Posts by Art Deco Society UK
Whether you are a member or not, if you are interested in interwar cinema, then we have a treat!
Join us on 6th June at 11am for an Art Deco themed tour of the Cinema Museum in Kennington.
Register for tickets here: www.artdecosociety.uk/events-2/
Hillingdon Lido in West London.
Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex
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Guardian Cryptic crossword No 29,968, 14 Across:
C20th style affected trade company (3,4)
Wishing you a blessed Easter!
Love,
Art Deco Society UK 💟
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Belfast City Council plans for the regeneration of Floral Hall.
We will keep you all posted on the developments of this iconic Art Deco building.
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Good news! The Floral Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland is to receive £500,000 for a long awaited new roof and regeneration. This Art Deco building designed by David Wright Boyd (1935-1936) has been closed since the early 1970s.
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In this talk, Georgia will give behind-the-scenes insight into curating the Art Deco poster exhibition. What it takes to produce a temporary exhibition; all the way from how she selected just 100 posters from the thousands the Museum possesses, to developing a narrative for the visitor.
Our next online event is a Curator’s Talk: Art deco; the golden age of poster design on Tuesday, 26th May 7.30pm.
We are thrilled to have Georgia Morley, Senior Curator (Collections Development) at London Transport Museum, to share insights of the current exhibition. Here is the link to register:
Start here!
An Introduction to Art Deco, our online presentation by Dr Emma Bastin, Treasurer, in January is the quintessential guide for learners and lovers of Art Deco.
Watch it here on our YouTube channel Encore - Art Deco Society UK. lnkd.in/eNWA84hJ
You can watch as many times as you like!
Start here!
An Introduction to Art Deco, our online presentation by Dr Emma Bastin, Treasurer, in January is the quintessential guide for beginners and lovers of Art Deco.
Watch the presentation on our YouTube channel -
Encore - Art Deco Society UK.
You can watch as many times as you like!
Thank you for highlighting Tamara de Lempicka on International Women's Day!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Here in the UK that is, thank you and love to all mums and carers.
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Here’s a snippet of the article: 'During the interwar period Art Deco medals became more than just commemorative objects—they were icons of modernity. With their sleek lines, geometric precision and luxurious materials these medals captured the spirit of an age obsessed with progress, travel and...'
Our latest article, Memoir of an Art Deco Medal Collector is live on our website! And we’d love for you to read it and share some feedback.
In October 2025, Emma Bastin and Thibaut Degenne met Art Deco medal collector Paul Fellerman at the Isokon Gallery, London. artdecosociety.uk/memoir-of-an...
Hello Museums! Did you know that ADSUK is offering two £500 grants to help conserve an Art Deco object?
For more info, have a look at our website and fill in our (very easy!) application form artdecosociety.uk/conservation/
#museums #heritage #20s30s #conservation #grants #funding #artdeco
Happy International Women's Day!
Let’s celebrate the women of Art Deco, past, present and future.
Do you have a favourite woman who personifies Art Deco? You can nominate yourself too!
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Hey Art Deco lovers!
You don’t want to miss this, our next event online, on the 17th March at 7.30pm. Magic Rays of Light: British television in the 1920s and 1930s, a special talk by John Wyver.
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We are looking for informative articles, for example, inter-war design from the UK, covering films, graphics, fine art, fashion, transport, music, architecture, ceramics and fashion.
Please contact us at hello@artdecosociety.uk with your idea before you submit a full article.
Thank you all for your support, messages and sheer love for Art Deco!
We are humbled, and would like to offer you an opportunity to write for us, and share your passion and expertise of Art Deco.
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A common art for a new democratic age: How Art Deco transformed the Underground, written by Emma Bastin, our treasurer is now live!
A long read, but a good one, and a celebration of 100 years of the Underground’s Art Deco design heritage and exhibition.
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We love Art Deco, especially on Valentine’s Day.
Don’t forget the chocolates!
Graphic of Whitman’s chocolates ad, 1936.
Happy Galentines Day!
All about friends today, let us know how you will celebrate.
Photograph by Sebastian Schuster on Unsplash. Location: Glen Echo Park, Macarthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, MD, USA
This book project, Trackside Transformation successfully funded on February 8, but you can still Late Pledge for available rewards. 🙌❤️
6 days left - to back Phillip Butler’s (Photographer) and Daniel Wright’s (Author) book project, Trackside Transformation.
A book documenting the architecture evolution of British Mainline Railway Stations (1923-1947)
We love this Art Deco Magpie Publishing architecture photography project!
Love Art Deco as much as we do?
Become a member and help us in the preservation of Art Deco buildings, and objects, continue to inspire and educate people about this incredible art movement.
See our website: artdecosociety.uk/support-us/
Any questions contact us: hello@artdecosociety.uk
Wow! Thank you to all that attended our first event of 2026, ‘Introduction to Art Deco,’ (online) on Tuesday. Emma Bastin covered the history, and the contemporary art style.
Check out Encore - Art Deco Society UK YouTube channel for more educational videos.
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