Our 2025/2026 Programme

We’re delighted to introduce members and visitors with our new programme of monthly illustrated talks lectures.

Speakers have been chosen from the exclusive Arts Society directory of 385 renowned lecturers whose enthusiasm for their subjects is backed by experience and enormous expertise. If they don’t completely satisfy your curiosity, they’ll welcome your questions after the talk.

Come and join us – visitors are always welcome. Members and non-members are invited to a glass of wine, or other refreshment, after the Monday afternoon lectures.  Space is limited at the very well-attended Tuesday morning extra lectures but only members are guaranteed a place –  signing on as a member is well worth it.

What have we prepared for you this 2025-2026 season?  Scroll down the page and click on the lecture names or events to find out.

October 2025

LECTURE
Mon 13 October at 16:30
Naked Ambition – The Radical Story of the Nude in Art History
Lecturer: Matthew Wilson

Patron: Billy Dawson, in Memory of Trisha Goddard


AGM
Tuesday 30 September 11:30 for 12:00
Danish Club, Mijas
Annual General Meeting

November 2025

LECTURE
Mon 10 November at 16:30
Banksy – Fraud or Genius
Lecturer: Pepe Martinez

Patron: Blevins Franks

EXTRA LECTURE
Tues 11 November at 10:30
Velázquez. Painter of the Gods
Lecturer: Manuel Parodi

December 2025

LECTURE
Mon 8 December at 16:30
Tintoretto – El Furioso: Painter for the People
Lecturer: Julia Musgrave

Patron: Sue Brodie, Founder

EVENT
Friday 12 December 13:00 
Christmas Lunch

January 2026

LECTURE
Mon 12 January at 16:30
The Dinosaur Sculptures of Crystal Palace
Lecturer: Aaron Hunter

Patron: A Generous, Anonymous Member

EXTRA LECTURE
Tues 13 January at 10:30
The Geology of the Crown Jewels
Lecturer: Aaron Hunter

 

February 2026

LECTURE 
Mon 9 February at 16:30
How to Steal a Million
Lecturer: Shauna Isaac

Patron: In Memory of Leonardo Valle Lopez

EXTRA LECTURE
Tues 10 February at 10:30
Hunting the Borderlands in Ronda. Ronda through time: with a focus on Arabic Times
Lecturer: Rafael Anderson

March 2026

LECTURE
Mon 9 March at 16:30
Auguste Rodin & 19th Century Sculpture
Lecturer: David Worthington

Patron: A Generous Anonymous Member

EXTRA LECTURE
Tues 10 March at 10:30
Damien Hirst and Contemporary Art
Lecturer: David Worthington

April 2026

LECTURE
Mon 13 April  at 16:30
Famous Freemason Artists: From Mozart to Gershwin, from Chagall to Mucha, from Kipling to Lorca, from Duke Ellington to Irving Berlin
Lecturer: Helen Sijsling

Patron: A Generous Anonymous Member

EXTRA LECTURE
Tues 14 April at 10:30

Magic Melilla and Ceuta – Two Spanish Cities
Lecturer: Helen Sijsling

May 2026

LECTURE
Mon 11 May at 16:30
Art: A Detective Story – Decoding Symbols in Painting
Lecturer: Lydia Bauman

Patron: Gudrun Lund-Andersen

EVENT
Date, Time & Venue to be confirmed
End of Season Dinner