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TALK | Brooding Angels: The Profession of Painting from Giotto to Van Gogh | Desmond Shawe-Taylor

Tuesday 30 September 2025, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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.

TALK | Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists | Julien Domercq

Tuesday 23 September 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

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.

STUDY AFTERNOON | The Très Riches Heures of Jean, duc de Berry | Sally Dormer

Monday 15 September 2025, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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.

TALK | Magna Carta — A Legacy | Anthony Musson

Thursday 11 September 2025, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Thursday 11 September 2025, 2.30-3.30pm. £10
The Society of Antiquaries, London, currently offers a unique opportunity to see rare, magnificent manuscripts and explore the legacy of Magna Carta (1225) and the Charter of the Forest, marking 800 years since its reissue by Henry III – the version enshrined in English law. Join Professor Anthony Musson for this ARTscapades talk as he explains the background to these iconic documents and their major importance today.