Discover, Learn & Connect with The Arts Society Victoria
As we look forward to the New Year we urge you to visit the website to keep up-to-date with our programme of talks, events, and cultural experiences here in Central London starting in February 2026.
From fine art and music to architecture, history, and beyond, our expert speakers continue to bring fascinating topics to life in a way that is engaging, insightful, and fun. Whether you are a long-standing member or joining us for the first time, our events offer a relaxed and welcoming space to learn and connect.
As part of The Arts Society, one of the United Kingdom’s leading arts education charities, we are proud to be part of a vibrant community that brings people together through a shared love of culture.
We very much look forward to seeing you.
Upcoming dates to mark in your diary…
Tuesday 14 April 2026, Venue: Grey Coat Hospital School – 6.30pm for 7pm start
Ross King, The Pope’s Ceiling and Michelangelo
In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and, at twelve
thousand square feet, the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted.
Nevertheless, for the next four years he and a hand-picked team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling, making thousands of drawings and spending back-breaking hours on a scaffold fifty feet above the floor. The result was
one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. This fascinating book tells the story of those four extraordinary years and paints a magnificent picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding – and outside, in the upheaval of
early sixteenth-century Rome.
https://www.rosskingbooks.com/
Tuesday 5th May 2026, Venue: Grey Coat Hospital School – 6.30pm for 7pm start
Charlie Ross – Tales from an Auctioneer
To learn more about Charlie please visit:
https://charlieross-auctioneer.co.uk/
Tuesday 4th June 2026, Venue: Grey Coat Hospital School – 6.30pm for 7pm start
Work in Progress but hopefully a lecture on Charles Dickens