Lectures
Lectures
Lectures are held at the Middle Brook Centre, Middle Brook Street, Winchester, SO23 8DQ on the third Tuesday of the month at 10.50 (except August and December). Doors open at 10.15 for coffee. Guests are welcome.
June 16 2026 – 1968: The Year that Changed the Direction of Art?
In 1968 a series of major events shook the world and artists responded to the changing times by making work that challenged the traditional assumptions of art.
Anna Moszynska is a London-based lecturer and writer specialising in contemporary art. During the 1990s, she oversaw the development of the subject as the first Master’s Degree at Sotheby’s Institute.
Programme 2026–27
September 15, Caravaggio – Murderer or Genius, Julia Musgrave
October 20, Gardens of the Restoration, garden design and garden- themed embroidery, 1660–1720, Lucy Hughes-Hallett
November 17, Public Art, David Worthington
December 15, Harp and Holly, history, design and music with a seasonal flavour, Margaret Watson
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January 19, In the Frosty Season: How the Romantics invented winter, Annalie Talent
February 16, The Genius of Beethoven, Peter Medhurst
March 16, Rome in the 1700s – The Grand Tour, Stuart Harvey
April 4, Princess Louise: an Aesthetic sculptor locked away in the Royal Archives, Princess Louise was Queen Victoria’s daughter and a well-respected sculptor at the time. Her work is stunning and her life fascinating, Lucinda Hawksley
May 18, Gustav Klimt: Imperial Muralist turned Radical Painter, Gavin Plumley
June 15, She Loves You (The Music of the Sixties 1960–64), Steve King
