Spotlight: 20th-century art in focus

14 Sep - 08 Dec 2019

Featuring artists such as Graham Sutherland, Dame Laura Knight, C R W Nevinson, Amy Drucker, John Nash, this exhibition brings into focus a part of Royal Holloway’s collection rarely on public display

Pills, pyramids and paintings: Thomas Holloway and his Picture Gallery

25 Sep 2019

Join Assistant Curator Imogen Tedbury to explore the hidden histories of Thomas Holloway’s picture collection.

Choral Evensong at Chichester Cathedral

25 Sep 2019

The Chapel Choir sing the ancient service of Choral Evensong in the beautiful surroundings of Chichester Cathedral.

Picture Gallery short talks programme

02 Oct 2019

Join one of our art collections volunteers for a short talk on Thomas Creswick’s Trentside.

The Life of Bohuslav Martinů

03 Oct 2019

Bohuslav Martinů’s style is compelling and unforgettable. Individual, rhythmic and flavoured by the folk music of his native Czechoslovakia.

Spotlight tour: Prints and printmaking

03 Oct 2019

Join our Art Collection Cataloguer, Dr Alison Wright, for a talk focussing on prints held within the art collections, and the variety of printing processes used by the artists on display.

Crossing borders series: Romy Martinez, Duo Che Valle and Purahei Soul

04 Oct 2019

Join us for an evening of toe-tapping, genre-bending music with guitar duo Che Valle, acclaimed vocal duo Purahei Soul and vocalist Romy Martínez.

Making room for women: A workshop

09 Oct 2019

Pamela Gerrish Nunn’s workshop explores how reputations are made, how cultural value is determined and how we can help make room for women in the 21st-century art museum.

Quranic perspectives on our planet, our concern

09 Oct 2019

This lecture will focus on certain verses in the Qur’an that present the planet as a conscious object that must be given consideration.

The global challenges facing the UK and Japan

10 Oct 2019

Royal Holloway is delighted to welcome the Japanese Ambassador, Koji Tsuruoka, to give a special talk on the history and future of Anglo-Japanese relations.

Alumni recital

10 Oct 2019

Now an annual event for the university, we invite back both the 2019 recipients of the Alice Dougherty Chaplin Prize and highly commended performers in the Tippett Quartet Chamber Music Showcase.

Picture Gallery short talks programme

16 Oct 2019

Join one of our art collections volunteers for a short talk on William Muller’s The Opium Stall.

Spotlight tour: Christopher Nevinson and art of the First World War

17 Oct 2019

Join Exhibition and Archives Assistant, Ellis Huddart, for a lunchtime talk focussing on official war artists of the First World War.

Eastern questions: New perspectives on British Orientalism

17 Oct 2019

This interdisciplinary day of talks and discussion will explore new perspectives on the intersection between Orientalism and visual culture across the 19th century.

Mozart’s Requiem

17 Oct 2019

The Choir of Royal Holloway perform Mozart’s famous Requiem, accompanied by the Brandenburg Soloists.

Pärt, Elcock and Ravel: Tippett Quartet

17 Oct 2019

We are pleased to welcome them back to our concert series with Pärt’s dazzling Fratres, Steve Elcock’s dreamy Night after Night and Ravel’s sparkling String Quartet in F major.