Programme Membership year 2023/24 The lecture programme is subject to change so keep checking back to the website for the latest information about lectures. The meetings start at 7.30pm. There are no lectures in July or August 25th September 2024 The last lecture of the 2023/24 membership year Simon Seligman A 21st Century Renaissance: Chatsworth and the Devonshire Collection in the Modern Age Since the 1950s, Chatsworth and its collections have undergone a renaissance under the leadership of first  the 11th, and now the 12th, Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. This lecture paints a portrait of Devonshire’s treasure house in the modern age, illustrating the extensive recent decorative and furnishing renovations in the house and the restoration of historic interiors, stone work and works of art.  The lecture also includes work by modern and contemporary artists in the collection at Chatsworth including Lucian Freud, Elisabeth Frink, David Hockney and David Nash, to Richard Long, Allen Jones, Michael Craig-Martin and Edmund de Waal. Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication A Sounding Line, Edmund de Waal, porcelain - Chapel Corridor, Chatsworth House - Derbyshire, England. An Event for your diary by Leicester Museums 9th August 2pm Celebrate 175 years of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery exploring key works in the collection with our afternoon talks. To coincide with Tate Modern’s current exhibition Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider, join David Antill for an afternoon talk and explore the remarkable German Expressionist collection at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery. The items currently on display at the Tate from Leicester’s collection are ‘Behind the Church’, a 1916 oil painting by Lyonel Feininger, and ‘Wild Horses’, a 1912 woodcut postcard by Franz Marc. Also on display is ‘Animal from a Fable (Gazelle)’, a 1912 colour woodcut by Franz Marc, which is on long-term loan to Leicester Museums. Many, if not most of the artists in this collection, were persecuted in pre-war Germany when thousands of their works were removed from public art galleries. Described as ‘degenerate’ in 1930’s Germany, the artists in Leicester’s Collection represent the full spectrum of modernist art which is celebrated internationally today. The talk will concentrate on examples of work on display at Leicester and why it is valued today. It will also describe the great breadth of artistic styles which fall under the umbrella of Expressionism as well as their humanist and political contexts. Ticket Prices: Adult (+16 years) £10 Concession (Over 60, Student, Art Society Members) £8 Child (16 or under) £6 Under 5's Free Advance booking recommended. Capacity 60. Click here for further details