UPCOMING LECTURES

Afternoon lectures start at 14:30 and evening lectures at 19:00

9 June 2026

Lucrezia Walker: Piero della Francesca

“The greatest picture in the world” was Aldous Huxley’s description of Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection. It was the memory of this description which in WW2 caused Tony Clark to disobey orders to bomb Piero’s native city of San Sepolcro. David Hockney, who frequently references Piero’s work, admired Mr Clark’s decision. Mathematician, geometrician, painter, Piero was one of the greatest artists of the 15th-century. His work is both serene and mysterious, and his fresco cycle of the Legend of the True Cross in Arezzo is one of the most famous of early Renaissance works. Join us to look at his life and work across the city states of quattrocento Italy.

Piero della Francesca’s Dream of Constantine

Tuesday 8th September 2026

DWELLINGS FOR THE GODS: THE ANCIENT GREEK TEMPLE
AND ITS LEGACY
James Renshaw

Tuesday 13th October 2026

EXPLORING BACH’S ST MATTHEW PASSION
Sandy Burnett

Tuesday 10th November 2026

PIPING PIGS, GROPING MERMAIDS: SOME CARVED PANELS
FROM FETTERESSO
Jane Geddes

Tuesday 8th December 2026

A 21ST CENTURY RENAISSANCE: CHATSWORTH AND THE
DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION IN THE MODERN AGE
Simon Seligman

Tuesday 12th January 2027

ALL-ROUND RAEBURN: SIR HENRY RAEBURN, THE MAN AND
HIS MILIEU
Patricia Andrew