Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful session by Lucrezia Walker in The Arts Society at Firstsite (TASAF) Lecture series!

The Arts Society at Firstsite is an organisation about connecting people who have a passion for art.

TASAF is part of a global network of local societies, which bring people together through shared curiosity for the arts. You can learn more about it here. 

We offer a series of 10 talks* from accredited lecturers based around the UK. Lectures take place throughout the year from September to June on the third Tuesday of each month. 

Find out more about TASAF here.

Session Program 

Surrealism (Lecture by Lucrezia Walker)

‘Beauty should be convulsive, like the chance encounter on the dissecting table of the umbrella and the sewing machine’.

This definition of convulsive beauty describes the Surrealist iconography. Weird, strange and uncanny.

Excited by Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, the Surrealists painted their dreams and explored their unconscious to create the Surrealist mindscape which lives on beyond its initial beginnings in 1920s Paris into the present day.

About the Lecturer

Lucrezia Walker lectures regularly for the National Gallery, teaching six week courses, Study Days and lunchtime lectures, and is a regular speaker at Tate’s Britain and Modern, and at the RA and V&A.

She is adjunct professor for the University of North Carolina’s London Art History Program.

Visit the Firstsite Cafe before or after TASAF Lecture Series session! 

Our cafés offer a wide selection of delicious snacks, cakes and light meals, along with hot and cold drinks which can be purchased to enjoy.

Find out more about our menus here 

*This price is the set fee paid by all members irrespective of the date they join the society.