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THE ARTS SOCIETY BERLIN offers a yearly programme of illustrated lectures to study the Arts. The lectures are given by experts from the UK chosen for their first-rate knowledge of their fields.
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Our upcoming lectures
Oh No, Dear, That’s Not Funny: Cartoonists on Cartooning [Members only! No Zoom!]
Oh No, Dear, That’s Not Funny: Cartoonists on Cartooning [Members only! No Zoom!]
Join award winning cartoonist Harry Venning as he escorts you through the peaks and pitfalls of his profession, supported by visual and verbal contributions from such luminaries as Matt Groening, Dr. Seuss, Charles M. Schulz and Gary Larson. Entertaining and informative in equal measure, the topics covered include rejection, procrastination, deadlines, artificial intelligence, professional envy, censorship, and the cartoon community's response to the Charlie Hebdo murders of 2015. Harry will also be drawing live on an A1 flip chart, the images ...
The Car in Art and the Car as Art
The Car in Art and the Car as Art
Speed! Technology! Destruction! The battle cry of the Futurists WWI heralded the appearance of the car as a powerful symbol in avant-garde art. Soon the Art Deco masterpieces of the great car builders came to epitomise style, luxury and craftmanship, works of art in their own right. The romance of speed continued to be a major theme in how cars were depicted in art, but, since the 1950s the car has become art, used as a canvas for artists as celebrated as Peter Blake, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst. This lecture will showcase the beautiful and th...
Bottoms Up! A History of Wine, Its Rituals and Its Vessels
Bottoms Up! A History of Wine, Its Rituals and Its Vessels
This light-hearted talk examines the history of wine, an elixir that has sustained much of humanity for almost 10,000 years. Essentially little more than fermented grape juice, this extraordinary and contradictory liquid has caused wars and riots, has helped broker peace and more commonly, served as an aphrodisiac. It has been personified in the form of Gods and been the principal catalyst in civilised entertaining and dining rituals. Wine is based on ethanol, a potent alcoholic poison and depressant. Yet, when consumed in moderation, its effec...
Blenheim Palace – Christmas Past and Present
Blenheim Palace – Christmas Past and Present
Antonia joined Blenheim Palace in 2008 as a member of the Education Team, later becoming the Palace’s Social Historian and Digital Content Creator. Both roles have involved her curating or co-curating a number of Palace exhibitions including A Passion for Fashion – 300 Years of Blenheim Style upon which her recent book is based. An experienced public speaker, both virtually and in person, Antonia has delivered a ‘Conversation’ at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, been ‘In Conversation’ with fashion editor Caroline Issa, designers Stephen J...
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The Car in Art and the Car as Art
Speed! Technology! Destruction! The battle cry of the Futurists WWI heralded the appearance of the car as a powerful symbol in avant-garde art. Soon the Art Deco masterpieces of the great car builders came to epitomise style, luxu...
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News Blog
Visit to the Fritz Heyn Museum in Berlin-Pankow
On Saturday 16th August a small group of 10 members joined together in Pankow, Heynstraße 8, and visited a quaint little museum to discover about chair cane designer/manufacturer Fritz Heyn. The museum is actually the former Heyn family home...
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