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2022
14 Sep AGM & Lecture – How to steal a million
28 Sep Study Day– Graphic icons of the 20th Century
6 Oct Visit: ‘Collateral Effects’, North Wall Gallery, South Parade, Oxford (3pm)
12 Oct Lecture – Winslow Homer and the art of New England
2 & 8 Nov Visit: local history walk around Eynsham (am & pm)
9 Nov Lecture – A truly cultured woman is as rare as the phoenix: the life and work of Isabella d’Este
21 Nov Visit: guided tours of Leighton House and Sambourne House, London (all day)
6 Dec Virtual tour: Rome, led by Stuart Harvey
14 Dec Lecture – Nothing says Christmas like an axe-fight: courtly spectacles of the Renaissance
2023
11 Jan Lecture – Music in the great art collections of Europe
17 Jan Study Day– The Home Beautiful: Pre-Raphaelite Interiors
25 Jan Virtual tour: “The Story of Mayfair” by Simon Whitehouse (7:30pm)
8 Feb Lecture – The arts of Japan: highlights of Japanese art and culture
13 Feb Visit: Ashmolean Gallery picture frames, led by Jude Barrett (10:30am)
21-23 Feb Walk: Jericho and its industrial past, led by Lizzy Rowe (11am 21st, 22nd & 2pm 21st, 23rd)
8 Mar Lecture – Taken by surprise: a revolution in the art of the poster
14 & 23 Mar Walk: Oxford’s Jewish Heritage, led by Victoria Bentata Azaz (am & pm)
21 Mar Visit: guided tour of Chavenage House, Tetbury, with lunch (all day, leave 9:30am).
12 Apr Lecture – The architecture of the British Raj: colonial architecture in India; the buildings, their history and future
10 May Lecture – Donatello:  Renaissance genius
22 May Study Day– New York, New York: A time travel virtual tour
24 May Walk: tour of Ewelme and surrounds with lunch and/or tea and cake (dates and times tbc)
14 Jun Lecture – Crown and chalices: the art of the mediaeval goldsmith
13 Sep Lecture – Rescuing Zeugma from the floodwaters of the Euphrates
27 Sep Study Day– William Hogarth: materials and morals