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Wednesday 10 January at the Capitol Theatre, Horsham10-45am to 12.00pm. Members free, non-members £8 on the door.The Arts Society Horsham starts the New Year with a fascinating lecture on the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916), presented by the highly talented Kathy McLauchlan.

Vilhelm Hammershøi is most celebrated for his interiors, many of which he painted in Copenhagen, where he lived with his wife from 1898 to 1909. He travelled widely in Europe, finding London especially atmospheric in providing locations for his greatly understated work, which has been described as "Monet meets the Camden School".

He was sought out by artists and literary figures of the time, among them Emil Nolde and Rainer Maria Rilke. He is now one of the best-known artists in Scandinavia. In 2008, the Royal Academy of London hosted the first major exhibition in Britain of Hammershøi's work, Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence.

Hammershoi and the life of interiors - a lecture by the Arts Society Horsham