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21 July 2026Kettle’s Yard and Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Full Day Visit by CoachVisit
09 July 2026Time Machines: Clocks in Art and Literature from 1300 to nowTalk
17 June 2026The Supreme CourtVisit
11 June 2026The History of London as told through its stained glassTalk
27 May 2026Whistler at Tate BritainVisit
14 May 2026Notre Dame de Paris: it's iconic status in French HistoryTalk
25 April 2026Overseas Trip to SicilyVisit
16 April 2026National Theatre Live: All My SonsSpecial Event
09 April 2026Frick: The Man & His MuseumTalk
17 March 2026Tour of Drury Lane Theatre and Hogarth Murals at Bart’s HospitalVisit
12 March 2026John Singer Sargent: The Private Radical Talk
10 March 2026Exhibition On Screen: Turner & ConstableSpecial Event
18 February 2026Guided Tour of the British LibraryVisit
12 February 2026The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz Talk
22 January 2026Britain's Bayeux TapestryVisit
08 January 2026Sicilian Splendours: from Greece to the NormansTalk
18 December 2025Christmas LunchSpecial Event
01 December 2025Cinema Arts - The Fifth StepSpecial Event
25 November 2025Angels Costume TourVisit
18 November 2025Cinema Arts - CaravaggioSpecial Event
13 November 2025The Century of Deception: The Birth of The Hoax in the Eighteenth CenturyTalk
05 November 2025Cinema Arts - La Fille mal gardéeSpecial Event
28 October 2025Glyndebourne and SussexVisit
22 October 2025LEE MILLER at Tate BritainVisit
09 October 2025Hot Stuff the Birth of Studio GlassTalk
06 October 2025Cinema Arts - ToscaSpecial Event
29 September 2025Cinema Arts - Inter AliaSpecial Event
18 September 2025Painting in Ukraine and Russia 1860 to 1960: Tradition, Experiment, RepressionTalk
12 September 2025Jeremy Hunt: Can We Be Great Again? Why Britain Has More Influence Than We ThinkSpecial Event
06 August 2025Summer PartySpecial Event
17 July 2025Farley Farmhouse and Charleston Visit
10 July 2025Catherine the Great: The World’s Greatest CollectorTalk
16 June 2025Combined Treasure Tour of the British Library & A walk in the Kings Cross area Visit
12 June 2025Kettle’s Yard: A Masterpiece of Curatorship Talk
27 May 2025Cinema Arts - Ballet to BroadwaySpecial Event
27 May 2025Olympia AuctionsVisit
08 May 2025Murillo and Baroque Seville: The City of Faith Art and EmpireTalk
22 April 2025The History and Heritage of MaltaVisit
10 April 2025Art in MusicTalk
09 April 2025Cinema Arts - Dr Strangelove (NT Live) Special Event
20 March 2025Private Jade CollectionVisit
13 March 2025The Cult of Splendour: the artistic legacy of the Knights of St John of Malta Talk
04 March 2025Cinema Arts- Swan LakeSpecial Event
27 February 2025Neasden Temple Visit
25 February 2025Cinema Arts - MacbethSpecial Event
13 February 2025Old Wine in New Bottles - 10th Anniversary CelebrationsTalk
30 January 2025Cinema Arts - Aida from The MetSpecial Event
15 January 2025Guided Tour of the National Portrait Gallery Visit
09 January 2025Discovering MacDonald Gill: Architect, Artist and MapmakerTalk
13 December 2024CHRISTMAS LUNCHSpecial Event
25 November 2024Chiswick CinemaSpecial Event
18 November 2024Freemasons’ HallVisit
14 November 2024Nothing Says Christmas like an Axe FightTalk
16 October 2024Kensington PalaceVisit
10 October 2024The Sculptures of Henry Moore and Anthony CaroTalk
19 September 2024NG200 Celebrating 200 Years of the National Gallery Talk
14 September 2024Bill Wyman in Conversation with Tony Palmer Special Event
21 August 2024SUMMER LUNCH PARTYSpecial Event
25 July 2024NTLive : PRESENT LAUGHTERSpecial Event
18 July 2024Henry Moore Studios and GardensVisit
11 July 2024Caravaggio, Painter Extraordinaire, a flawed Genius… and a Murderer. How I became a ‘Caravaggisti’Talk
19 June 2024Expressionists at Tate Modern with a lecture and lunchVisit
13 June 2024The Manufactured WomanTalk
30 May 2024Parham House and Gardens (please note change of date)Visit
09 May 2024THE ARTS SOCIETY CHISWICK AGM 2024 Special Event
09 May 2024The Art of the Steal: Nazi looting during WWIITalk
23 April 2024Second Guided Tour of Battersea Power Station Visit
16 April 2024The Art, History and Palladian Villas of VenetoVisit
11 April 2024The Art of Rabindranath TagoreTalk
20 March 2024Medical Walk and The Old Operating TheatreVisit
14 March 2024Coronation Street and the Emergence of the North Talk
19 February 2024Guided tours of Leighton House and Sambourne HouseVisit
08 February 2024Vicenza City of PalladioTalk
16 January 2024Guided Tour of Battersea Power Station Visit
11 January 2024Symbolism, Iconography and the Hidden Meaning in ArtTalk
14 December 2023CHRISTMAS LUNCHSpecial Event
21 November 2023Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel at the V&AVisit
15 November 2023An exhibition of Prisoners' Art at The Royal Festival HallVisit
09 November 2023What Really Happened on Easter Island? Talk
17 October 2023A WALK IN THE OLD EAST END Visit
12 October 2023A Bit of a Carry On Talk
14 September 2023Painting is Dead...Long Live Photography!Talk
09 September 2023CHISWICK BOOK FESTIVAL - Michael Frayn at 90Special Event
09 August 2023SUMMER LUNCH PARTYSpecial Event
19 July 2023The Royal Hospital Chelsea & The Chelsea Physic GardenVisit
13 July 2023The Spirit of the Way: The Pilgrimage to Santiago de CompostelaTalk
20 June 2023The Rossettis Visit
08 June 2023Norman Foster: Britain’s ArchistarTalk
11 May 2023The Wind in the Willows Revisited through its Illustrators Talk
10 May 2023London legal walk and private tour of Royal Courts of JusticeVisit
24 April 2023The Art, History and Palaces of LisbonVisit
13 April 2023Velazquez – the Great Magician of ArtTalk
20 March 2023Visit to Bletchley ParkVisit
09 March 2023 The Jewellery of René LaliqueTalk
28 February 2023Garrick Club and Royal Opera HouseVisit
09 February 2023Two Great Hellenistic Cities - Alexandria and PergamonTalk
19 January 2023CézanneVisit
12 January 2023A Symphony in Blue – The Artist, the Couturier and “Atlas, the Most Fabulous Mountaine of all Africke”Talk
30 November 2022The Life and Times of Oscar WildeSpecial Event
10 November 2022Pantomime: A Very British Feast Talk
13 October 2022A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition Captured on Camera Talk
03 October 2022Southwark walking tour and Globe Theatre tour Visit
15 September 2022Blenheim Palace: The Agony and the Ecstasy Talk
09 September 2022Chiswick Book FestivalSpecial Event
31 August 2022Walter Sickert at Tate BritainVisit
27 July 2022Visit to Eltham Palace and GardensVisit
14 July 2022A Picture a Day: Peggy Guggenheim and the Birth of Mid-Century Modernism Talk
07 July 2022The Arts Society Chiswick supports Koestler Arts Exhibition at the Supreme Court of the United KingdomSpecial Event
09 June 2022The GPO Film Unit: the Birth of DocumentariesTalk
12 May 2022The Borgias – the most infamous family in history Talk
10 May 2022Visit to HighgroveVisit
12 April 2022UKRAINE BENEFIT STUDY MORNINGSpecial Event
07 April 2022The Art of The Ballet Talk
05 April 2022Brixton Walk with lunch at ‘The Clink’ in Brixton Prison Visit
10 March 2022The Art of the Cartoonist Talk
03 March 2022A visit to the Fabergé exhibition at the V&AVisit
10 February 2022The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: after the Revolution Talk
19 January 2022A virtual Tour of the Wonderful City of Bath at 2.30pmVisit
13 January 2022Sickert and the Camden Town Murder Talk
23 November 2021A virtual tour of the Roman Forum at 2.30pmVisit
11 November 2021Pots & Frocks – the world of Grayson Perry from Essex Punk Potter to Superstar National Treasure Talk
27 October 2021One Westminster 6 Royal Palaces Visit
14 October 2021Cleopatra - images of a dream woman Talk
16 September 2021Fresh Encounters: contemporary sculpture and the public space - streaming live on ZoomTalk
08 July 2021Cosmonauts & Cotton Pickers - Soviet Central Asian Mosaics and the use of public art as propaganda Talk
23 June 2021From Bangladesh to Banksy - The story of London’s new East End - A Virtual Walk at 2.30pmVisit
10 June 2021Shaken by Earthquake: Igor Stravinsky, the Ballet Russes and the astonishing 1913 première of the Rite of Spring Talk
18 May 2021Siena Virtual Walking Tour with Anna Piperato at 2.30pmVisit
13 May 2021Bauhaus: Idea & reality Talk
28 April 2021A Virtual Walk of Reformation London at 2.30pmVisit
08 April 2021Detachment: Goya’s Black Paintings Talk
22 March 2021Virtual Visit to Chiswick House at 2pmVisit
11 March 2021Art behind Bars: the role of the Arts in breaking the cycle of crime, prison and reoffending Talk
24 February 2021A member's feedback on our virtual visit to Alnwick CastleSpecial Event
23 February 2021Virtual Visit to Alnwick Castle via Zoom at 2.30pmVisit
11 February 2021Les Parisiennes: How women lived, loved and died in Paris from 1939-49 Talk
10 February 2021Koestler ArtsSpecial Event
27 January 2021The History of the Humble Toilet; an Adventure in Health and Sanitation live via Zoom at 2pmVisit
14 January 2021Napoleon and his Artists - streaming live on ZoomTalk
20 December 2020Email from a memberSpecial Event
16 December 2020A Christmas Extravaganza - live via Zoom at 2.30pmVisit
25 November 2020A look at the Conservation and Restoration of Paintings, with a closer look at the Paintings of the Newlyn School PaintersSpecial Event
12 November 2020Pompeii: Digging Deeper with the Muddy Archaeologist - streaming live on Zoom Talk
28 October 2020Curtain Up! The Story of Theatreland - live via Zoom at 2.30pmVisit
08 October 2020Art Transported: How did it get here from where it was made? Who owned it before? - streaming live on ZoomTalk
06 October 2020Visit to Shakespeare’s Globe - POSTPONED until further notice Visit
29 September 2020The History & Highlights of Kew Gardens - Virtual tour with Patricia Gentry at 2.30pm**Visit
17 September 2020Mr Barry’s War: rebuilding the Houses of Parliament - streaming live on ZoomTalk
09 September 2020Legal walking tour and Royal Courts of Justice - POSTPONED until further notice Visit
24 August 2020The Old East End - Virtual Walk with Pepe Martinez at 3.30pm**Visit
13 August 2020Brilliant British Humour in the forgotten art of the Picture Postcard 1840-1950s - streaming live on ZoomTalk
28 July 2020Chatsworth - its collections, gardens and greatest Duchess - streaming live on Zoom**Special Event
28 July 2020STUDY DAY - Chatsworth - its collections, gardens and greatest Duchess - streaming live on Zoom**Talk
15 July 2020Parham House and Gardens - POSTPONED until further notice Visit
09 July 2020Turner vs Constable: the great British paint-off - streaming live on ZoomTalk
17 June 2020Postal Museum & Mail Rail - POSTPONED until further notice Visit
11 June 2020From Garbo to Garland – the magical art of Hollywood - streaming live on ZoomTalk
29 May 2020Chiswick in Lockdown - update Special Event
19 May 2020Eltham Palace - POSTPONED until further notice Visit
14 May 2020The Subtle Science and Exact Art of Colour in English Garden Design - Why Gardens can rank as Fine Art - streaming live on ZoomTalk
27 April 2020Walking tour of Brixton followed by lunch at The Clink (Brixton Prison) - POSTPONED until further noticeVisit
23 April 2020Raphael: a Master in the Making (2020 marks 500th Anniversary of his death) - streaming live on ZoomTalk
07 April 2020Chiswick in LockdownSpecial Event
02 April 2020Raphael: a Master in the Making (2020 marks 500th Anniversary of his death) - POSTPONED until April 23 Talk
17 March 2020A Day of Books and Bookbinding - CANCELLED Special Event
12 March 2020Underground Cathedrals - The World-Class Art, Architecture and Design of London UndergroundTalk
05 March 2020The Foundling MuseumVisit
03 March 2020The Arts Society Chiswick and Woodbridge ParkSpecial Event
18 February 2020Armourers' Hall Visit
13 February 2020The Field of Cloth of Gold: 6,000 Englishmen in France for 18 days - How did they do it? Talk
09 January 2020The Genius of BeethovenTalk
14 November 2019Art inspired by wineTalk
05 November 2019The Royal Opera House: an insider's viewSpecial Event
16 October 2019Private ‘Connoisseur’ visit to Turner’s House (Sandycombe Lodge), Twickenham Visit
10 October 2019The Magic of Prague: Czech art and cultureTalk
19 September 2019Eric Ravilious: a Life in PicturesTalk
18 September 2019Koestler Arts' Annual UK ExhibitionSpecial Event
01 September 2019“Discover Medical London” walking tour and visit to Royal College of Physicians (date to be confirmed)Visit
18 July 2019Day tour out of London to Henry Moore Studios, his house and exhibitionVisit
11 July 2019The World of Pieter Bruegel the ElderTalk
17 June 2019The Art & History of Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh & the V&A Dundee Visit
13 June 2019The Hands of Leonardo da VinciTalk
11 June 2019Day tour out of London to Chenies Manor House and Milton's CottageVisit
14 May 2019Collection Care talk and tour at The National Archives, KewVisit
09 May 2019Harlots, rakes & crashing china - an accidental introduction to ceramics and Hogarth’s world Talk
15 April 2019Two Historic London HousesVisit
11 April 2019The Beauty & History of FramesTalk
29 March 2019Afternoon tour of the Houses of ParliamentVisit
26 March 2019Young Arts SponsorshipSpecial Event
19 March 2019Artists in the GardenSpecial Event
14 March 2019The Honourable & Dishonourable Art of ActingTalk
06 March 2019Dior Exhibition at the V&AVisit
14 February 2019Lawrence of Arabia: excavating a legendTalk
10 January 2019A Decorative Art: the history of WallpapersTalk
07 December 2018Heritage Volunteering - Parliamentary Archives Special Event
08 November 2018Food & Art through the Ages: From Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D printingTalk
22 October 2018The Palaces and Art of Bologna, Ravenna, Mantova and Ferrara Visit
16 October 2018Victorian JewellerySpecial Event
11 October 2018Played in London – charting the Heritage of a City at PlayTalk
04 October 2018St. John’s Gate, Museum of the Order of St. John and CharterhouseVisit
20 September 2018The Splendours of the City ChurchesTalk
06 September 2018Kelmscott – William Morris’ country houseVisit
03 September 2018Young Arts Project - Hounslow Music Service Special Event
15 August 2018Frogmore House and Savill Garden Visit
12 July 2018The Magnificence of Persia: the art of Isfahan, Shiraz and ancient PersepolisTalk
20 June 2018Canal Museum and walking tour of Kings CrossVisit
14 June 2018The Masterpieces of Russian Opera, from Boris Godunov to Lady Macbeth of MtsenskTalk
17 May 2018Stanley Picker House and gallery Visit
10 May 2018Zaha Hadid – architectural superstar Talk
18 April 2018Street Art Walk Visit
12 April 2018The Age of JazzTalk
26 March 2018Two Temple PlaceVisit
22 March 2018Johann Sebastian Bach Special Event
08 March 2018Shakespeare: the Birth of Modern Show BusinessTalk
27 February 2018Modigliani Exhibition at Tate ModernVisit
08 February 2018Galla Placidia: the Empress and the Fall of RomeTalk
11 January 2018Vienna Secession 1918-2018: Gustav Klimt & Egon SchieleTalk
06 December 2017“A splendid Feast for St Nicholas' Day”Special Event
22 November 2017Art and Revolution: Russian Art from the Romanovs to StalinSpecial Event
09 November 2017Basingstoke and its Contribution to World CultureTalk
07 November 2017Freemasons' Hall and Royal Opera House backstage tourVisit
12 October 2017Chiswick Decorative & Fine Arts Society changes its name to The Arts Society ChiswickSpecial Event
12 October 2017The Horse and Modern Art from George Stubbs to Mark WallingerTalk
05 October 2017Graffiti and Street Art Walking TourVisit
17 September 2017Art and History Tour of the City of Liverpool Visit
14 September 2017David BowieTalk
10 August 2017Young Arts Project - Magic LanternSpecial Event
13 July 2017Wonders of the Roman Empire – Off LimitsTalk
05 July 2017Watts Gallery - Artists' Village and LimnersleaseVisit
13 June 2017Visit to Highgrove Visit
13 June 2017Visit to HighgroveSpecial Event
08 June 2017Indians, Buffalo and Storms: the American West in C19 ArtTalk
11 May 2017Let there be LightTalk
27 April 2017BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, the Neasden TempleVisit
13 April 2017Foreigners in London 1520 – 1677: the artists who changed the course of British Art Talk
29 March 2017An Introduction to Modern ArtSpecial Event
09 March 2017Hidden Canvasses – Street Art and the CityTalk
07 March 2017Tate Britain - David HockneyVisit
09 February 2017Treasures and Curiosities from the Royal Library at Windsor CastleTalk
12 January 2017David Hockney – The Old Master of Modern ArtTalk
08 December 2016The Art of IllusionTalk
22 November 2016Study Day - Handel, Hogarth & Captain Coram's Foundling Hospital from the 18th Century to the Present DaySpecial Event
15 November 2016Sir John Soane’s Museum by candlelightVisit
10 November 2016Bernini and Baroque Rome Talk
13 October 2016Frank Matcham’s Masterpieces - Theatre design and Architecture in BritainTalk
21 September 2016Chipping Campden and the Guild of Handicraft VisitVisit
12 September 2016Creative Art WorkshopsSpecial Event
08 September 2016The Sacred Art of Angkor and Living ArtsTalk
14 July 2016Beautiful, Beastly, Bizarre: the Art of Hieronymus BoschTalk
27 June 2016Chiswick DFAS letter to POSKSpecial Event
23 June 2016The Garrick ClubVisit
09 June 2016Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-1783): Landscape, Art and Dame Nature Talk
12 May 2016Charles Saatchi - a Modern Medici?Talk
10 May 2016Sir Stanley Spencer Day Visit
14 April 2016Empire's Architecture: Celebrating a Rich Legacy Colonial architecture in India - the buildings, their History and their futureTalk
05 April 2016Spitalfields and Aldgate morning walking tour and visit to Dennis Severs’ House Visit
10 March 2016Mars and the Muses: The Renaissance Art of ArmourTalk
01 March 2016Study Day - International Arts & Crafts from William Morris to Frank Lloyd WrightSpecial Event
11 February 2016Pissarro and his Artistic Family in LondonTalk
10 December 2015Is Christmas in good taste?Talk
12 November 2015Thomas Heatherwick, "The Leonardo da Vinci of our Times” Talk
13 October 2015The Garrick Club Visit
08 October 2015Discover the Paintings You Own Talk
24 September 2015Chipping Campden and the Guild of Handicraft VisitVisit
10 September 2015Art & the Napoleonic Wars Talk
09 July 2015And so to Vauxhall: music & culture in the celebrated gardensTalk
02 July 2015Farley Farmhouse and Charleston VisitVisit
11 June 2015Dumfries House - saved for the nationTalk
14 May 2015Titian, the Supreme Painter’s PainterTalk
07 May 2015Apsley House and Wellington ArchVisit
09 April 2015The “New” Berlin - Art and Architecture Talk
12 March 2015Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of ShebaTalk
12 February 2015INAUGURAL LECTURE Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest ProfessionTalk
30 September 2014TASTER LECTURE The Boy Who Bit PicassoTalk