Lectures

Expert art historians or curators share with Members their knowledgeable insights into artists’ lives and work – often related to current exhibitions taking place in London or anniversaries.

There are six lectures each year held on Tuesday evenings starting at 8pm and there is no charge to Art Group members.

Club Members attending should also be members of the Art Group and can sign up for Art Group membership on the evening.

The Art Group annual subscription of £20, which reduces to £10 if you join after 30th June, is payable at Reception using a credit / debit card.

Art Group members may bring guests who are not members of the Club paying £10 each on arrival.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
LECTURE TO BE HELD ON ZOOM ONLY.
Free for Art Group members. Booking required.
Booking will open 24th February at 11am.

 

Mad on Colour – The Impressionists in Venice

Lecture by Jacqueline Cockburn

 

Tuesday 18th March 8pm

 

From Édouard Manet to James McNeill Whistler, from John Singer Sargent to Paul Signac, artists flocked to Venice as Turner and others had done before. Seeking that incredible quality of light, those dramatic crumbling palaces and the shimmering waters, they depicted the backstreets, the costumes, the canals and the piazzas. This lecture will capture those sublime scenes and consider how writers such as John Ruskin and Thomas Mann evoked the city as narrative and architectural wonder.

 

Jacqueline is an art historian, linguist and freelance lecturer. She is course director and lecturer at the V&A and lectures at The Royal Academy and The Arts Society. She is MD of Art and Culture Travel, running
courses in Spain, Venice and Paris.

 

BOOKING IS REQUIRED.
This lecture will be held on Zoom only.
Book with Reception in person or call them on 0208 480 4200
Each Art Group member to book for themselves.
No forward booking. One lecture at a time. No guests.
For any queries contact, Sue Jell, Lectures Organiser at suejell@hotmail.co.uk

2025 Art Group Lectures

 

Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth

21st January with Jo Walton

 

Tricks of the Trade – Looking into Paintings

18th February with Frank Woodgate

 

Mad on Colour – Impressionists in Venice

18th March with Jacqueline Cockburn

 

Edward Hopper

15th April with Kathy McLaughlin

 

Andy Warhol

20th May with Lucrezia Walker

 

Feeling Blue – Colour and the Artists Palette

23rd September with Lynne Gibson

 

Berthe Morisot

21st October with Jo Rhymer