July – Visit by Coach the the Art Galleries in Wolvehampton and Walsall to see the exhibitions about Warhol and Epstein

Epstein: Head of Kitty with Curls – Walsall Art Gallery

Derby Art Gallery

June – Visit by coach to the Derby Art Gallery to view the Joseph Wright exhibition.

“A S by Maggi Hambling”

May – Guided visit to the exhibition “Unveiled” at the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

“Nymphenburg Palace, Munich”

April – Visit to Munich, organised in conjunction with Travel Editions

“Fallingwater, Pennsylvania USA”, architect Frank Lloyd Wright

April – AGM and talk about Frank LLoyd Wright

March – visit to Compton Verrney for the exhibition “BRUEGEL TO REMBRANDT”

The Cathedral, Florence

February – “Brunelleschi’s Dome”– a talk by Ross King, at Princethorpe College, Warwickshire.

From the “Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch

January – “Music in Art”– a talk by Sophie Matthews, at the Hill Close Garden, Warwick

2025 

The Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick

December – “The Missing Portrait of Henry VIII” – a talk by Adam Busiakiewicz, and lunch, at the Lord Leycester Hospital about Adam’s fascinating discovery of an authentic portrait of Henry VIII

November – “Mary Quant – Designer” – by Ruth Lowe and lunch. Memorabilia of Mary Quant and her designs. Took place at Audley Binswood Retirement Village, Binswood Avenue, Leamington Spa CV32 5SE

October – A talk entitled “Seurat, Sea and Style” by Professor Paul Smith of University of Warwick, about the French Impressionist Georges Seurat whose “marines” appear less rigid or frozen in appearance, and more suited to the technique of the ‘dot’, at Hill Close Gardens, Warwick, CV34 6HF

September – Shout Out for the Arts – A talk by Kim Hackleman about a local organisation that is encouraging youngsters to develop their interests in the Arts, at Hill Close Gardens, Warwick, CV34 6HF

“The Lady of Shrubland Street” by Tim Rowbottom

July – Guided tour of Leamington Spa’s murals – led by Tim Rowbottom, founder of Brink Contemporary Arts artist and creator of the Lady of
Shrubland Street which Art Friends Warwickshire funded in 2024.

Montage of various buildings by Sir William Chambers at Kew Gardens, Royal Academy lecture drawing, c.1806-19, SM 17_5_6, ©Sir John Soane’s Museum

June – Study day at Compton Verney – including talks from two experts and the opportunity to explore the exhibition Towerng Dreams, which  featured extraordinary architectural drawings for amazing buildings, both real and imagined, in Britain and the world beyond.

May – A Day in Cambridge – A coach trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to see the “Rise Up” exhibition, and hear a talk by the curator Dr Vicky Avery.

April – Visit to Antwerp, organised in conjunction with Travel Editions

Byzantine Time Machine 6, 2014, Polly Apfelbaum, Woodblock monoprint

April – Collecting Prints at Warwick University – At Kineton Village Hall. A talk by Sarah Shalgosky, curator at University of Warwick, on prints at the University.

March – Retention or Restitution – At Hill Close Gardens, Warwick. A talk by Lewis McNaught covering the arguments for retaining or returning “Colonial Loot”

February – The Accidental Masterpiece – A talk by author Ross King about Leonardo da Vinci and the “Last Supper”

2024

Lord Leycester courtyard. Credit: Kevin Fern

December – Visit to Lord Leycester hospital, Warwick, for a guided tour of one of England’s most intact medieval buildings – and Christmas lunch.

Milton Keynes Art Gallery

November – Visit by coach to Milton Keynes Art Gallery to view the Vanessa Bell exhibition

“The Lady of  Shrubland St”, Leamington Spa, created by BRINK Contemporary Arts and sponsored by Art Friends Warwickshire, 2024

October  – A talk by Mural painter, Tim Robottom – “An Introduction to Street Art and Graffiti”

September – Visit to Sculpture Park, University of Warwick

July – Visit to Dudmaston Hall, Shropshire.

June – 5 day holiday to the Lake District

May – Visit to Rugby Artists and Makers for demonstration of Lino-cutting

April – Annual General Meeting and a talk on British Women Artists 1520-1920, by Amy Lim, 

February – Monet and the Water Lilies – A Talk by Ross King. This published author and art historian spoke on Monet’s later life and successes with his Water Lilies.

January – A talk entitled “PRESENTS AND PROTOCOLS”:GLOBAL DIPLOMATIC GIFTS IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND, 1793-1820” delivered by Zoom, by Curator of Decorative Arts, Rachel Peat Underhill, about gifts received by the Royal Family from Envoys and Ambassadors 

2023

December – Visit to Compton Verney to see the exhibition “History in the Making” – including exhibits from Woburn Abbey

November – Visit to the Phantom Sculpture Exhibition at the Mead Gallery

October – Albrecht Dürer – Master Printmaker of the Northern Renaissance – A talk by Natasha Broad of Sothebys

September – Afternoon Tea at Shottery and a talk entitled The Lure of Cathay

August – Visit to Stowe House

July – Visit to the Stanley Spencer Gallery, and Sandham Memorial Chapel

June – 5-day trip to Yorkshire

April – Visit to Kelmscott Manor

March – Annual General Meeting and a talk on Upton House – The Two Lord Bearsteds by Tony Mawbey.

February – The Sistine Chapel. Lecture by Ross King.

January – Kelmscott Hall and William Morris – a lecture on Zoom by Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff

2022

December – The Chinese collection at Compton Verney. Lecture and handling of objects

November – Cézanne, a Zoom lecture by Paul Smith

October – The Paint Detective, a Zoom lecture by Patrick Baty

September – Afternoon Tea at Shottery and a talk entitled “Before and After” – The Restoration of Paintings by Simon Foster.

July and August – Visits to the Glass Museum, Stourbridge

June – 5-day trip to Sussex, based at Eastbourne.

April – Visit to the Exhibition at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and talk entitled Pissarro: Father of Impressionism.

March – Annual General Meeting and a talk by Adam Busiakiewicz, art historian, on George Romney – an Underappreciated Georgian Painter

February – British Artists in Love with the Landscape – Gainsborough to Hockney -a talk by Vivien Heffernan

January – Visit to the exhibition on Rana Begum at the Mead Gallery, Warwick University and tour of the new Faculty of Arts

2021

December – Visit to Compton Verney for Lectures and exhibitions on Grinling Gibbons and John Nash

November – Visit to the Laura Knight exhibition at Milton Keynes Gallery

October – The Artists of the Artists Rifles – a talk on Zoom by Patrick Baty

September – Afternoon Tea at Shottery and a talk entitled The Status of the Oriental Carpet in Venetian Paintings of the Renaissance by Dianne Page

August – Visit to Sulgrave Manor

June – Chinese Art in the Royal Collection – a talk on Zoom by Rachel Peat

May – Art in the Landscape a talk on Zoom by Sarah Shalgosky

April – Clara in Qatar: a new life for a Meissen Porcelain Rhinoceros – a talk on Zoom by Dr Sophie Bostock

March Annual General Meeting and talk entitled Graffiti in some North Cotswold Churches on Zoom by David Freke

February – Hogarth: Caricaturist or Character Painter? A talk on Zoom by Vivien Heffernan

January – Cezanne, the Mont Saint-Victoire and Bibemus Quarry – a talk on Zoom by Dr Paul Smith

2020

December – When Persia Came to London, an Introduction to the Arts of Iran – a talk on Zoom by Fuchsia Hart

November – Cranach at Compton Verney, Spotlight on the Northern European Collection – a talk on Zoom by Amy Orrock

February – Women Artists – a talk by Vivien Heffernan

January – A talk on The Fitzwilliam Exhibition on Food and Art by Vicky Avery