Our new website is at www.theartssocietyrichmond.org.uk
Please click on the link above for the most up-to-date information.
We are no longer updating this old website of ours.
Our one-hour 8pm lectures are held at Duke Street Church, Duke Street, Richmond TW9 1DH where we meet on the first Tuesday of every month except January. Drinks are served from 7.15pm.
We are show our lectures on Zoom but they are not recorded. The Zoom link is emailed out a day or so before each lecture. If you are not a member and you want the link, please email Richard@Lebus.net and he will email it to you.
Guests and new members are especially welcome to join us.
Our May and September lectures are “Bring Friends Free” lectures. Bring as many friends as you like! Everybody is welcome to come along for free in May and September. You don’t need to be accompanied by a member. Just turn up and enjoy the lecture for free.
Lecture fees
Members of The Arts Society Richmond: Free
Guests and members of other Arts Societies: £5 per person payable at the door or by cheque, bank transfer or credit card. £7 if viewed online via Zoom (the extra £2 is to cover online ticketing charges).
Students: Free, upon production of your student card.
If you would like to, you are most welcome to come along for a taster lecture. The fee you pay is refunded if you join as a member. Click here for our membership form.
Tuesday 7 February 2023
Lecture at 8pm
The Beauty and History of Frames
Speaker: Julia Korner
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Lecture at 8pm
The Flowering of the British Renaissance
Speaker: Leslie Primo
Tuesday 4 April 2023
Lecture at 8pm
Royal Jewels and the American Heiresses
Speaker: Andrew Prince
Tuesday 2 May 2023 – This is a Bring-Friends-Free lecture
Lecture at 8pm
The Birth, Growth and Influence of London’s Greatest Auction Houses
Speaker: Grant Ford
Tuesday 6 June 2023
Lecture at 8pm
Face Games: The History and Mystery of Cryptoportraits in Western Art
Speaker: Sophie Oosterwijk
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Lecture at 8pm
Around the World in Stunning Aviation Posters
Speaker: Mark Ovenden
Tuesday 1 August 2023
Lecture at 8pm
Pioneering Potteries of the South West
Speaker: Kirsty Hartsiotis
Tuesday 5 September 2023 – This is a Bring-Friends-Free lecture
Lecture at 8pm
Vivaldi in Venice
Speaker: Peter Medhurst
Tuesday 3 October 2023
Lecture at 8pm
Mediterranean Archipelago: Exploring Malta in the UK’s Public Art Collections
Speaker: Mary Rose Rivett-Carnac
Tuesday 7 November 2023
Lecture at 8pm
This lecture is being rearranged due to illness
Speaker: To be announced
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Lecture at 8pm
Charles Dickens, the Great Performer
Speaker: Roger Askew
January 2024
Lecture
There is no lecture in January
Tuesday 6 February 2024
Lecture at 8pm
An Easy Day for a Lady: Women Mountaineers
Speaker: Katy Strasdin
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Lecture at 8pm
Everywhere the Glint of Gold: The Discovery of a Pharaoh’s Tomb
Speaker: Vicky Bailey
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Lecture at 8pm
American Impressionism in the Garden
Speaker: Caroline Holmes
Tuesday 7 May 2024 – This is a Bring-Friends-Free lecture
Lecture at 8pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber and his Passion for Musical Theatre
Speaker: John Snelson
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Lecture at 8pm
The Triumph of Lutyens – New Delhi
Speaker: Anthony Peers
Tuesday 2 July 2024
Lecture at 8pm
Imperial Chinese Court Art and Portraiture: Emperors, Ancestors and Jesuits
Speaker: David Rosier
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Lecture at 8pm
Fiction Fallacy and Fake News: Spin and Propaganda Through the Ages
Speaker: Geri Parlby