Lecture Topics
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- NEW: Ashcans and Ballgowns: insights to New York's Gilded Age (L)
- NEW: The Ashcan School: the 'Impressionists' of New York City (L)
- NEW: Why Paris? the allure of the City of Light 1890-1945 (SID only)
- Dazzling Dufy: Invitation to a luminous feast with Raoul Dufy (L&S)
- An Intoxicating Cocktail: Art, Design and Nightlife in 1920/30s Paris (L)
- Riviera Paradise: The fusion of art, design and pleasure on the Côte d'Azur in the 1920s and 30s
- Meet Me at the Waldorf: the extraordinary story of two iconic New York hotels based on Astor feuds, fortunes and art patronage (L&S)
- New York New York Study Day: by popular request, a 'time-travel‘ virtual tour (S only)
- New York in the Gilded Age (L)
- Fizz and Crackle: imagination, innovation and curiosity in the work of John Singer Sargent (L&S)
- John Singer Sargent - master of the Society Portrait
- John Singer Sargent - an unlikely war artist (L)
- Scandal in Paris: John Singer Sargent's Mysterious Portrait of Madame X (L)
- Gainsborough in Bath: High Society and the Bath Season (L&S)
- To Make the Heart Dance: Gainsborough and Fashion (L)
- Wigs Waistcoats and Weepers: Power Dressing in the C18 (alternative subtitle - the C18 artist, tailor and dressmaker as fashion consultant (L&S)
- 1925 Paris Arts Décoratifs Exhibition and its Influence on Design (L&S)
- Edwardian Elegance: Art, High Society and Fashion (L&S)
- David Hockney's Mr & Mrs Clark: Fashion and Lifestyle Icons of the 60s (L)
- Paul Poiret 'Le Magnifique': designer, visionary and impresario (L)
- The Language of Clothes: Visual Codes and Messages (L&S)
- Shoes in Art - Shoes as Art (L)
- Design Matters (D) (S)
Special Event or Celebration? (pdf)
L - Lecture only, S - Special Interest Day (study day)
L&S - Available as Lecture or Special Interest Day (study day)
All lectures are digital format
