Events
Our September - November 2025 Programme
ARTscapades is delighted to launch an Autumn programme packed with opportunities to explore art with online talks and study courses led by expert speakers. We continue to be grateful for your support which enables profits from our ticket sales to help UK museums and arts-based organisations.
Starting Thursday 11 September, with the Magna Carta 1225 and the Charter of the Forest on display at the Society of Antiquaries, London, Prof. Anthony Musson examines what these documents meant in the Middle Ages and their significance today for justice, human rights and the environment.
Book now for our Study Afternoon on Monday 15 September with medieval expert Dr Sally Dormer, on the once in a lifetime exhibition now at Chantilly of the Très Riches Heures of Jean, duc de Berry,
Our special curators’ talks on some of this season’s top exhibitions feature Julien Domercq on the National Gallery’s upcoming Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller Müller’s Neo-Impressionists, Helen Molesworth on Cartier at the V&A and Dr Melanie Vandenbrouck on Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists at Pallant House Gallery.
In Brooding Angels: The Profession of Painting from Giotto to Van Gogh, explore the nature of being an artist with Desmond Shawe-Taylor. Follow Katie Wignall down London’s alleyways on a virtual walk through the City’s history.
Join Dr Richard Stemp on Tuesdays 21 and 28 October for our Short Course Fra Angelico: Origins and Influence on one of the most significant artists of the Early Renaissance. To start out November, Janet Gough leads a Study Evening on 900 years of Divine Light, the Stained Glass of England’s Cathedrals.
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.
Ticket proceeds go to help support UK museums, galleries and other arts-based organisations.
If you missed booking a ticket to a recent online event you can purchase a link by visiting our on-demand Recordings page.
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Forthcoming events
Monday 15 September 2025, 2-4.30pm. £20
In this special study afternoon for ARTscapades, medieval expert Dr Sally Dormer presents two lectures to complement Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition currently at the Château de Chantilly. The lectures focus on Jean duc de Berry and the sumptuous manuscript he commissioned c. 1411. The Duke of Aumale acquired the book in 1856 and it has lived, since then, in the Musée Condé at the Château de Chantilly.
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Tuesday 23 September 2025, 6-7pm. £10
Join exhibition curator Julien Domercq as he introduces the Neo-Impressionists and the incredible paintings in this National Gallery exhibition including Seurat, Van Gogh, Anna Boch, Signac, Henri Edmond-Cross and Pissarro. Most of the works are from the collection of Helene Kröller-Müller, one of the first great women art patrons of the 20th century, and form part of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands.
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Tuesday 7 October 2025, 6-7pm. £10
Join exhibition curator Helen Molesworth for an engaging ARTscapades talk as she shares insights and highlights of the major exhibition Cartier, now showing to great acclaim at the V&A. Showcasing more than 350 objects, including precious jewels, historic gemstones, iconic watches and clocks, the exhibition charts the evolution of the house’s legacy of art, design and craftsmanship since the turn of the 20th century.
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Thursday 9 October 2025, 6-7pm. £10
The City of London is full of atmospheric narrow alleys. Venture inside and feel as though you've stepped back in time. Join Katie Wignall on a virtual tour for ARTscapades of these history-packed passageways in search of power, corruption and intrigue. From hidden churches to entrepreneurial startups, tracing alleyways of the City of London ‘walks’ you through the Square Mile’s fascinating history.
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Monday 13 October 2025, 2.30-3.30pm. £10
Join ARTscapades for the curator’s introduction to this exciting exhibition at Pallant House Gallery which brings together over 150 works that explore artistic relationships, identity, and mutual influence in modern and contemporary British art. Featuring artists including Lucian Freud, Lubaina Himid, David Hockney, Lee Miller, Eric Ravilious, Paula Rego and many more.
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Tuesday 21 October 2025, 5-7.30pm. £20
This autumn there will be an exhibition in Florence dedicated to Fra Angelico (c.1395-1465), one of the most significant artists of the Early Renaissance. Across two locations and with connections to other sites in Italy, Fra Angelico will be the first major display of the artist’s work in over 70 years. Led by Dr Richard Stemp, our two part Short Course examines the Florence into which Fra Angelico was born, the development of his career and his influence.
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Tuesday 28 October 2025, 5-7.30pm. £20
This autumn there will be an exhibition in Florence dedicated to Fra Angelico (c.1395-1465), one of the most significant artists of the Early Renaissance. Across two locations and with connections to other sites in Italy, Fra Angelico will be the first major display of the artist’s work in over 70 years. Led by Dr Richard Stemp, our two part Short Course examines the Florence into which Fra Angelico was born, the development of his career and his influence.
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Tuesday 4 November 2025, 5-7.30pm. £20
Join us for a fascinating ARTscapades Study Evening with Janet Gough, featuring glass from every century over the past 900 years beginning with the windows installed at Canterbury Cathedral following the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 and encompassing the Middle Ages, the Reformation, the hugely productive ‘long 19th century’, the Arts and Crafts movement, the creative commissions of the 20th century, and the innovative glass being commissioned by cathedrals today
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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 our past talks and virtual walks now available over the summer.
Tuesday 30 September 2025, 5-6pm. £10
In his Melencolia, Dürer depicts an artist as a brooding angel; Sir Thomas Lawrence described himself as a ‘mill-horse’. Which was it? From the Renaissance to Modernism, what sort of people became artists? How did their profession work and how was it regarded? Were they misunderstood in their lifetime or is it we who misunderstand them today? Join Desmond Shawe-Taylor to explore these questions, concentrating on artists pre-1900 and looking at every aspect of their careers with a wide variety of examples.
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