Members of The Arts Society Kensington & Chelsea enjoy quality lectures, by lecturers accredited to The Arts Society specialising in the arts and artistic heritage, every month from October to July, in the Kensington Central Library Lecture Hall. Members also have the opportunity to join curated visits in and around London as well as overseas trips.

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Upcoming Lectures

Our lectures will ve held either via Zoom or in the lecture hall and our visits and trips will be listed on the website as and when we can organise group visits. Please keep updated via our website and email noticeboards.

You can view our archives of past trips and lectures here

NG 200 CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY

2024 marks the bicentenary of our much loved national treasure - the National Gallery. Home to one of the greatest collections of European art, it is also a repository of headline…

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VAN GOGH’S 444 DAYS IN PROVENCE*

To celebrate the bicentenary of the establishment of the National Gallery in London a huge Van Gogh exhibition is planned for 2024! The show will focus on the artist’s period…

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FROM THE WONDERS OF OSTIA, TO THE WILDERNESS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS – TWO STORIES OF ANCIENT ROME

The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus was the only Emperor to come from Leptis Magna, the magnificent harbour town of Libya. Leptis is now out of bounds, but an equally great…

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Upcoming Visits

Our lectures will be held either via Zoom or in the Kensington Library lecture hall and our visits and trips will be listed on the website as and when we can organise group visits. Please keep updated via our website and email noticeboards.

You can view our archives of past trips and lectures here