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Hockney's Eye Haarlem, the oldest museum in the Netherlands is still there until 29/1/23. Established in 1778, Teylers ...
31/12/2022
Hockney's Eye Haarlem, the oldest museum in the Netherlands is still there until 29/1/23. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science - the perfect setting for Hockney’s experiments with different perspectives: multiple, reverse and scientifically aided tricks to create a sense of travelling through a space in a way that shifts the importance to peripheral elements our eyes might meet when experiencing a space or view.

Hockney's Eye Haarlem, the oldest museum in the Netherlands is still there until 29/1/23. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science - the perfect setting for Hockney’s experiments with different perspectives: multiple, reverse and scientifically aided tricks to create a sense of travelling through a space in a way that shifts the importance to peripheral elements our eyes might meet when experiencing a space or view.

Christmas Quiz
25/12/2022
Christmas Quiz

Christmas Quiz

Guess the artworks in these movies

The HALLYU! THE KOREAN WAVE exhibition at the V&A is the surprise I wasn’t ready for when I casually met up with a frien...
23/12/2022

The HALLYU! THE KOREAN WAVE exhibition at the V&A is the surprise I wasn’t ready for when I casually met up with a friend at the V&A on a lazy morning. Informative, fun & colourful, surprising, and incredibly beautiful at times. The wonderful and unexpected mix of influences makes for a mesmerisingly captivating cultural experience.

Up Your Gifting Game
11/12/2022
Up Your Gifting Game

Up Your Gifting Game

Discover splendid gift ideas and choose one on us!

Happy start of the Holiday Season!
04/12/2022
Happy start of the Holiday Season!

Happy start of the Holiday Season!

Holidays are a time for spreading joy and so our last week of lectures is filled with 2 fun lectures which can easily be enjoyed in between the planning, the writing and the buying! Please join us for:

Aesthetic Pleasures
27/11/2022
Aesthetic Pleasures

Aesthetic Pleasures

Join us this week for some incredible aesthetic content with The Ballet Russes on Monday evening, Isabella d'Este's love of the arts on Friday morning either online or in person with coffee & tea being served (!), and for those dark and wet evenings we have lots for you to catch up on! (and can I ju...

In this lecture on American Impressionists, we will examine the rich variety and complexity of American painting in the ...
22/11/2022
American Impressionists | ArtHistorical London

In this lecture on American Impressionists, we will examine the rich variety and complexity of American painting in the advent of modernism, as French avant-garde philosophies and styles melded with American individualism.

American Impressionism was inspired by the tonal & stylistic effects of the French, but was uniquely linked with the changing face of America, often depicting the super wealthy, and painted by much more cosmopolitan artists than their European counterparts. More info below

American Impressionists
20/11/2022
American Impressionists

American Impressionists

American Impressionism was inspired by the tonal & stylistic effects of the French, but was uniquely linked with the changing face of America, often depicting the super wealthy, and painted by much more cosmopolitan artists than their European counterparts.

Seize A Deal
15/11/2022
Seize A Deal

Seize A Deal

Take advantage of this one-time only offer.

The lovely , New York native and with Spain running through her blood, will be giving us the full scoop of this less we...
14/11/2022
Hispanic Society of America, a New York jewel | ArtHistorical London

The lovely , New York native and with Spain running through her blood, will be giving us the full scoop of this less well known collection!

The Hispanic Society of America Museum in NY may be 1 of the least well known of the city’s many museums. Founded in 1904 it has the largest collection of 19th century Spanish art outside of Spain. NY native Madeline will introduce us!

Thank You for Being with Us
13/11/2022
Thank You for Being with Us

Thank You for Being with Us

Back on a live private tour I realised what incredible things we have seen together over the years. Dorich House Museum, Khadambi House, Mansion House to name but a few and how about those collections we managed to see realising now they no longer exist - like the De Morgan Centre in Wandsworth or S...

Happy Movember!
06/11/2022
Happy Movember!

Happy Movember!

Moustaches changing the world! Art History have shown us some wonderful moustaches and I always look forward to November when some men show off their versions for Movember, supporting men's health.

Winter Time Is Here
29/10/2022
Winter Time Is Here

Winter Time Is Here

cosy gatherings with likeminded spirits enjoying cultural events

Cross Dressing in Art | ArtHistorical London
24/10/2022
Cross Dressing in Art | ArtHistorical London

Cross Dressing in Art | ArtHistorical London

What roles were there for women in the 17th century? And what if they were unable or unwilling to comply with this? Join this tour organised and led by the Mauritshuis Museum in The Netherlands about deciphering portraits and understanding what we are looking at. more info below

What's up
22/10/2022
What's up

What's up

We have a super exciting, thought provoking, strangely current line up of talks this week! Italy and fascism is not on discussion Monday night, but the art movement closely linked to these political ideas is: Futurism and the Belle Epoque. On Tuesday we are traveling to Continental Europe for a spec...

The Art of Looking
16/10/2022
The Art of Looking

The Art of Looking

During the 20th century artists continued to move away from convention, trying to capture different ways in how to capture how people see the world around them.

Why were some women in the 17th century dressing up as men? Some were probably doing it to have access to a world exclus...
13/10/2022
Cross Dressing in Art | ArtHistorical London

Why were some women in the 17th century dressing up as men? Some were probably doing it to have access to a world exclusive to men, others were doing it so that they could marry their same s*x lovers. Join us for this tour of examples in the Mauritshuis The Hague!

What roles were there for women in the 17th century? And what if they were unable or unwilling to comply with this? Join this tour organised and led by the Mauritshuis Museum in The Netherlands about deciphering portraits and understanding what we are looking at. more info below

Happy Autumn
09/10/2022
Happy Autumn

Happy Autumn

I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend in gorgeous Autumnal weather! Please have a look at what we have in store for this week:

29/09/2022
29/09/2022
In this talk we will discuss the European mania for porcelain and some of the characters who devoted vast amounts of mon...
29/09/2022
Porcelain Mania | ArtHistorical London

In this talk we will discuss the European mania for porcelain and some of the characters who devoted vast amounts of money and time to its production. From Florence to Saxony to Versailles, fortunes were spent in creating exquisite examples of "white gold".

Marco Polo bought the 1st tiny example of porcelain to Europe in the 13th century. This tiny exquisite object, so unlike European ceramics precipitated the pursuit of European-made porcelain which would pre-occupy powerful men, potters & scientists for centuries. more info below

British Queens
18/09/2022
British Queens

British Queens

Some of Great Britain's most impressive monarchs have been female and so it is to no surprise we had already booked in two talks this term on important queens: Elizabeth I (still available as a recording here) and this upcoming Friday: Victoria. I am sure in the future we will cover the reign of Eli...

Important Venue Update!
23/08/2022
Important Venue Update!

Important Venue Update!

Our Friday morning group in Richmond will start at a new venue this term!

Victoriana?
10/08/2022
Victoriana?

Victoriana?

There is still time to join the tour and enjoy the special deal!

This is London join us at out next event!
07/08/2022
This is London join us at out next event!

This is London join us at out next event!

The Guildhall Art Gallery Built in 1885 to display the City of London Corporation’s growing art collection, the gallery aimed to cater to an ‘increased taste for Art’ evident in Victorian society. The collection opens a window onto unusual, memorable and colourful scenes from London’s histor...

Lazy Days of Summer
01/08/2022
Lazy Days of Summer

Lazy Days of Summer

August might feel like a sleepy month with not much happening. But we still have a wonderful tour planned at the Guildhall Gallery in London and also found some summery recordings in our Library of On Demand talks, see for more details below!

And now for something completely different
26/07/2022
And now for something completely different

And now for something completely different

Please enjoy a series of 5 talks from our archives on subjects not often discussed in the arts! We'll be talking restoration & conservation, forgery, the story of pigments, the importance of frames and multicultural societies!

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Hattie at Richmond Old Town Hall
Hattie at Richmond Old Town Hall

Hattie Bennet's talk on French art and decorative art.

The drama of a farewell! The Death of Socrates at the Met #newyork #painting #Jacques-LouisDavid #farewell #goodbye #drama #arthistory #frenchart #neoclassicism #arthistoricalnewyork

Look what I found on my platform on my way to Tate Modern! #artontheunderground #lovelondon #arteverywhere

Woman Artists
Woman Artists

A little clip of the fantastic Hattie Bennett speaking at the #WomanArtists lecture at Fresh Ground London on Monday 3rd July

Urban vs City Art - Britain
Urban vs City Art - Britain

Freddie giving his wonderful talk last Friday on Urban vs City Art, join us this Friday at the Old Town Hall Richmond at 11am.

Animals in Art part 2
Animals in Art part 2

Another clip from Tuesday of Mariska speaking about Animals in Art at Orleans House Gallery. Please join us next week as tasters are not enough.........

Animals in Art
Animals in Art

A little taster of Mariska speaking at the Animals in Art lecture at Orleans House Gallery on Tuesday, come along next week to listen to this wonderful lecture.

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This ‘Mondriaan’ house in Utrecht, The Netherlands, was designed by designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld. Like Mondriaan part of The Stijle movement, this house - like any Mondriaan painting - needs to be seen in the flesh. It is unexpected, sculptural, clever, far less rigid and more playful than one might expect from something this geometrical, abstract and cubist. Created in 1924 (before Corbusier started doing his thing) this tiny home expands in ways quite unimaginable! With every little detail fitting the aesthetic I admire the widowed Truus Schröder who asked Rietveld to design the house, and who managed to live there with 3 children!
Join Mariska as she highlights 19th century European artistic and political influences, important 19th century Russian historical events and movements, nationalist feelings and the complexities and mysteries of the Russian territories of one of Russia's best loved artists, who was born in Ukraine and died in Finland.
The Mondriaan House Museum in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. The house in which he was born in the charming city of Amersfoort giving an overview of his artistic developments and his evolution into abstraction, incl the reconstruction of his studios in Paris.
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Museum of Richmond Museum of Richmond Queen Elizabeth I Marble Hill Marble Hill House Orleans House Gallery Eel Pie Island Museum SELF REPRESENTED ARTIST - ORIGINAL PAINTINGS Ham House, Richmond Ham House Ham House The Hearsum Collection: sharing Richmond Park's history Twickenham Museum Eel Pie Island Syon Park - House and Gardens