Lecture Recordings
Explore our Past Lectures
Venice in Peril Fund promotes a deeper understanding of Venice, in order to encourage informed and sustainable engagement with the city and its culture.
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The Illustrious Pilgrim: an English Prince in Venice, 1392–93
9 February 2026 - Sarah Quill, lecturer, photographer of Venetian architecture and trustee of Venice in Peril Fund, on Henry Bolingbroke’s (the future Henry IV of England) visit to Venice in the 1390s
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Reinterpreting Venice: The Architecture of Carlo Scarpa 1906-1978
27 January 2026 - Lecture with Richard Murphy, author and architect, on Carlo Scarpa
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‘Venice Tales’: Italian Voices on Venice through the ages
8 December 2025 - Artemis Cooper, biographer and historian, in conversation with Katia Pizzi, editor of 'Venice Tales'
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‘Impressionism in Stone’: Monet in Venice, 1908
10 November 2025 - Ashley Clarke Memorial Lecture with Sarah Quill, Trustee of Venice in Peril Fund
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‘The Character of a Happy Life’: Sir Henry Wotton, the Ambassador who chose Venice
6 October 2025 - Lecture with author Lucy Hughes-Hallett
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Preservation as a Creative Act; Perils to Venice in the 21st Century
13 May 2025 - Kirker Spring Lecture with Adam Lowe
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Art and Devotion at the Church of Madonna dell’Orto
17 March 2025 - Lecture with Michael Douglas Scott
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Venice and the Sea in Art and Culture
17 February 2025 - Lecture with Professor Deborah Howard
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Here Comes the Light: The Story of the Nativity in Renaissance Venice
2 December 2024 - Lecture with Dr Carlo Corsato
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‘More willing to dazzle than to affect’: Venice and the Royal Collection
11 November 2024 - Ashley Clarke Memorial Lecture with Desmond Shawe-Taylor
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Love from Venice: A Golden Summer on the Grand Canal
14 October 2024 - Writer Juliet Nicolson in Conversation with authors Gill Johnson and Rory Ross
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Coming Home: The Repatriation of the Boston Mariegole
5 July 2024 - Lecture with Dr Lisa Fagin Davis
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Reflections of Venice: How Water Inspired Her Artists
14 May 2024 - Kirker Spring Lecture with Caroline Campbell
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Venice in England: The Untold Story of 18th Century Venetian Painters in London
26 March 2024 - Lecture with Sandra Romito
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Pioneering Environmentalists? An Exploration into Pollution and Society in Late Medieval Venice
26 February 2024 - Lecture with Professor Claire Judde de Larivière
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Venice: City of Pictures
4 December 2023 - Author talk and book signing with Martin Gayford
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Spinning La Serenissima: The Changing Image of Venice over the Ages
13 November 2023 - Ashley Clarke Memorial Lecture with Jonathan Keates
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Byron & Venice
17 October 2023 - Online Lecture with Gregory Dowling
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Bellini to Titian: Venetian Splendours at the National Gallery
18 September 2023 - Lecture with Dr Maria Alambritis
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Venice and the Wallace Collection
16 May 2023 - Kirker Spring Lecture 2023 with Xavier Bray
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