The Arts Society Sandwich

Shauna Isaac: “Art of the steal: Nazi looting during WWII”
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Guildhall
The Nazis looted over 20% of Western Art during World War II, confiscating art from Jewish families and emptying museums throughout Europe. This lecture will provide an overview of Nazi looting by setting the scene in Nazi Germany and discussing Hitler’s obsession with art.

Daphne Lawson: “Delacroix's Liberty: Heroine or Harlot”
2023-03-06 19:00 - 20:00
Delacroix wrote to his brother: “If I have not fought for the country, at least I will paint for her.” This lecture will explore one painting, Liberty Leading the People, placing it at the heart of French Romanticism and looks at its powerful role in the aftermath of the July Revolution.

Douglas Skeggs: “Picasso and Cubism: Art is a life by which we understand the Truth”
2023-02-06 19:00 - 20:00
Picasso is one of the most famous and controversial figures of the 20th century. Even today his work triggers mixed and often violent reactions from art lovers. This lecture aims to calm those fears!

David Worthington: “Sculptors and Photographers”
2023-01-09 19:00 - 20:00
David Worthington: “Sculptors and Photographers”. This lecture will look at the relationship between photographers and sculptors and how both practitioners have been fascinated and drawn to each other’s work.

December 2022 Lecture
2022-12-05 19:00 - 20:00
Bertie Pearce

‘The Dancing Faun’ by Adrien De Vries. A Personal Story of a 17th Century Masterpiece. Bertie recounts the extraordinary tale of how a small bronze statue, which had sat in his grandfather’s garden for 40 years was discovered as a masterpiece and ended up in the Getty Museum, California.

November 2022 Lecture
2022-11-07 19:00 - 20:00
Timothy Walker

Beauty in Truth: The Past Present and Future of Botanical Illustration. This talk looks at the history of botanical illustration from the early herbals 1500 years ago to the present day, taking in the lives of both the artists and the plants immortalised in the artwork.

October 2022 Lecture
2022-10-03 19:00 - 20:00
Tobias Capwell:

The Scoliotic Knight: Reconstructing the Real Richard III. Understood by Armoury and Art. Tobias questions and imagines how the armoury worn by a scoliotic king might be an expressive art-form, designed to radiate messages, justifications, proof of the wearer’s right to rule as king – a wielder of divine power on earth.

September 2022 Lecture
2022-09-05 19:00 - 20:00
Alan Read,

The Elgin Marbles: the History of Meaning In the two centuries since they were removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin, the meaning and significance has changed dramatically. This lecture looks at the response to them over their time in Britain.
