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: