E-News Bulletin September 2024

SOCIETY EVENTS

We have a range of stimulating events coming up this autumn all of which still have some places available. Do take a look at our website. Please remember that in all our events need to at least break even to be viable 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. Currently the following events need more bookings in order to go ahead:

Our online course Between Nationalism and Modernity: Artists of Eastern Europe starting on 16 October needs more members in order to go ahead. This course will be led by Kathy McLauchlan whose recent study day on Scandinavian art was a great success.

The National Theatre Architecture Tour on 23 September needs four more members and friends for the visit to go ahead.

Old Flo and Her Friends: the public art of Canary Wharf a walk on 5 October needs seven more members and friends for the walk to be viable. This will be the first walk organised on a Saturday for at least 15 years!

The visit to view Drawing the Italian Renaissance at The King’s Gallery on 29 November. This has to be fully booked by 25 October to be viable. The Society lecture on 8 October The Value of Drawing in Renaissance Italy given by Grant Lewis and the Guardian article by Caroline Davies Unique opportunity to see Italian Renaissance Drawings in London will both provide a good foundation for this visit.

Spring 2025 events
Booking is now open for the following events:

High Renaissance in Rome – a five-week online course led by Dr Dorigen Caldwell starting on 10 January
Barbizon and the Making of Modern Landscape – a five-week online course led by Jo Rhymer starting on 13 February
God Save the King! Celebrating Coronations in the Middle Ages – a study day led by Dr Sally Dormer on 26 February at Lettsom House

More spring events will be announced at the end of October.

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
This letter contains news about the Society and includes a note explaining the need for an increase in our event fees from 1 January 2025, so please do take the time to read it. You can access it either from the link above or on the home page of our website in the News section.

NOW SHOWING IN LONDON

BRITISH MUSEUM, until 29 September 2024
Contemporary Collecting: David Hockney to Cornelia Parker
A display showcasing 100 prints and drawings by British artists from 1960 to the present demonstrating the range and diversity of their works.
New Life: Rembrandt and Children, until 6 October 2024
A display of drawings of children includes a newly acquired drawing of a sleeping child as well as six of the artist’s studies of children alongside a selection of drawings of children in Dutch and Flemish art.

COMING SOON

AGA KHAN CENTRE GALLERY, 5 September-1 December 2024
Seven Pavilions of Love
An exhibition of miniature paintings based on the medieval Persian poem Haft Paykar (The Seven Beauties) created by an Iranian artist based in London who uses the disciplines used by the creators of early Persian manuscripts and miniatures.

OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL 2024, 14-22 September 2024
Open House London
The annual festival is an opportunity to see inside a vast array of buildings in London which the public rarely has the opportunity to visit. A programme of urban walks and tours accompanies the festival of open buildings.

ESTORICK COLLECTION, 18 September-22 December 2024
Antonio Calderara: A Certain Light
The first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the Italian artist consisting of 50 works spanning his career from expressive figurative works in the 1920s to later geometric abstraction starting in the 1950s.

WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY, 19 September 2024, 2-2.45pm
Curator’s Tour of Art Without Heroes: Mingei
Find out more about the Japanese folk-craft movement prevalent during the 1920s and 30s, including works in many media from ceramics to woodwork and textiles.

WHITE CUBE BERMONDSEY, 19 September-10 November 2024
Tracey Emin: I Followed you to the End
A major solo exhibition of the British artist showcasing new paintings and a monumental bronze sculpture.

THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM, 21 September 2024, 11am-1pm
Death, Drink and Debauchery Walking Tour
A guided walk around St Giles, Seven Dials and Covent Garden to learn about the gin craze in the eighteenth century and the history behind Hogarth’s Gin Lane. The museum is kindly offering Society members a 10% discount on the ticket price for this walk – just enter the promocode LAHS24 at checkout.

SCULPTURE IN THE CITY 2024
London Sculpture Week, 21-29 September 2024
A programme of public art tours and events which is part of the annual show of sculptures located throughout the City now on show until next spring.

VICTORIA MIRO GALLERY, 25 September-2 November 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Everyday I pray for Love
This solo exhibition showcases the Japanese artist’s new series of paintings, sculptures plus a new Infinity Mirror Room installation.

In addition Kusama’s first permanent public artwork in the UK, Infinite Accumulation, has been erected recently outside the Elizabeth Line entrance at Liverpool Street station. This is part of the Crossrail Art Programme.

DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY, 25 September 2024, 11am-12pm
Looking for Leonardo: A Renaissance Puzzle
A talk presenting new perspectives on the gallery’s collection of historic masterpieces. The display is on show until 26 January 2025.

EXHIBITIONS STARTING AT MAJOR LONDON GALLERIES IN SEPTEMBER 2024
There are several major exhibitions starting this month including Van Gogh at the National Gallery, Monet and London at The Courtauld and Michael Craig-Martin at the RA. You can access and download a listing of current and future exhibitions showing in London from now until February 2025 here.