Lates

The Art of Laughter

19 February 2026
5–8.30pm
£7.5

Join us in February for an evening of creativity, comedy, and culture.

Join us in February for an evening of creativity, comedy, and culture. Alongside a programme of workshops and tours, we’ll be joined by art historian and comedian Verity Babbs for her talk Art Laughs: Art History’s Funniest Bits – a hilarious and insightful journey through the wildest stories in art history, from feuds and scandals to jaw-dropping masterpieces. (Talk tickets sold separately – BOOK HERE).

There will also be a Library show and tell session, a curator’s tour of William Nicholson, drop-in life drawing with Wendy Barratt and a Studio drink and draw workshop (Drink and draw tickets sold separately – BOOK HERE).

5-6pm Library Show and Tell

6–7pm Art Laughs: Art History’s Funniest Bits with Verity Babbs (tickets sold separately)

6-8pm Drop-in Life Drawing with Wendy Barratt

6.30- 8pm Drink and Draw Studio workshop (tickets sold separately)

7.30-8pm Guided tour of our William Nicholson exhibition

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Pallant House Gallery

8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TJ
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