What's On: Archived

Rock Art: Prehistoric Art in the Prehistoric Landscape - A talk by Professor Richard Bradley

In this talk, Professor Richard Bradley will look at the practice of carving what look like abstract designs, at significant points in the British landscape.

Talk, Tea and Tour: The making of Circles and Tangents: Art in the Shadow of Cranborne Chase

Clarendon

A talk by Tom Beaumont James, Professor Emeritus, Winchester University.

Augustus John: His Place in the History of Portraiture - A talk by Nicholas Beer

A practising portrait painter and teacher of portrait painting with twenty five years of experience, Nicholas Beer will give an illustrated outline of the British portrait tradition and Augustus Jo

Drawing Museum Lace: An Unexpected Look - Talk, Tea and Tour with artist Teresa Whitfield

2.00 pm talk, 2.40 pm tea followed by a tour of the exhibition with artist Teresa Whitfield.

Finding Nero (and other Roman Emperors): Establishing Identity in Romano-British Sculpture - A talk by Dr Miles Russell

Although Britain was part of the Roman Empire for nearly four centuries, the apparent absence of portrait sculpture here stands in marked contrast to other western Roman provinces.

Water Meadows and Landscape in the Five River Valleys: A talk by Hadrian Cook

Water meadows are a significant feature of the landscape of the chalk valleys around Salisbury.

The Artist and his Wife: Henry Lamb and Pansy Pakenham - A talk by Ferdinand Mount

When the artist Henry Lamb married the young novelist Pansy Pakenham, he was twice her age, and his Bloomsbury friends despaired. But it turned out to be an extraordinary match of head and heart.

Eric Ravilious: Downland Man - A talk by James Russell

Eric Ravilious was only 39 when he died on active service as a war artist in 1942, yet he had already achieved amazing things.