Lectures

Expert art historians or curators share with Members their knowledgeable insights into artists’ lives and work – often related to current exhibitions taking place in London or anniversaries.

There are six lectures each year held on Tuesday evenings starting at 8pm and there is no charge to Art Group members.

Club Members attending should also be members of the Art Group and can sign up for Art Group membership on the evening.

The Art Group annual subscription of £15, which reduces to £10 if you join after 30th June, is payable at Reception using a credit / debit card.
Click here for an Art Group application form

Art Group members may bring guests who are not members of the Club paying £10 each on arrival.

Feeling Blue

Lecture by Lynne Gibson

Tuesday 23rd September 8pm

Blue is the colour of heavenly skies and the Virgin’s gown. It is the receding haze of distant mountains. It is spiritual, wistful and melancholy. It was the most valuable pigment on the artist’s palette. Imported from the Himalayas and costing more than gold.

From mysterious Tyrian purple, to luscious lapis-lazuli, cheap and cheerful azurite to synthetic Prussian, cobalt and ultramarine, we will look at a wide range of paintings from Western art history to discover the symbolism, science and psychology of ‘Feeling Blue’.

Lynne is a freelance lecturer in art history. She gives talks, courses and guided tours for a wide range of organisations including ARCA colleges, art galleries and museums, the Art Fund, the National Trust and The Arts Society.

Free for Art Group members.

Art Group members may bring guests who are not Club Members, paying £10 each on arrival (cash).

Club Members attending should also be members of the Art Group. Annual Art Group membership is £15, or £10 for the remainder of 2025, and includes seven lectures. Join and pay at Reception with a credit or debit card. Application form available from Art Group noticeboard.

For any queries contact, Sue Jell, Lectures Organiser at suejell@hotmail.co.uk

2025 Art Group Lectures

Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth

21st January with Jo Walton

Tricks of the Trade – Looking into Paintings

18th February with Frank Woodgate

Mad on Colour – Impressionists in Venice

18th March with Jacqueline Cockburn

Edward Hopper

15th April with Kathy McLaughlin

Andy Warhol

20th May with Lucrezia Walker

Feeling Blue – Colour and the Artists Palette

23rd September with Lynne Gibson

Berthe Morisot

21st October with Jo Rhymer