Sept 27
NBAS lecture: Siân Walters: Raphael, A Master in the Making
27 Sept 2022, 11:00 – 12:00
Raphael had a meteoric rise to fame, from his birthplace in Urbino, to Rome where he created sublime work for Pope Julius 11, dying at at 37, a master of the High Renaissance. At the Addison Centre.
Oct 25
NBAS AGM
25 Oct 2022, 10:00 – 10:45
The AGM will take place at the Addison Centre before the lecture. Please consider taking a turn on the organising committee.
Oct 25
NBAS lecture: Doug Gillen: Banksy, Bristol and beyond
25 Oct 2022, 11:00 – 12:00
The internet has made unknown figures and street artists global superstars. We see how this happened, with particular focus on the enigmatic Banksy. At the Addison Centre.
Nov 29
NBAS lecture: Jane Angelini: Symphonies in Colour, The Mosaics of Ravenna
29 Nov 2022, 11:00 – 12:00
Ravenna with its cluster of 5th and 6th century churches, baptistries and mausoleums contains some of the finest examples of early Christian art, a kaleidoscopic array of glittering wall mosaics. At the Addison Centre.
Jan 12
NBAS Special Interest Event
12 Jan 2023, 14:00 – 16:30
Stuart Harvey on ZOOM, 2pm, from Rome, Two lectures: a virtual tour of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
Jan 31
NBAS lecture: Elizabeth Gowing: Silver filigree and traditional arts in Kosovo
31 Jan 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
Generations of filigree artisans have honed their skills to produce jewellery, boxes, buttons, religious ornaments - a fine narrative of Kosovo’s history and traditions
Feb 28
NBAS lecture: Sarah Burles: Cornwall Calling:the artists of Lamorna Cove, 1899-1914
28 Feb 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
The lives and work of the artists who settled in Cornwall before the outbreak of the World War: darkness and tragedy below the surface
Mar 28
NBAS lecture: Mathew Wilson. Rubens: artist-diplomat of the 30 years war
28 Mar 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
The relationship between Rubens’s art and his diplomatic career which moved between France, Spain and Britain as he painted allegorical masterpieces and negotiated peace
Apr 25
NBAS lecture: Jacky Klein. How art can save your life
25 Apr 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
An exploration of well-known and unexpected artworks to reveal their unique capacity for relieving the strains of contemporary life - for connecting, restoring and inspiring us
May 30
NBAS lecture: Lois Oliver: Berthe Morisot, “Une Finesse Fragonardienne”
30 May 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
Complementing the exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery: we discover what set Morisot apart from her predecessors and contemporaries
Jun 27
NBAS lecture: Chloe Sayer “Weaving cultures of the Americas: the continuous Thread”
27 Jun 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
Weavers of the Incas of Peru, the Maya, the Aztecs, the Navajo: all artists in cloth producing some of the finest textiles, using complex techniques
Sept 26
NBAS lecture: CIndy Polemis. ‘Let’s hear it for the Girls’.
26 Sept 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
A look at emerging female artists and who should be household names
Oct 19
NBAS Special Interest Event
19 Oct 2023, 14:00 – 16:00
Tessa Boase The Housekeeper’s Tale: the women who really ran the English Country House. In this two hour study afternoon, Tessa will explore the difficult and complex role of the housekeeper.
Oct 31
NBAS lecture: Patrick Craig Resurgam: the music of St Paul’s Cathedral.
31 Oct 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
The effect of the Great Fire of London and the finest music of the liturgical year
Nov 29
NBAS lecture: Bertie Pearce “We are amused”
29 Nov 2023, 11:00 – 12:00
A panorama of Victorian leisure, from the parlour to the seaside, via the nursery.
