Live Zoom lectures have now finished for 2025 but a new series will start in February 2026. As usual, the topics will be based on exhibitions that are on in London over the period. All the talks will take place on Friday mornings, from 10.00 until 11.30, with a lecture of 60-75 minutes, followed by Q&A and discussion. All sessions are £13 per person per session, whether via Zoom or if you prefer to receive the recording afterwards.
Talks for 2026
(Tate Britain from 27 November to 12 April 2026)
For further information or to book your place, please contact us.
All previous talks are available as recordings.
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ALSO AVAILABLE …. Recordings
Digital recordings of past virtual talks are available on the following topics (sent via WeTransfer and easy to access):
David Hockney: Drawing from Life
‘Portraying Pregnancy‘, a look at the exhibition that was on at the Foundling Museum.
‘Aubrey Beardsley‘, focusing on Tate Britain’s exhibition.
‘Antony Gormley‘, a look at the work and career of one of Britain’s most well-known artists.
‘Picasso and Paper‘, looking at the Royal Academy’s exhibition.
‘Dulwich Picture Gallery’ Parts 1 and 2: Exploring the history and some of the highlights of the collection of this little gem in South London.
‘British Surrealism’ exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
‘Angelica Kauffman’ Unfortunately the proposed Angelica Kauffman exhibition at the RA was cancelled due to the current pandemic. In order to give her a small slot in the spotlight, this talk covers general aspects of her life and work.
‘Titian: Love, Desire, Death’ at the National Gallery
‘Andy Warhol’ at Tate Modern
The Queen’s House, Greenwich
The History of Greenwich
‘Nothing to Declare: Art Seized at Customs’
William Hogarth
Spirituality in 20th and 21st Century Art
Barbizon School of French Landscape Painters
The Impressionists
Gauguin and the Impressionists : Masterpieces from the Ordrupgaard Collection
Danish Galleries – An exploration of works in three major Danish collections
Danish Art – Examining some key figures and themes from Danish art
Among the Trees – Hayward Gallery
Developments in British Landscape Painting
‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ – The Landscapes of John Constable
JMW Turner, ‘Painter of Light’
Turner’s Modern World – Tate Britain
‘Sin’ – Based on the National Gallery’s 2020 exhibition
Women Artists in the National Gallery’s Collection
Artemisia Gentileschi – based on the National Gallery’s 2020 exhibition
Representations of Women in Victorian Paintings
Nativity Scenes and Christmas Traditions
Norwegian Art
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch : The Loneliness of the Soul
Dame Laura Knight
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Bridget Riley
Cornelia Parker
Spirituality in Art
Fashion in Art (Parts 1 and 2)
Animals in Art
Scottish Art (Parts 1 and 2)
Kandinsky
Mondrian
Modigliani
Marc Chagall
Georgia O’Keeffe
Frida Kahlo
‘Hans Holbein the Younger’
‘Sir Anthony Van Dyck’
Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
‘David Hockney’
‘Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Zanele Muholi’
Public Art in London
The Making of Rodin
Constantin Brâncuși
An Overview of British Sculpture
Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Courtauld Gallery, its history, collection and recent refurbishment
Van Gogh’s Self-portraits
Van Gogh, Gauguin and The Yellow House
Francis Bacon
Lubaina Himid
Kehinde Wiley
Gainsborough’s ‘Blue Boy’
Durer’s Journey
Late Constable
Poussin and Dance
Helen Frankenthaler
Mixing it Up : Painting Now
Isamu Noguchi
Life Between Islands – British and Caribbean Art
Hogarth and Europe
Joseph Beuys
Edward Burra
Paula Rego
Stolen Art
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child
Whistler’s Woman in White
Cornelia Parker
A Century of the Artist’s Studio
‘Alberto Giacometti and Isabel Rawsthorne, A Conversation’ and Hew Locke’s ‘The Procession’
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art Parts 1 and 2* (National Gallery exhibition)
Tate Britain rehang Parts 1-4
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea (Royal Museums Greenwich exhibition 2023)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Travels with My Art – France.
Impressionists on Paper (Royal Academy exhibition 2024).
Entangled Pasts, 1768 to Now (Royal Academy exhibition February to April 2024)
John Singer Sargent
Sargent and Fashion (Tate Britain exhibition 2024)
Angelica Kauffman
Caravaggio
Kandinsky and Münter
Vanessa Bell
Now You See Us – Women Artists 1620-1920 (Tate Britain exhibition)
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All these recordings are available now. The charge is £10 per viewer per session. If you are interested please contact us and we can arrange to send you the recording.