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2024 | |
13 Sep | Visit: Wood Engravers exhibition, North Wall Gallery – talk and guided visit, Oxford (2pm) |
18 Sep | AGM & Lecture – Jewel of the Crown: Sainte-Chapelle in Paris |
25 Sep | Study Day – paintings conservation roadshow |
2 Oct | Lecture – Sumptuous Veronese: the depiction of luxury goods in 17th Century Venice |
24 Oct | Visit: Cookham Brotherhood exhibition – guided tour and walk (10:30) |
5 Nov | Visit: Eurydice – Jermyn Street Theatre, London (3pm) |
13 Nov | Lecture – The Shakers of North America: their beliefs, architecture and artefacts |
21,26,28 Nov | Walk: Literary Oxford, led by Victoria Bentata |
6 Dec | Visit: Oxford Printworkers’ Co-operative Exhibition – talk and demonstration, Oxford |
11 Dec | Lecture – A very British art form: the story of pantomime (“oh yes it is!”) |
2025 | |
8 Jan | Lecture – ‘Les trois grandes dames d’Impressionisme’: Bracquemond, Cassatt and Morisot |
17 Jan | Study Day – Unravelling the Silk Road |
27 or 28 Jan | Visit: Royal Albert Hall visit and tour, London |
12 Feb | Lecture – Trees in art |
18 Feb | Visit: Coventry Cathedral tour |
26 Feb | Visit: Cinderella – Royal Ballet, Birmingham matinee |
12 Mar | Lecture – Joy and energy in the unique music of Latin-American Baroque |
20 Mar | Visit: Shotover House tour |
9 Apr | Lecture – Seeking essence: primitivism |
18 Apr | Visit: Henry Moore House & Gallery, Hertfordshire |
7 May | Study Day – Moorish Spain: history, architecture and material culture |
14 May | Lecture – Handel and Rembrandt: two baroque protestants |
19-23 May | Residential visit: guided visits [by coach] to Liverpool and area |
11 Jun | Lecture – The art and craft of John Piper |
17 Sep | AGM & Lecture – The emperor and the prostitute: Byzantium, Justinian and Theodora |
tbc Sep | Study Day – details tbc |