16 Sep

WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2020

Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secession

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Speaker: 

Scott Anderson

In 2006 Gustav Klimt�s 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer sold for $135 million. Suddenly, Klimt was being talked about in the same terms as Van Gogh or Monet.

21 Oct

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2020

Tom Thomson and the �Group of Seven�

Painters Inspired by the Canadian Landscape

Speaker: 

Richard Thomas

From 1912 Tom Thomson and the �Group of Seven� revolutionised Canadian painting. Some were war artists who went on to produce wonderful portraits and townscapes, but all were inspired by the Canadian landscape and the wilderness to the �north�.

18 Nov

WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2020

Catherine de Medici, poor Queen

The story of three in a marriage

Speaker: 

Caroline Rayman

Catherine de Medici, sent as a young girl from Florence to marry Henri of France second son of the great King Francis I, a brilliant marriage for �a grocer�s daughter� as she was cruelly called at court.

20 Jan

WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY 2021

The Subtle Art of Fake News

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Speaker: 

Geri Parlby

If Donald Trump thinks it was he who invented the concept of Fake News then he is sadly mistaken. Fake News has been around since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs and art has always been one of its favourite media.

24 Feb

WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2021

A Life in Fashion

The Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton

Speaker: 

Dr Benjamin Wild

When Cecil Beaton died in 1980, it was not surprising that one of his tailors was telephoned with the news before Buckingham Palace, despite his close association with the Royal Family.

17 Mar

WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2021

With a little help from their friends

The Beatles and their artists

Speaker: 

Barry Venning

A journey through the 60s in music and images, following the Beatles and their involvement with artists, photographers, fashion creatives, graphic designers and art world luminaries, from the Hamburg Reeperbahn in 1960 to Abbey Road in 1969.

21 Apr

WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2021

Mad Tracey from Margate

The work of Tracey Emin

Speaker: 

Rosalind Whyte

Tracey Emin shot to fame and notoriety with My Bed in 1999, taking up a role as the enfant terrible of the Young British Artists.

19 May

WEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2021

Bodies in Balance

Asian Medicine in Art

Speaker: 

Zara Fleming

The aim of this lecture is to explore Asia�s approach to medicine, which advocates a balanced relationship between body, mind and spirit. If there is disharmony in any aspect of life, then there is disease.

16 Jun

WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE 2021

Beethoven

Love and the Moon

Speaker: 

Graham Griffiths

Famously, Beethoven had one �distant beloved�. Less well-known are his six unrequited love-affairs and (possibly) one illegitimate child.