NEWS ABOUT THE WALPOLE SOCIETY

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Berger Prize is Eleonora Pistis, for her book Architecture of Knowledge: Hawksmoor and Oxford (Brepols, 2024). Dr Pistis will be awarded £5,000 through the generosity of the Berger Collection Educational Trust. and each of the shortlisted authors will be awarded £500. The winner was announced by Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection, at a reception at the Warburg Institute on 12 November. Jonny Yarker, the chairm

The Walpole Society is delighted to present the shortlist for the 2025 Berger Prize. The leading book prize for art history, the Berger...

The longlist for the 2025 Berger Prize was announced at the Walpole Society Summer Party on 9 July 2025, held at the Warburg Institute....

In 2023, Dr Richard Stephens, Editor of the Walpole Society annual Volume, spoke at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art...

It is with enormous sadness that we learnt of the sudden death of Dr Julia Alexander a few days ago. Julia was a celebrated scholar of...

The Walpole Society and the Berger Prize are very pleased to welcome Professor Michael Hatt to the jury of assessors for the 2025 Prize....

The Walpole Society is delighted to announce the appointment of a new trustee, Dr Catherine Daunt. Catherine Daunt is Curator of Modern...

Submissions are now open for the 2025 Berger Prize .  A book is eligible where it meets the following criteria: It is on the subject of...

The Walpole Society AGM was held on the 29 October 2024, at which Dr William Aslet was newly appointed a Trustee of the Society.   William...