Members of The Arts Society Kensington & Chelsea enjoy quality lectures, by lecturers accredited to The Arts Society specialising in the arts and artistic heritage, every month from October to July, in the Kensington Central Library Lecture Hall. Members also have the opportunity to join curated visits in and around London as well as overseas trips.
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Our lectures will ve held either via Zoom or in the lecture hall and our visits and trips will be listed on the website as and when we can organise group visits. Please keep updated via our website and email noticeboards.
You can view our archives of past trips and lectures here
THE STUDIO-HOUSES OF THE HOLLAND PARK CIRCLE
10th October 2023
Location: Lecture Hall
In the second half of the nineteenth-century an extraordinary group of purpose-built studio-houses were built on the edge of London’s Holland Park. At their centre was the house built by…
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AGM LECTURE: OIL AND OLD MASTERS – CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN AS COLLECTOR AND OIL TITAN
15th November 2023
Location: Kensington Town Hall
The Gulbenkian Museum is Lisbon's finest museum, yet the man behind this collection, Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955) known as "Mr Five Per Cent" on account of his personal holding of five…
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CHRISTMAS – BACKSTAGE AT COVENT GARDEN
12th December 2023
Location: Lecture Hall
Every year the Royal Opera House puts on a season of Christmas shows: the Royal Ballet in Nutcracker and Cinderella, the Royal Opera in any piece with a folk tale…
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FRANS HALS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
7th November 2023
Location: The National Gallery
Hals was one of the most sought-after painters of his generation. A gifted artist whose deft brushwork was unparalleled, he built his reputation on a new style of portrait –…
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THE MAGICAL ICE KINGDOM
6th December 2023
Location: The Ice Kingdom at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park
Wrap up warm as the experience is kept very cold at a cool -10°C. Journey through the nine realms of Norse mythology as the Magical Ice Kingdom unveils its new…
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HOWARD WALWYN LTD FINE ANTIQUE CLOCKS
24th January 2024
Location: 123 Kensington Church Street, London W8 7LP
Howard Walwyn Ltd Fine Antique Clocks - English Clocks and their Cases, c.1660-1760 A gallery talk by the award winning and leading specialist dealer in English Clocks dating from the…
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