture A journey through one of the most remarkable years of Pablo Picasso’s extraordinary career. Picasso turned 50 in the autumn of 1931 and in the summer of 1932 he had his first major retrospective. He had achieved fame and success and was already an international celebrity... Read more |
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The Curious World of Pieter Bruegel by Rupert DickensThursday, November 27, 2025 - 18:30 to 20:00About the lecture More than four centuries after his death the work of this intriguing artist continues to fascinate us. Bruegel’s brief career introduced new subjects of landscape and everyday life. But these apparently innocent and joyous pictures contain hidden social and political mes... Read more |
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Caravaggio: Art and Man by Alison BarkerThursday, January 8, 2026 - 18:30 to 20:00About the lecture Does a life inform one’s art? Does it follow that a passionate, violent nature will inevitably create dramatic, even dark, artworks? The life of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was full of drama and passion and it could be argued that his art mirrored his life. Although... Read more |
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The Age of Jazz by Emma JohnsonThursday, February 26, 2026 - 18:30 to 20:00About the lecture New Orleans at the end of the 19th century was a busy port welcoming ships and sailors from all over the world bringing with them many diverse styles of music. It was also one of the few places in America where the music of the slave population was not just tolerated but... Read more |
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Last Supper in Pompeii by Paul RobertsThursday, April 9, 2026 - 18:30 to 20:00About the lecture For the Romans, life meant getting together to eat and drink, in a pub, in a simple flat or at a banquet in a triclinium or grand dining room. Last supper in Pompeii celebrates the Roman love affair with food and wine, in a journey from fields and vineyards to markets and... Read more |
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Salvador Dali: 20th Century Renaissance ArtistThursday, May 28, 2026 - 18:30 to 20:00About the lecture ‘The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret’ – Salvador Dalí Like the Renaissance artists he admired, Salvador Dalí did not restrict his creative output to painting but was also a writer, poet, engraver, sculptor, architect, photographer, theatre d... Read more |