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SHORT COURSE | Light, Space and Time in Art — Lecture Three: Time | Hilary Hope Guise

Thursday 30 April 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Thursday 30 April 2026, 6-7pm. £10
We are surrounded by the air we breathe, the spaces we move in, and the light and colour travelling in constantly fluctuating waves through the spaces we inhabit. These core features of our physical world have been the same for millennia – and yet art down the ages has always interpreted them differently.

This is the thought provoking theme of ARTscapades’ series of three talks by Hilary Hope Guise. Each takes our exploration further, but they can be booked and enjoyed separately too.

SHORT COURSE | Light, Space and Time in Art — Lecture Two: Space | Hilary Hope Guise

Tuesday 28 April 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Tuesday 28 April 2026, 6-7pm. £10
We are surrounded by the air we breathe, the spaces we move in, and the light and colour travelling in constantly fluctuating waves through the spaces we inhabit. These core features of our physical world have been the same for millennia – and yet art down the ages has always interpreted them differently.

This is the thought provoking theme of ARTscapades’ series of three talks by Hilary Hope Guise. Each takes our exploration further, but they can be booked and enjoyed separately too.

SHORT COURSE | Light, Space and Time in Art — Lecture One: Light | Hilary Hope Guise

Thursday 23 April 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Thursday 23 April 2026, 6-7pm. £10
We are surrounded by the air we breathe, the spaces we move in, and the light and colour travelling in constantly fluctuating waves through the spaces we inhabit. These core features of our physical world have been the same for millennia – and yet art down the ages has always interpreted them differently.

This is the thought provoking theme of ARTscapades’ series of three talks by Hilary Hope Guise. Each takes our exploration further, but they can be booked and enjoyed separately too.

STUDY EVENING | Michaelina Wautier: A Rediscovery | Clare Ford-Wille

Tuesday 21 April 2026, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

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.

TALK | The Secrets of Painting: The Hidden Art of the Masterpiece from Prehistory to Today | Lachlan Goudie

Thursday 16 April 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

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.