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18 June 2026THE ART OF TRICKERY: HOW MAGICIANS ARE SEEN IN PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND CARTOONSLecture
21 May 2026GOING POTTY ABOUT COMMODESLecture
16 April 2026ART TRANSPORTED: HOW DID IT GET HERE FROM WHERE IT WAS MADE? WHO OWNED IT BEFORELecture
19 March 2026DAVID HOCKNEY - THE OLD MASTER OF THE MODERN WORLDLecture
04 March 2026Mackintosh Study Day TourSpecial Event
19 February 2026PORTRAITS IN STONE: THE GREAT CATHEDRALSLecture
15 January 2026AN INTRODUCTION TO ICE AGE ART NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE TO STIRLING COURT HOTELLecture
11 December 2025FROM DINGLEY DELL TO “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” - CHARLES DICKENS AND CHRISTMASLecture
20 November 2025SIXTY YEARS ON - LIFE IN BRITAIN AS SEEN IN 1960 FILMSLecture
05 November 2025Visit to the Burrell Collection, Pollock Park, GlasgowVisit
16 October 2025CATHERINE THE GREAT - AUTOCRAT AND PATRON OF THE ARTSLecture
18 September 2025ENCHANTED WOODS - THE LOST WORLD OF RUPERT BEARLecture
27 June 2025Visit to The Japanese Gardens, Cowden near DollarVisit
19 June 2025THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE HUGUENOTSLecture
05 June 2025Study Day: Stonehenge Special Event
30 May 2025What's in a picture? A seminar on Glasgow Boys' Sir James Guthrie's 'The Stonebreaker' - an intriguing painting.Special Event
15 May 2025THE ART MARKET – HOW DOES IT WORK?Lecture
02 May 2025Nice & the Côte d’AzurVisit
23 April 2025Traquair House, InnerleithenVisit
17 April 2025THE ART OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN: FROM TRADITION TO MODERNITYLecture
20 March 2025WOMEN COLLECTORS AND THE EARLY RECEPTIONS OF IMPRESSIONISMLecture
20 February 2025THE MEN WHO MADE MENSWEAR 11amLecture
16 January 2025SALVADOR DALI - DELUDED AND DANGEROUS OR DARING AND DIFFERENT?Lecture
12 December 2024THE ART OF QUACKERYLecture
21 November 2024TWO GLASGOW BOYS - GEORGE HENRY AND EDWARD ATKINSON HORNELLecture
31 October 2024Study Day: From Exhibitions in St. Petersburg to the Ballets Russes in Paris: Sergei Diaghilev and his Revolution in Music, Art and DanceSpecial Event
17 October 2024THE ART OF HUMOUR IN THE MIDDLE AGESLecture
11 October 2024Heritage Trail of DouneVisit
19 September 2024LOST ON THE TITANIC – THE STORY OF THE GREAT OMAR BINDINGLecture
20 June 2024WITH SHACKLETON TO SOUTH GEORGIA, ELEPHANT ISLAND & THE ANTARCTICLecture
16 May 2024ANCIENT FACES, FLINDERS PETRIE AND MUMMY PORTRAITSLecture
08 May 2024ARDKINGLAS HOUSE, ARGYLLVisit
18 April 2024THE STORY BEHIND THE SONGLecture
21 March 2024THE BLUE HOUR: PAINTING THE NORTHLecture
15 February 2024HISTORY OF JAPANESE WOODCUTLecture
18 January 2024THE ART OF ANCIENT MOSAICLecture
14 December 2023WELCOME HOME, JEEVES: P.G. WODEHOUSE IN LONDONLecture
23 November 2023THE ART OF CAMEO GLASSLecture
02 November 2023Study Day - Scottish JewellerySpecial Event
19 October 2023THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION OF CENTRAL AMERICALecture
28 September 2023Visit to House of DunVisit
21 September 2023ORIENTALIST ART: ARTIST TRAVELLERS TO THE NEAR EASTLecture
15 June 2023GHASTLY GOOD TASTELecture
18 May 2023THE HERITAGE OF GILBERT AND SULLIVANLecture
26 April 2023Dovecot Studios & Surgeons' Hall Museum EdinburghVisit
20 April 2023TREASURES FROM MINES AND MOUNTAINSLecture
22 March 2023Meet & Greet Puccini's TURANDOTVisit
16 March 2023HISTORY OF WINELecture
16 February 2023HOGARTH AND EUROPELecture
19 January 2023OLEKSANDR BOHOMAZOV 1880-1930: THE LOST FUTURIST OF UKRAINELecture
15 December 2022JOSEPH OF NAZARETHLecture
22 November 2022AFTERNOON TEA WITH LACHLAN GOUDIE: THE STORY OF SCOTTISH ARTSpecial Event
22 November 2022*** THE STORY OF SCOTTISH ART ***Lecture
17 November 2022MARS AND THE MUSESLecture
27 October 2022OUT OF AMERICASpecial Event
20 October 2022COLOURING THE RUSSIANSLecture
15 September 2022LEONARDO, MAESTRO DEL DISEGNO, AT THE COURT OF MILANLecture
16 June 2022UNDRESSING ANTIQUESLecture
26 May 2022Marchmont House, BerwickshireVisit
19 May 2022HISTORY OF WALLPAPERLecture
21 April 2022DEBO, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRELecture
31 March 2022Study Day: Happy and GloriousSpecial Event
17 March 2022AN (almost) A to Z of MODERN SCOTTISH WOMEN ARTISTSLecture
17 February 2022ROSALBA CARRIERALecture
20 January 2022IT’S NOT JUST TCHAIKOVSKYLecture
16 December 2021THE MAGIC OF PANTOMIMELecture
18 November 2021INDIANS, BUFFALO AND STORMS: THE AMERICAN WEST IN 19TH CENTURY ARTLecture
04 November 2021Study Day: Plague, Pox and Pestilence in ArtSpecial Event
21 October 2021MIRRORS AND TORRENTS: WATER IN HISTORIC GARDENSLecture
16 September 2021COLOUR AND THE ARTIST’S PALETTE: SEEING REDLecture
02 September 2021DUMFRIES HOUSEVisit
17 June 2021NOTHING TO DECLARE: ART STOPPED AT CUSTOMSLecture
20 May 2021FROM LEVINA TO ARTEMISIALecture
22 April 2021HERE BE DRAGONS: MONSTERS IN SCULPTURELecture
19 March 2021PUNCH AND JUDY Lecture
25 February 2021Study Day: A Carpet ride to KhivaSpecial Event
18 February 2021THE WIND IN THE WILLOWSLecture
21 January 2021SINAN AND THE GLORIES OF OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE Lecture
17 December 2020MESSENGER OR MISSILE? ANGELS DARK TIDINGS DOOM GLOOM OR PERDITIONLecture
19 November 2020WITH JUST A NEEDLE AND THREADLecture
29 October 2020VISITS IN AUTUMN 2020Visit
22 October 2020IMPERIAL CALCUTTA: ARTS AND ARCHITECTURELecture
28 September 2020Area EventVisit
17 September 2020THE STUFF OF LIFE: A HISTORY OF STILL LIFELecture
09 August 2020"The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch"Lecture
18 June 2020PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN - MONET TO MATISSELecture
18 May 2020'THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING' AND OTHER TREASURES FROM THE MAURITSHUISLecture
17 May 2020A DECORATIVE ART: HISTORY OF WALLPAPERSLecture
26 April 2020Area EventVisit
16 April 2020THE SWORD AND THE STAFF:ART AND ARCHITECTURE ON THE PILGRIM WAY TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELALecture
19 March 2020IMPERIAL CALCUTTA: ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE - CANCELLEDLecture
11 March 2020EVENING LECTURE WORD AND IMAGE IN MODERN PAINTINGLecture
05 March 2020Study Day: The Music and Life of Johann Sebastian BachSpecial Event
20 February 2020MESOAMERICA-MAYA: BONAMPAK MURALS ‘SISTINE CHAPEL OF THE AMERICAS’Lecture
16 January 2020THE DIVINE RAPHAELLecture
19 December 2019THE FOUNDATIONS OF FASHION: THE HISTORY OF UNDERWEAR FROM 18th TO 20thcLecture
28 November 2019The Glasgow Women’s LibraryVisit
21 November 2019PEOPLE, PLACES AND PIAZZAS: THE LIFE AND ART OF CHARLES H. MACKIELecture
24 October 2019Study Day: New York, New York - Art and Architecture Special Event
23 October 2019Area EventSpecial Event
17 October 2019A CHILD OF 6 COULD DO IT! CARTOONISTS’ VIEWS OF MODERN ARTLecture
19 September 2019FROM DOWNTON TO GATSBY: JEWELLERY AND FASHION 1890 to 1929Lecture
20 June 2019THE MAGIC OF PRAGUE: CZECH ART AND CULTURELecture
06 June 2019The Japanese Garden at Cowden, DollarVisit
16 May 2019PEASANT PASTIMES? THE ART OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDERLecture
18 April 2019MASTERS OF THE NORTH : THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORDIC PAINTINGLecture
21 March 2019TANTRUMS AND TIARAS : BACKSTAGE AT COVENT GARDENLecture
28 February 2019The Golden Age of Spanish Art - Study DaySpecial Event
21 February 2019THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW : BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE GREAT DISCOVERIESLecture
17 January 2019THE PLAGUE: ART AND THE ULTIMATE CALAMITYLecture
13 December 2018STAINED GLASS DESIGN AND CREATIONLecture
15 November 2018REMEMBERING THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1918 - 2018Lecture
08 November 2018St Cecilia’s Hall and Edinburgh University Art CollectionVisit
18 October 2018EDOUARD MANET AND MUSICLecture
11 October 2018‘Nicholas and Alexandra - Tyrants and Martyrs of Imperial Russia’ - Study Day Special Event
20 September 2018CIXI: Dowager Empress of ChinaLecture
21 June 2018Jane Austen : Her Life and TimesLecture
07 June 2018Visit to Hill House 7th June 2018 - now cancelledVisit
17 May 2018Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest ProfessionLecture
19 April 2018The Age of Jazz”Lecture
16 April 2018VISIT TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT MONDAY 16 APRIL 2018Visit
22 March 2018Paris to New York - the story of American ImpressionismSpecial Event
15 March 2018The world of 18th century porcelain figuresLecture
15 February 2018The Cult of the South Pacific: from Cook to GauguinLecture
18 January 2018Emperor Quianlong (1735-1796)Lecture
14 December 2017Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Art of the FourLecture
16 November 2017Scottish artists in London 1700-1800: careers and connectionsLecture
02 November 2017AN ‘ALEXANDER ‘GREEK’ THOMSON’ INSPIRED TOUR OF GLASGOWVisit
19 October 2017Russia in RevoltLecture
05 October 2017Circles and SquaresSpecial Event
21 September 2017Japanese Prints and Paintings:Hokusai and HiroshugiLecture
15 June 2017The two Gustavs: Klimt and Mahler Lecture
18 May 2017Carl and Karin Larsson and the IKEA Effect Lecture
20 April 2017Photography as Fine Art Lecture
23 March 2017Tintoretto and the Scuola di San Rocco Special Event
16 March 2017Feeling Blue Lecture
16 February 2017My father and other artists Lecture
19 January 2017The British on the Grand Tour Lecture
15 December 2016Paintings of the Nativity Lecture
17 November 2016Gillespie Kidd and Coia Lecture
10 November 2016Visit to GlasgowVisit
20 October 2016"Vive la Difference?" A Woman painter looks at Women Artists Lecture
29 September 2016The art and times of Hieronymus Bosch Special Event
15 September 2016Kandinsky: Colour into abstract art Lecture
23 June 2016Hospitalfield ArbroathVisit
03 March 2016'Behind the scenes' at Cowane's Hospital Visit
09 February 2016VISIT to the MUSEUM of the ARGYLL and SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS - see the work of the Heritage VolunteersVisit
04 February 2016Study Day: Art and Architecture in the Islamic WorldSpecial Event
25 June 2015DALMENY HOUSE AND DALMENY VILLAGE & CHURCH Visit
03 March 2015NADFAS Scotland and Northern Ireland Area Event - ART AND CRAFTS IN KIRKCALDYVisit
01 September 2014Franconia: Würzburg and BambergTour
01 September 2014Tour: Franconia: Würzburg and BambergVisit
05 June 2014ARDINGLAS HOUSE AND GARDENS LOCH FYNEVisit
21 November 2013PAISLEY ABBEY and PAISLEY MUSEUMVisit
24 June 2013Arts and Crafts in the CotswoldsTour
24 June 2013Tour: Arts and Crafts in the CotswoldsVisit
30 May 2013Rosslyn Chapel and Penicuik HouseVisit
29 November 2012National Museum of Scotland and Dovecot StudiosVisit