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Free Painting Analysis Workshop
2026-04-15 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | AFiG, Järntorget 7, våning 5, Göteborg, 413 04, Sweden
Would you like your next museum visit to be more interesting?
Do you occasionally go to art museums and enjoy looking at paintings, but you cannot understand what they really mean?
Would you like to learn more about reading paintings, differentiating styles from each other and make the most of a museum trip?
Then, you are at the right place! Start Art! Painting Analysis Workshops will teach you all about understanding paintings.
Start Art! Painting Analysis Workshops are designed to teach the basics of painting analysis for new beginners to art history. No art background or knowledge is needed. Each Workshop focuses on characteristics of each period, learn how to read symbols.
The Free Painting Analysis Workshop is an Introduction Lecture for those who would like to experience a sample of a painting analysis workshop. The Workshop is for 1 hour and is conducted in English.
The Introduction Lecture will focus on the below:
– Information on Start Art! & Workshops
– Short Art History Timeline
– Sample Painting Analyses from Different Periods
The Introduction Lecture is for free but the seats are limited. If you would like to join, send an email to startartforbeginners@gmail.com
You will get an e-mail that confirms your seat afterwards.

Visual Analysis Workshop (8 Weeks)
2026-02-11 18:00 - 2026-03-11 20:00
The Visual Analysis Workshop covers the art periods and movements from 15th to 19th Century. The Workshop will teach the participants how to look at paintings from those periods and movements, analyse the visual and formal qualities and distinguish the styles of the periods from each other. The characteristics of each period/movement will be covered and Comparative Analysis approach will also be followed on different types of genres: portraits, landscapes, history painting, etc. The target of the Workshop is to enable the participants to develop skills to recognize periods/movements of typical paintings from 1400s to 1900s. The Visual Analysis Workshop will be composed of 8 lectures of 2 hours each and will be conducted in English.
Workshop Content:
– Understanding Elements of Painting
– Review of techniques and styles of:
* Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo
* Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Academic Art
* Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
– Comparative Analysis: Portraits & Landscapes
– Comparative Analysis: Historical, Mythological, Religious & Genre Paintings
– Analysing mixed paintings from all periods
+ Fun Quizzes and Surprise Gifts
To Register for the Workshop:
– Send an email to startartforbeginners@gmail.com
– Wait for the confirmation e-mail for registration
– Make the Payment 1400 SEK for the Whole Workshop via transfer to Bankgiro (771-8042)
Workshop Programme*:
Wednesdays 18:00-20:00
Lecture No.1 – 11 Feb 2026
Lecture No.2 – 18 Feb 2026
Lecture No.3 – 25 Feb 2026
Lecture No.4 – 4 Mar 2026
Lecture No.5 – 11 Mar 2026
Lecture No.6 – 18 Mar 2026
Lecture No.7 – 25 Mar 2026
Lecture No.8 – 1 Apr 2026
* Slight schedule changes might occur (1 week early/late lectures) with prior announcements
Note: The Workshop is limited to 20 participants.

Painting Analysis Club
2026-01-14 18:00 - 20:00
“Painting Analysis Club” is a new platform where Start Art! former workshop participants will meet and discuss paintings in detail. Painting Analysis Club works as below:
• The Club will only have 12 participants who will meet 3 weeks on Wednesdays
• In every Club session (2 hours) we will discuss 4 artworks (every artwork 30 mins)
• The 12 artworks we will discuss in the Club will be chosen by the participants
• Every participant will choose one artwork by 20 December
• The artworks can be chosen from Renaissance to Contemporary Art and can include paintings, sculptures or any type of modern/contemporary arts.
• The list of artworks chosen will be shared with the participants before the Club starts
• In every Club session we will start with the person who chose that artwork. That person will tell the group why they chose that artwork, what they know and like about it, and anything else they’d like to share.
• Afterwards, we will have an open discussion as a group for every artwork.
Club Programme
Session No.1 – Discussion of 4 Artworks
Session No.2 – Discussion of 4 Artworks
Session No.3 – Discussion of 4 Artworks
The Paintings to be discussed will be announced on 22 December.
To Register for the Club:
– Fill the below form or Send an email to startartforbeginners@gmail.com
– Wait for the confirmation e-mail for registration
– Make the Payment 450 SEK for the Club via transfer to Bankgiro (771-8042)
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Modern Art III Workshop (6 weeks)
2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00
The “Modern Art III” Workshop covers the art periods and movements after World War II until Post-modernism (1945-1965). The Workshop will teach the participants how to look at Modern paintings from the “Postwar Modernism” period, understand the movements and analyse their visual qualities. The target of the Workshop is to develop participants’ skills to recognize the typical movements from 1945 to 1965. The Workshop is designed to be self-explanatory, the participants do not need to have any background in earlier/later periods of Modern Art. The Modern Art III Workshop will be composed of 6 lectures of 2 hours each and will be conducted in English.
Workshop Content:
Lecture 1 – Modern Art 1900-1945 Revisited / Modern Art 1945-1965 Characteristics / Organic Abstraction
Lecture 2 – Abstract Expressionism
Lecture 3 – Art Informel / CoBrA / Spatialism
Lecture 4 – Neo-Dada / Kinetic Art / Fluxus
Lecture 5 – Pop Art / Nouveau Réalisme
Lecture 6 – Post-Painterly Abstraction / Summary & Discussions
+ Fun Quizzes and Surprise Gifts
To Register for the Workshop:
– Fill the below form or Send an email to startartforbeginners@gmail.com
– Wait for the confirmation e-mail for registration
– Make the Payment 1100 SEK for the Whole Workshop via transfer to Bankgiro (771-8042)
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Workshop Programme*:
Lecture No.1 – 29 Oct 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00
Lecture No.2 – 5 Nov 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00
Lecture No.3 – 12 Nov 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00
Lecture No.4 – 3 Dec 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00
Lecture No.5 – 10 Dec 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00
Lecture No.6 – 17 Dec 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00
* Slight schedule changes might occur (1 week early/late lectures) with prior announcements
Note: The Workshop is limited to 20 participants. The rest of the Modern period (1900-1920 & 1920-1945) is covered in Modern Art I and II Workshops.

Modern Art II Workshop (6 weeks)
2025-09-10 18:00 - 20:00
The “Modern Art II” Workshop covers the art periods and movements between the two World Wars (1920-1945). The Workshop will teach the participants how to look at Modern paintings from the “Interwar Modernism” period, understand the movements and analyse their visual qualities. The target of the Workshop is to develop participants’ skills to recognize the typical movements from 1920 to 1945. The Workshop is designed to be self-explanatory, the participants do not need to have any background in earlier/later periods of Modern Art. The Modern Art II Workshop will be composed of 6 lectures of 2 hours each and will be conducted in English.
Workshop Content:Lecture 1 – Modern Art 1900-1920 Revisited / Modern Art 1920-1945 Characteristics / Bauhaus Lecture 2 – Precisionism / Art Deco / Interwar ClassicismLecture 3 – Neue Sachlichkeit / Magic RealismLecture 4 – SurrealismLecture 5 – Concrete Art / American Art Scene / RegionalismLecture 6 – Social Realism / Socialist Realism / Summary & Discussions+ Fun Quizzes and Surprise Gifts
To Register for the Workshop:– Fill the below form or Send an email to startartforbeginners@gmail.com– Wait for the confirmation e-mail for registration– Make the Payment 1100 SEK for the Whole Workshop via:* Transfer to Bankgiro (771-8042), or* Credit Card Payment
Pay by Credit Card
Name & SurnameEmailI have read and agreed to the Privacy Policy. Thank you! You will receive a confirmation email from Start Art! within the day.
Workshop Programme*:Lecture No.1 – 10 Sep 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00Lecture No.2 – 17 Sep 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00Lecture No.3 – 24 Sep 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00Lecture No.4 – 1 Oct 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00Lecture No.5 – 8 Oct 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00Lecture No.6 – 15 Oct 2025, Wed 18:00-20:00* Slight schedule changes might occur (1 week early/late lectures) with prior announcements
Note: The Workshop is limited to 20 participants. The rest of the Modern period (1900-1920 & 1945-1965) is covered in Modern Art I and III Workshops.
