E-News Bulletin November 2024

 SOCIETY EVENTS
The Society’s AGM will be held on Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 5pm at The Art Workers’ Guild. Papers relating to the meeting can be accessed here. The meeting will be followed at 6pm by a lecture Alphonse Mucha: The Man, The Artist, The Legacy given by his great-grandson Marcus Mucha. A joint ticket will be issued for the two events.

There are places available for the two-part online study event Four English Medieval Churches in Context led by John McNeill on 20/21 November, 2.30-5pm. If you have not had a chance to look through our spring events there is a range of stimulating subjects on offer. Do have a look on our website.

Please remember that in order to go ahead all our events need to at least break even and therefore we do need members to book as early as possible in order to ensure that events do not need to be transferred online or at worst cancelled.

NOW SHOWING IN LONDON

BRITISH LIBRARY, until 2 March 2025
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words
An encounter with the everyday life of medieval women illustrated through manuscripts such as The Book of Margery Kempe and Christine de Pisan’s book along with many illuminated manuscripts and other artefacts. There is a series of talks and events which accompany the exhibition including a curator’s talk.

COMING SOON

THE COURTAULD, Vernon Square Campus, 6 November 2024, 5.30-7pm
The Enigma of Justus of Ghent
A lecture examining documentary evidence and debates around the Netherlandish artist’s identity and activity and his connections with Italy. The lecture is given by Dr Paula Nuttall who will be known to many of our members.
The Courtauld Research Forum has a range of interesting talks on many aspects of art history. You may like to look at the November programme.

VICTORIAN SOCIETY, 6 November 2024, 7-8.30pm online
Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design
A discussion about the recent exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum and how it demonstrated how the Victorians embraced colour in art and design dispelling the idea that the era was dull and gloomy.

EXHIBITIONS ON SCREEN, from 6 November 2024 in selected London cinemas
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers
This film has been made in close collaboration with the National Gallery where the exhibition is currently on show.

WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY, 9 November 2024-9 March 2024
William Morris & Art from the Islamic World
This exhibition explores the influence of Islamic art on the work of William Morris.

THE WALLACE COLLECTION, 26 November 2024, 11am-1pm
Inspiring Art: Ovid’s Metamorphoses
This event explores how Ovid’s poem inspired artists including Titian and Claude to create great works of art, examples of which are held in the gallery’s collection. It will be presented by Clare Ford-Wille, the Society’s Vice President.

SIR JOHN SOANE’S MUSEUM, 27 November 2024, 6-7.30pm
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy and the Furnishing of the Brighton Pavilion
A talk exploring Vulliamy’s contribution to the decoration of the Banqueting and Music Rooms of the Brighton Pavilion and the complex logistics of furnishing luxury interiors.

EXHIBITIONS STARTING AT MAJOR LONDON GALLERIES IN NOVEMBER 2024
New exhibitions starting this month include Picasso: printmaker at the British Museum from 7 November, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael at the RA from 9 November and The Great Mughals at the V&A from 9 November. You can access and download a listing of current and future exhibitions showing in London here.