Events
Our March - May 2026 programme
Join ARTscapades to explore exciting art through online talks and study courses led by expert speakers, curators and authors. We are grateful for your support which enables profits from our ticket sales to help UK museums and arts-based organisations.
Martin Gayford discusses his new book, My Heart is This: Tracey Emin on Painting, sharing his personal insight into the artist’s extraordinary life and career. Lachlan Goudie reveals the hidden stories behind the painting of some of the world’s masterpieces.
Learn about Michaelina Wautier: A Rediscovery, with Clare Ford-Wille, in our Study Evening on the upcoming RA exhibition and explore comedy in painting with Desmond Shawe-Taylor. Uncover the hidden history of London’s bridges on a unique Virtual Walk with Katie Wignall.
All events take place via Zoom Webinar and can be watched live including Q&A. Ticket holders will be emailed a link to join 24 hours in advance. In case you can’t make it on the day, ticket holders will also receive a link to view a recording of the talk, which will be available for one month.
If you missed booking a ticket to a recent online event you can purchase a link by visiting our on-demand Recordings page. Looking for a present? Click here for details on gifting an ARTscapades talk.
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Forthcoming events
Thursday 16 April 2026, 6-7pm. £10
Artist and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie explores how some of the greatest paintings were created, from a blank surface to the finishing brushstroke. He unveils the methods and techniques of individual artists, bringing their studios to life at the very moment they produced their most celebrated works. Along the way a bigger picture is painted, charting how the evolution of painting materials has changed the course of human creativity.
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Tuesday 21 April 2026, 5-7.30pm. £20
For the first time in the UK, Michaelina Wautier is the subject of a major exhibition, opening at the Royal Academy of Arts on 27 March. Join Clare Ford-Wille with ARTscapades to explore the innovative and always exciting paintings by this trailblazing 17th-century Flemish artist whose life and work almost sank into oblivion after her death and was only rediscovered recently.
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Tuesday 12 April 2026, 4-5pm. £10
Join Desmond Shawe-Taylor to explore the rich tradition of comic painting. Images and jokes go together - as cartoons demonstrate - yet we often miss the comedy in the Old Masters. The Dutch painters of the golden age are some of the funniest, but their work draws on comic painting from the previous century and in turn inspires a British tradition, dominated by the work of William Hogarth.
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Thursday 21 May 2026, 7-8pm. £10
Join Katie Wignall on a virtual exploration for ARTscapades of the capital's river crossings. Since London was founded, people needed to traverse the Thames and the varied history of these bridges give us fascinating insight into the history of the city. Part One will focus within the bounds of the City of London, from the world famous Tower Bridge to the hidden delights of Blackfriars.
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Past events
Recording Links
If you missed booking a ticket to a recent online event by expert curators and speakers, you can purchase a link to the on-demand recording by visiting our Recordings page. You will also find a selection of past Study evenings and virtual walks available.
