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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 |