E-News Bulletin September 2025
Our full lecture programme for 2025-26 is available for booking. Our next members lecture; Toulouse-Lautrec: From Albi to Paris, with Juliet Heslewood will take place on Thursday 16th October.
SOCIETY EVENTS
Places are available on our upcoming study events:
Rethinking the History of Architecture in England 1530-1830, a two-day online course on 24th and 25th September with Dr Steven Brindle. Recordings will be made available for 4 weeks after the event.
Gertrude Stein and Paris, at Lettsom House with Dr Kathy McLauchlan on Tuesday 30th September.
Ravenna, A Treasury of Mosaics, at Lettsom House with Dr Cecily Hennessy on Tuesday 28th October 2025.
Hanseatic Patronage: A Legacy of Art & Architecture, at Lettsom House with Dr Zoë Opačić on Friday 5th December 2025.
Not the Dark Ages!, a 5 week course at Lettsom House with Dr Sally Dormer on Thursdays 8th January to 5th February 2026.
NEW The History and Art of Heraldry at Friends’ House with Adam Tuck on Wednesday 11th February 2026.
All the above in-person study events are also offered on a post-event recording only basis, with recordings available to all attendees for 4 weeks (except for Ravenna which will be available for 2 weeks).
There are also many upcoming study visits and walks:
The Exterior and Immediate Environs of St Paul’s Cathedral – St Bride’s Church and Museum, led by Yvonne Jackman rescheduled to Friday 3rd October. This event is now waiting list only.
William Morris Society and Emery Walker House a visit on Tuesday 7th October, re-scheduled from Friday 10th October.
Museum of the Royal College of Music a visit on Wednesday 15th October.
Art and History at Charterhouse a visit on Wednesday 12th November. This event is now waiting list only.
British Library Conservation Studio Tour on Monday 8th December. The tours at 11.00 and 13.30 are now waiting list only. If there is sufficient interest, we may be able to organise a third tour.
Sadly, due to circumstances beyond our control, the online study day The arts in Pharaonic Egypt: a study through objects with Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, that was due to be held on the 22nd of October has been cancelled.
Please bear in mind that in order for these events to go ahead, we need to cover their costs. We kindly ask that members book as early as possible to ensure that events do not need to be rescheduled or at worst, cancelled.
London Art History Society Review – Readership Survey
By now you will have received your copy of this year’s London Art History Society Review. We would like to ask you a number of short questions about your thoughts on the current issue. This will help inform our choices about the presentation, articles and features to be considered for future issues, and help us ensure that the journal remains relevant and interesting to members. Your responses to the questions, and in particular your own comments and suggestions in the free text spaces will be of particular value to us. We would appreciate it if you could complete the online survey questionnaire here.
Thank you.
Barrie MacDonald,
Editor, and the members of the Review Editorial Panel
Current Exhibitions in London
New Classical Art. At Fulham Palace. On now until 28th September.
Hiroshima at The Daiwa Foundation. Opening 10th September until 24th November.
Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle at Leighton House. On now until 21st September
Pictograms at Japan House. On now until 9th November.
With thanks to Eva Bigalke, you can access and download a listing of current and future exhibitions showing in London from now until March 2026 here.
Overseas Exhibitions
Leonora Carrington. Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy. Opening 20th September 2025, until 11th January 2026.
Italy’s first solo show devoted to Leonora Carrington reveals her as a richly multifaceted artist across painting, writing, theatre, and critical thought through an immersive display of visionary works and archival treasures.
Sargent: The Paris Years (1874-1884). Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. Opening 23rd September 2025, until 11th January 2026.
This exhibition traces John Singer Sargent’s rise during his formative decade in Paris where he worked under Carolus‑Duran, and produced masterpieces like Dr Pozzi at Home and The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit and carved out his luminous modern portrait style amid the vibrant and cosmopolitan Belle Époque art scene in France
Cezanne, Monet, Renoir. Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria. Opening 25th September 2025, until 8th February 2026.
This exhibition brings together a selection of French Impressionist masterpieces ranging from Monet’s atmospheric scenes to Renoir’s portraits and Cézanne’s still lifes—drawn from the esteemed Villa Langmatt collection, one of Switzerland’s earliest private troves of Impressionism.
If you wish to recommend other overseas exhibitions that may be of interest to fellow members please contact our Communications Coordinator.