Lecture Programme for 2017 - 2018
12th October Bertie Pearce
Now you see it. Now you don't
Renee Magritte, Banksy, Bridget Riley, Arcimboldi and Escher. Hold on to your seat and get ready to be visually fried!
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9th November David Rosier
Chinese Imperial Court Costume and Accessories (Qing Dynasty 1644 - 1911)
A jouney through the Imperial Wardrobe
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14th December Jeremy Barlow
The Beggars Opera
Britain's most successful musical show
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11th January Tobias Capwell
Armour and Afterlife.
Funerary Monuments of Knights and Men-at-Arms
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8th February Doug Gillen
Hidden Canvasses: "Street Art and the City"
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8th March John Iddon
Berlin to Bridlington
Lucian Freud and David Hockney - Which is the greatest?
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12th April Elizabeth Gowing
The Silver Thread
Silver filigree and traditional arts in Kosovo
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10th May Brian Stater
Women Behind the Lens
Outstanding women photographers and their contribution to the art of photography
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14th June Shirley Smith
Caravaggio
The master of light and shadow
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12th July Christopher Bradley
Magnificent Mosaics
Windows into the colourful Roman world
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