CALENDAR
Upcoming talks, visits and trips are shown below in date order.
Gallery Talks groups meet for one morning per month following an 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.
If you have any questions, or would like to be added to a waiting list for a talk, visit or trip which is fully booked, please contact me.
High Renaissance Venice (NG05)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century.
Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese.
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High Renaissance Venice (NG05)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century.
Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese.
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The Restoration (NPG03)
11:00am - 1:00pm
17th century.
Sir Peter Lely, Mary Beale, Godfrey Kneller, Pierre Mignard.
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The Restoration (NPG03)
11:00am - 1:00pm
17th century.
Sir Peter Lely, Mary Beale, Godfrey Kneller, Pierre Mignard.
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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.
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Northern Renaissance (NG06)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century.
Hans Holbein the Younger, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Hieronymous Bosch, Jan Gossaert.
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Northern Renaissance (NG06)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century.
Hans Holbein the Younger, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Hieronymous Bosch, Jan Gossaert.
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The Georgians (NPG04)
11:00am - 1:00pm
18th century.
William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay, Francis Hayman, Joshua Reynolds.
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The Georgians (NPG04)
11:00am - 1:00pm
18th century.
William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay, Francis Hayman, Joshua Reynolds.
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The Tudors (NPG01)
11:00am - 1:00pm
16th century.
Hans Eworth, Nicholas Hilliard, Hans Holbein the Younger, Marcus Gheerearts.
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Flemish Baroque (NG07)
10:30am - 12:30pm
17th century.
Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck.
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Flemish Baroque (NG07)
10:30am - 12:30pm
17th century.
Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck.
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Venice Trip
Itinerary to include visits to the Basilica di San Marco, the Accademia, Scuola 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.
Thursday 19 -
Monday 23 February 2026
The Regency (NPG05)
11:00am - 1:00pm
18th century.
Thomas Gainsborough, George Stubbs, Thomas Lawrence, Angelica Kauffman.
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The Regency (NPG05)
11:00am - 1:00pm
18th century.
Thomas Gainsborough, George Stubbs, Thomas Lawrence, Angelica Kauffman.
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Spanish Baroque (NG08)
10:30am - 12:30pm
17th century.
Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco Zurbarán.
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Spanish Baroque (NG08)
10:30am - 12:30pm
17th century.
Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco Zurbarán.
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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.
Friday 13 -
Tuesday 17 March 2026
The Victorians (NPG06)
11:00am - 1:00pm
19th century.
John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Frederick Watts, Lord Leighton.
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The Victorians (NPG06)
11:00am - 1:00pm
19th century.
John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Frederick Watts, Lord Leighton.
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Florence & Siena Trip
This four day Gallery Talks Part Three Trip to Florence and Siena will include detailed morning and afternoon tours of the treasure trove of art in the churches and museums of these wonderful cities, which still retain an astoundingly dense concentration of great works of art.
Visits included in the itinerary are to the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Davanzati, Orsanmichele, the Churches of San Miniato al Monte, the Ognissanti and Santa Trinita and the Siena Duomo & Museum and Palazzo Pubblico.
Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, is where the foundations for 500 years of Western art were laid and a succession of great artists were nurtured; Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael. Siena retains the monuments of its medieval golden age when artists such as Duccio, Lorenzetti, Martini and Pisano embellished its spectacular Gothic state and church buildings. Whilst discovering the beauty and history of the art and appreciating the craftsmanship of the architects, sculptors and painters who created these inspirational cities, we will also soak up the vibrant Tuscan atmosphere and sample the delights of Italian cuisine
