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􀀀BEYOND CARAVAGGIOA lecture on ‘The extraordinary life and times of Caravaggio’ by art historian, author, journalist and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon is followed by a private view of the exhibition Beyond Caravaggio with chief curator Aidan Weston-Lewis. This is the first exhibition of works by Caravaggio and his followers ever to be held in Scotland.1 September 2017, 5pm–8pmRoyal College of Physicians,EH2 1JQ and then Royal Scottish Academy, EH2 2EL£22 for members, £25 for guestsContact: Jennifer Harding-Edgar, email: ace@scotland-ni-nadfas.co.ukOrganised by The Arts Society Scotland and Northern Ireland Area scotland-ni-nadfas.org.ukTHE JAPANESE GARDEN AT COWDEN CASTLEAmanda Herries will lecture on Japanese Gardens in the West, followed by a visit to an example reputed to be the finest, at Cowden Castle. The seven-acre garden is being restored by Sara Stewart, great-niece of the creator Ella Christie (the first Western woman to visit Samarkand and Khiva in Uzbekistan), and Professor Masao Fukuhara.6 October 2017, 11am–5.30pmCaptain’s Room, Dollar Academy, Dollar FK14 7DU and then Japanese Garden, Cowden Castle, FK14 7PJ£35 (inc. coffee & biscuits, soup and sandwich lunch, and tea in the Japanese Pavilion)Contact: Jennifer Harding-Edgar, email: ace@scotland-ni-nadfas.co.ukOrganised by The Arts Society Scotland and Northern Ireland Area scotland-ni-nadfas.org.ukBONNIE PRINCE CHARLIEAND THE JACOBITES Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites is the new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. Principal curator David Forsyth will talk about the background to the Jacobite campaign, while textile and artefacts conservators Danielle Connolly and Diana de Bellaigue will discuss the painstaking conservation work undertaken on the internationally important items in the exhibition. 31 October 2017, 11.30am–12.45pmAuditorium, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF£10 (there is a discounted charge of £8 for entry to the exhibition when quoting ‘The Arts Society Scotland and Northern Ireland Area’) Contact: Jennifer Harding-Edgar, email: ace@scotland-ni-nadfas.co.ukOrganised by The Arts Society Scotland and Northern Ireland Area scotland-ni-nadfas.org.ukSCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELANDART AND REVOLUTION: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDEBefore the Bolsheviks brought down the Tsarist regime in 1917, Russian artists staged their own daring revolution. Dr Rosamund Bartlett shows how they became leaders of the European avant-garde for the first time and changed the very language of art. Some, like Stravinsky, Goncharova and Roerich, chose to remain in emigration, hoping one day to return to Russia. Others, like Kandinsky, Chagall and Malevich, played a leading role in early Soviet culture, amid utopian hopes for a bright future. But all their dreams were to be tragically extinguished under the Stalinist regime.6 October 2017, 10.30am–3.30pmArt Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1N 3AT £34 (including coffee & biscuits)Contact: Tricia Savours, 89 Moss Lane, Pinner, HA5 3AT email: psavours@gmail.comOrganised by The Arts Society Greater London Area gla.nadfas.netTHE MAYA: ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF CENTRAL AMERICAMaya civilisation reached its peak between AD 250–900, falling to the Spanish in the C16th. Across Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, dozens of great cities flourished, many still buried in dense rainforest. Achievements in art and architecture were matched by advances in mathematics, astronomy, calendrics and hieroglyphics. Intricately carved stone panels, murals and ceramic figures show religious rituals and evoke the splendour of courtly life. Chloe Sayer is our guide.12 October 2017, 10.30am–3.30pmArt Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1N 3AT £34 (including coffee & biscuits)Contact: Judith Bone, 150 Avenue Road, London W3 8QG email: jpbstudyday@gmail.comOrganised by The Arts Society Greater London Area gla.nadfas.netHISTORY OF ART: A GUIDE TO UNWRAPPING AND DECODING ART THROUGHOUT THE AGES• Five study days with a linking themeExplore a variety of artistic genres with the emphasis on explaining the hidden meanings and codes in work, including stained glass, the colonialart of South America and the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Led by Geri Parlby and Jeni Fraser.5, 12, and 19 September, 3 and 10 October 2017All Saints Church Hall, Okehampton£130 for all five days (inc. coffee)Contact: Tim Newcombe, tel: 01837 52901 or use website form. Organised by The Arts Society South West Area nadfasswarea.org.uk WALES AND THE WEST OF ENGLANDAbove: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Boy bitten by a Lizard, c1594-5STUDY DAYS57IMAGES: SHUTTERSTOCK; THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDONThe Arts Society ReviewSummer 2017