CALENDAR
Upcoming talks, visits and trips are shown below in date order.
Gallery Talks groups meet for one morning per month following the art history course, one gallery at a time. Each Gallery Talk is designed to be coherent in itself, so can also be selected individually.
Click here for the schedule of Gallery Talks fees.
Please click here if you would like to book any of the talks, visits or trips listed below, or be added to a Waiting List.
If you have any other questions please contact me.
Contemporary (NPG10)
11:00am - 1:00pm
20th & 21st century artists such as David Hockney, Gillian Wearing, Tracey Emin and Sam Taylor-Wood.
Contemporary (NPG10)
11:00am - 1:00pm
20th & 21st century artists such as David Hockney, Gillian Wearing, Tracey Emin and Sam Taylor-Wood.
British Portraiture (DP04)
10:30am - 12:30pm
17th & 18th century artists such as William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Peter Lely and Sir Thomas Lawrence.
British Portraiture (DP04)
10:30am - 12:30pm
17th & 18th century artists such as William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Peter Lely and Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Charleston Farmhouse Visit
10:45am - 3:30pm
Julie will give a detailed guided tour through each of the rooms and studios inside Charleston Farmhouse, home to the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and a gathering point for the Bloomsbury group. After enjoying the beautiful gardens and having lunch in the Threshing Barn café, the group will visit the special exhibition ‘Inventing Post-Impressionism: Works from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts’. There will then be an option to visit to nearby Berwick Church to admire the stunning Bloomsbury murals.
Renaissance Netherlands & Venice (NG03)
10:30am - 12:30pm
15th century artists such as Jan Van Eyck, Hans Memling, Carlo Crivelli, Antonella da Messina, Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna.
Renaissance Netherlands & Venice (NG03)
10:30am - 12:30pm
15th century artists such as Jan Van Eyck, Hans Memling, Carlo Crivelli, Antonella da Messina, Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna.
The Tudors (NPG01)
11.00am - 1.00pm
16th century artists such as Hans Eworth, Nicholas Hilliard, Hans Holbein, and Marcus Gheeraerts.
The Tudors (NPG01)
11.00am - 1.00pm
16th century artists such as Hans Eworth, Nicholas Hilliard, Hans Holbein, and Marcus Gheeraerts.
Friday 3 October -
Tuesday 7 October
Venice Trip
Itinerary includes visits to the Basilica di San Marco, the Accademia, Scuolo di San Rocco, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San Giorgio Maggiore and Torcello.
This four day cultural study tour to Venice will include detailed morning and afternoon tours through some of the rich artistic treasures of this historical city. The carefully compiled itinerary will combine some of the most famous sights in Venice with lesser known tranquil places.
We'll admire Venetian Renaissance master painters such as Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, be awe-inspired by splendid Byzantine mosaics and compare the ornate and colourful facades of Venice's Gothic palaces with the serene classicism of Palladio's Renaissance churches.
THIS TRIP IS
FULLY BOOKED
High Renaissance Florence & Rome (NG04)
10.30am - 12.30pm
16th century artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Sebastiano del Piombo and Bronzino.
High Renaissance Florence & Rome (NG04)
10.30am - 12.30pm
16th century artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Sebastiano del Piombo and Bronzino.
The Stuarts (NPG02)
11.00am - 1.00pm
17th century artists such as Gerard van Honthorst, Daniel Mytens, Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
The Stuarts (NPG02)
11.00am - 1.00pm
17th century artists such as Gerard van Honthorst, Daniel Mytens, Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
Friday 7 November -
Tuesday 11 November
Florence Part One Trip
Itinerary includes visits to the Uffizi, Accademia, Duomo, Baptistery, Bargello, San Marco Monastery & Santa Croce
This four day cultural study tour to Florence will include detailed morning and afternoon tours, providing the opportunity to experience first-hand stunning masterpieces by incredible and revolutionary painters, sculptors and architects. A small Gallery Talks group will be carefully guided by Julie through the treasure trove of art in the churches and museums of this wonderful city, which still retains an astoundingly dense concentration of great works of art. Whilst discovering the beauty and history of the art and appreciating the craftsmanship of the artists who created this inspirational city, we will also soak up the vibrant Florentine atmosphere and sample the delights of Italian cuisine.
Friday 14th November
Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2RN 0RN (map)
Impressionism (CG03)
10:45am - 12:45pm
19th century artists such as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas.
High Renaissance Venice (NG05)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
High Renaissance Venice (NG05)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
The Restoration (NPG03)
11:00am - 1:00pm
17th century artists such as Sir Peter Lely, Mary Beale, Godfrey Kneller and Pierre Mignard.
The Restoration (NPG03)
11:00am - 1:00pm
17th century artists such as Sir Peter Lely, Mary Beale, Godfrey Kneller and Pierre Mignard.
Apsley House Visit
11:00am - 1:15pm
Julie will give a detailed guided tour of the art in the magnificent Wellington Collection at Apsley House, Piccadilly, London, home to the Dukes of Wellington. This extraordinary and internationally important art collection includes masterpieces by Titian, Correggio, Rubens, Velázquez, Bruegel and Goya.
Apsley House, also known as Number One London, has been a family home to the Dukes of Wellington since the early 19th century and visitors today have the rare experience of viewing the art collection in the rooms in which it was originally shown.
Thursday 19 February -
Monday 23 February 2026
Venice Trip
Itinerary to include visits to the Basilica di San Marco, the Accademia, Scuolo di San Rocco, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San Giorgio Maggiore and Torcello.
This four day cultural study tour to Venice will include detailed morning and afternoon tours through some of the rich artistic treasures of this historical city. The carefully compiled itinerary will combine some of the most famous sights in Venice with lesser known tranquil places.
We'll admire Venetian Renaissance master painters such as Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, be awe-inspired by splendid Byzantine mosaics and compare the ornate and colourful facades of Venice's Gothic palaces with the serene classicism of Palladio's Renaissance churches.
Friday 13 March -
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Florence Part Two Trip
Itinerary includes visits to the Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens, Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Vecchio, Casa Buonarotti, San Lorenzo & Medici Chapels
Florence is one of the loveliest cities in the world, with the River Arno running through it and surrounded by a circle of hills and its harmonious Medieval and Renaissance architecture dominated by Brunelleschi’s immense dome. The cradle of the Renaissance, the foundations for 500 years of western art were laid in Florence and it nurtured a succession of great artists, including Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.