THE ROYAL COURT LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN 📚 🎉 You can now access hundreds of plays and theatre books whilst you relax at the Royal Court. Set across three floors, our library houses a range of playtexts, fiction and non-fiction books for you to browse and read in our building

Brilliant lecture by Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 at Cheltenham Literature Festival, about not being cross with paintings for not showing what you want them to show, how it’s worth making theological effort to better enjoy British art, and Mabel of Bury St Edmunds.

News | Edinburgh council hopes to reopen People’s Story museum in December – proposal to shut working-class history museum through winter led to a public outcry Read: ow.ly/IVfJ50TG0oY Edinburgh Museums

Rise and shine, London! Which of Monet's skylines are you feeling today? 🇬🇧

Don't miss this evening's 'walk' round Early Stuart London including Inigo Jones' fabulous buildings! Available on demand for the next month.

Thanks to everyone who came to Moyses Hall museum in Bury St Edmunds tonight. A pleasure to talk about the great Mary Beale, in the company of her self-portrait! Moyse's Hall

Join us for a special talk on National Gallery's exhibition 'Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers', by its curator Cornelia Homburg. From 1888, van Gogh spent 2 years in the South of France creating some of his most remakable paintings. Tx include on-demand access. artscapades.org/tickets/homburg

Today is the official publication date of #Islamesque! Join me in this afternoon's online study talk via ARTscapades to celebrate 'How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe' - the recording will be available for a month to watch at anytime that suits you artscapades.org/tickets/ddarke

My in-depth fully illustrated Zoom talk on 'How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe' will take you on a journey from St Paul's Cathedral to the Middle East & all across the medieval cathedrals of Europe. Recording link here purchasable via ARTscapades artscapades.org/recording-link…

In my latest online talk for ARTscapades we're heading under London! Join me on 11 February, 6pm for a virtual tour of the tunnels, ruins and lost rivers hiding beneath our feet! Book your spot: artscapades.org/tickets/lookdo…

6pm tmw (Tues) or on catch-up: Dr Alexandra Loske, curator of the Royal Pavilion Brighton Museums, explores unique palettes alongside stunning paintings by the celebrated artists who used them. Info/tx: artscapades.org/tickets/loske (Image: Kandinsky's palette 1933-44)

TONIGHT! Join Martin Gayford – author of 'How Painting Happens (and why it happens)' – in an online talk with ARTscapades as he deftly brings together extraordinary interviews with artists talking eloquently about painting. Book tickets: artscapades.org/tickets/how-pt…

Join art historian T. J. Clark and ARTscapades for a discussion of his new book 'Those Passions: On Art and Politics,' on the question of whether or not art is obliged to engage with politics and if so, how? Online. 4 March 2025 at 6pm. Book tickets: artscapades.org/tickets/tjclark

Join art historian and author T. J. Clark for an online talk with ARTscapades to discuss his new book 'Those Passions: On Art and Politics,' and examine the fascinating intersection of art and politics. Tuesday 4 March 2025 at 6pm. Book Tickets: artscapades.org/tickets/tjclark

TONIGHT! Join art historian T. J. Clark for an online talk with ARTscapades to discuss his new book 'Those Passions: On Art and Politics,' and examine the fascinating intersection of art and politics. Tuesday 4 March 2025 at 6pm. Book Tickets: artscapades.org/tickets/tjclark

We are very sorry that for personal reasons (on our side) this talk has had to be postponed. A new date will be arranged as soon as possible.

Delighted to be giving a lecture about some of the themes in my Turner and Constable book for ARTscapades on Thursday 10 April, 6-7pm. Tickets include a discount code for book purchases. lnkd.in/etjVEgj3 Mini-me Lego figure courtesy of my son for Mothers’ Day. 😍

In case you have missed my recent talks and lectures about the Royal Pavilion and my new book (Yale University Press London 📖), here is another opportunity, hosted by ARTscapades on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 6pm: artscapades.org/tickets/pavili…