CALENDAR
Upcoming talks, visits and trips are shown below in date order.
Gallery Talks groups meet for one morning per month following an art history course, one gallery at a time. Each Gallery Talk is designed to be coherent in itself, so can also be selected individually.
Click here for the schedule of Gallery Talks fees.
If you have any questions, or would like to be added to a waiting list for a talk, visit or trip which is fully booked, please contact me.
The Tudors (NPG01)
11.00am - 1.00pm
16th century artists such as Hans Eworth, Nicholas Hilliard, Hans Holbein, and Marcus Gheeraerts.
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The Tudors (NPG01)
11.00am - 1.00pm
16th century artists such as Hans Eworth, Nicholas Hilliard, Hans Holbein, and Marcus Gheeraerts.
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Venice Trip
Itinerary to include visits to the Basilica di San Marco, the Accademia, Scuola di San Rocco, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San Giorgio Maggiore and Torcello.
This four day cultural study tour to Venice will include detailed morning and afternoon tours through some of the rich artistic treasures of this historical city. The carefully compiled itinerary will combine some of the most famous sights in Venice with lesser known tranquil places.
We'll admire Venetian Renaissance master painters such as Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, be awe-inspired by splendid Byzantine mosaics and compare the ornate and colourful facades of Venice's Gothic palaces with the serene classicism of Palladio's Renaissance churches.
Friday 3 October -
Tuesday 7 October
THIS TRIP IS FULLY BOOKED
High Renaissance Florence & Rome (NG04)
10.30am - 12.30pm
16th century artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Sebastiano del Piombo and Bronzino.
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High Renaissance Florence & Rome (NG04)
10.30am - 12.30pm
16th century artists such as Raphael, Michelangelo, Sebastiano del Piombo and Bronzino.
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The Stuarts (NPG02)
11.00am - 1.00pm
17th century artists such as Gerard van Honthorst, Daniel Mytens, Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
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The Stuarts (NPG02)
11.00am - 1.00pm
17th century artists such as Gerard van Honthorst, Daniel Mytens, Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
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THIS TALK IS FULLY BOOKED
Florence Part One Trip
Itinerary includes visits to the Uffizi, Accademia, Duomo, Baptistery, Bargello, San Marco Monastery & Santa Croce
This four day cultural study tour to Florence will include detailed morning and afternoon tours, providing the opportunity to experience first-hand stunning masterpieces by incredible and revolutionary painters, sculptors and architects. A small Gallery Talks group will be carefully guided by Julie through the treasure trove of art in the churches and museums of this wonderful city, which still retains an astoundingly dense concentration of great works of art. Whilst discovering the beauty and history of the art and appreciating the craftsmanship of the artists who created this inspirational city, we will also soak up the vibrant Florentine atmosphere and sample the delights of Italian cuisine.
Friday 7 November -
Tuesday 11 November
Friday 14th November
Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2RN 0RN (map)
Impressionism (CG03)
10:45am - 12:45pm
19th century artists such as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas.
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High Renaissance Venice (NG05)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
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High Renaissance Venice (NG05)
10:30am - 12:30pm
16th century artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
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The Restoration (NPG03)
11:00am - 1:00pm
17th century artists such as Sir Peter Lely, Mary Beale, Godfrey Kneller and Pierre Mignard.
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The Restoration (NPG03)
11:00am - 1:00pm
17th century artists such as Sir Peter Lely, Mary Beale, Godfrey Kneller and Pierre Mignard.
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Apsley House Visit
11:00am - 1:15pm
Julie will give a detailed guided tour of the art in the magnificent Wellington Collection at Apsley House, Piccadilly, London, home to the Dukes of Wellington. This extraordinary and internationally important art collection includes masterpieces by Titian, Correggio, Rubens, Velázquez, Bruegel and Goya.
Apsley House, also known as Number One London, has been a family home to the Dukes of Wellington since the early 19th century and visitors today have the rare experience of viewing the art collection in the rooms in which it was originally shown.
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Venice Trip
Itinerary to include visits to the Basilica di San Marco, the Accademia, Scuola di San Rocco, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San Giorgio Maggiore and Torcello.
This four day cultural study tour to Venice will include detailed morning and afternoon tours through some of the rich artistic treasures of this historical city. The carefully compiled itinerary will combine some of the most famous sights in Venice with lesser known tranquil places.
We'll admire Venetian Renaissance master painters such as Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Titian, be awe-inspired by splendid Byzantine mosaics and compare the ornate and colourful facades of Venice's Gothic palaces with the serene classicism of Palladio's Renaissance churches.
Thursday 19 February -
Monday 23 February 2026
Florence Part Two Trip
Itinerary includes visits to the Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens, Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Vecchio, Casa Buonarotti, San Lorenzo & Medici Chapels
Florence is one of the loveliest cities in the world, with the River Arno running through it and surrounded by a circle of hills and its harmonious Medieval and Renaissance architecture dominated by Brunelleschi’s immense dome. The cradle of the Renaissance, the foundations for 500 years of western art were laid in Florence and it nurtured a succession of great artists, including Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.