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Art Deco: Taster Lecture
Online course
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Thinking about an online course? Join V&A Academy course director Christine Lalumia for a free, live online taster lecture to discover more about the delights of Art Deco, the most distinctive and elegant of international, inter-war styles. Influenced by a wide range of global influences, it embraced both the precious and the mass-produced and epitomised glamour and modernity.
Get to know the V&A Academy learning platform when you join the taster lecture. You will receive your link shortly before the live event, as well as a link to the recording afterwards, so that you can enjoy watching the lecture on demand.
Ready to learn more? Join Christine Lalumia and guest lecturers on our 5-weeklong online course Art Deco: Style and Design. Choose to start this autumn from 30 October, available on demand until 1 January 2026 or join us from 24 January instead for the next edition of this online course.
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Get to know the V&A Academy learning platform when you join the taster lecture. You will receive your link shortly before the live event, as well as a link to the recording afterwards, so that you can enjoy watching the lecture on demand.
Ready to learn more? Join Christine Lalumia and guest lecturers on our 5-weeklong online course Art Deco: Style and Design. Choose to start this autumn from 30 October, available on demand until 1 January 2026 or join us from 24 January instead for the next edition of this online course.
Discover all V&A Academy courses, workshops and events.
V&A Academy Course Leader
Christine Lalumia
Christine Lalumia lectures and writes on design, art and garden histories with a keen interest in cultural context. A consultant lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, she was deputy director of The Museum of the Home for 21 years.
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Online course: Art Deco: Taster Lecture
24 October 2025
Free
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Open 10.00 - 13.00, Monday to Sunday (closed 24-26 December)
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