The 2015 November Fair lecture series covers an extraordinary range of topics from Art Deco Travel to Historic Wallpaper, and from Arts & Crafts silver to Chinese Porcelain.

For this year’s events programme, the organisers have teamed up with the V&A who will be giving talks on: Historic wallpaper, Art Deco travel and late 19th century, early 20th century artists’ houses.

Appropriately, when the fair is celebrating its Silver Anniversary and coinciding with Asian Art Week, the emphasis of the other talks throughout the  week  include  Chinese  sculpture, British Arts & Crafts silver, pre-Raphaelite drawings and the annual BADA lecture: how to identify the authenticity of a piece of silver.

The lectures, which all take place in the Club Room, on the Gallery Level at Olympia, go from strength-to-strength, and are a must visit for anyone who is wanting to expand their knowledge or learn something entirely new. They majority are all free with a valid  ticket, however it is advised to book in advance.

Art consultant, Vanessa Curry will be conducting her popular and bespoke daily highlights tours of the fair throughout its duration.

LECTURE TIMES AND DETAILS

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 – 12.00 to 13.00
A FRESH LOOK AT ANTIQUES IN INTERIORS

Interior Designer Philip Gorrivan will talk, from his point of view, about weaving in antiques of the 17th-20th centuries into interiors, creating rooms with narrative, authenticity and  a modern sensibility.

Philip Gorrivan established his New York-based firm, Philip Gorrivan Design, in 2001, and recently opened a London office in September 2013. He is known for his clever sense of colour and a refined eye for objects, art, and furnishings.

Whether he’s designing a classic Park Avenue apartment, a London townhouse, a downtown loft or a boutique hotel, Philip tailors each project with his client's needs in mind, creating rooms that feel at once both classic and layered as well as tailored and modern.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 14:30 to 15:30
A DECORATIVE ART: HISTORIC WALLPAPERS 1500-2000

Jo Banham, Head of Adult Learning at the Victoria & Albert Museum looks at the history of wallpaper, dating back to the early 1500s when small sheets of cheap, printed paper were used to decorate small cupboards and attic rooms.

The history of wallpaper dates back to the early 1500s when small sheets of cheap, printed paper were used to decorate small cupboards and attic rooms. Within 150 years, wallpaper had become one of the most fashionable, admired and expensive of decorating materials, greatly in demand by wealthy customers for grand, palatial homes. The Victorian period saw the decline of design standards with the introduction of machine prints, but then the revival of fortunes with the emergence of William Morris’s wallpapers and Arts and Crafts styles.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 12:00 to 13:00
THE BADA LECTURE 2015: SILVER GUILT

How to identify an illegal cast duplicate of an authentic original and how an expert decides on an objects authenticity.

Silver specialist and BADA member Alastair Dickenson will expose the sharp practices of disreputable silversmiths and dealers - and will offer clues to distinguishing between a fake and the genuine article. The lecture will dip into the history of fakes and forgeries since the early 18th century and also highlight the sophisticated developments in faking that present a challenge to connoisseurship.

Tickets for The BADA Lecture 2015 are free of charge and include fair admission, but you are advised to obtain your ticket in advance, as space is limited. TO BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR THIS EVENT Email Anne Green at anne@bada.org or call 020 7581 5259.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 14:30 to 15:30
ELEGANCE AND MODERNITY: ART DECO TRAVEL

Dr Gregory Votolato - Architect, Curator, Teacher and Writer on  design,  technology  and culture at the Victoria & Albert Museum will explore the glamorous world of luxury travel in the inter-war period when crossing continents became increasingly easy on planes, ocean- liners, cars and trains. Many of the interiors of these vehicles became a byword for elegance and modernity, incorporating sleek designs, rich materials and new spaces such as cocktail bars.