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Discuss art, life, culture and creativity at the monthly Members Book Club. From January to May, titles on the reading list will connect to ideas presented in the exhibition ‘Air’.

À Rebours (Against Nature) (1884) by Joris-Karl Huysmans

• Session 1: 10.30am, Thu 20 Apr | Members Lounge, QAG
• Session 2: 3.00pm, Sat 29 Apr | Members Lounge, QAG

A celebration of vanity, sensual abandon, and the aesthetics of artifice, Against Nature brings us the nineteenth-century rebel Jean Des Esseintes — disaffected, degenerate, and art obsessed. The last of a noble family, Des Esseintes retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. His aesthetic pilgrimage has served as the guidebook to decadence for over a century, inspiring writers from Oscar Wilde to Michel Houellebecq.

Ticket includes light refreshments. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store.

January–May reading list

• Cloud Cuckoo Land (2021) by Anthony Doerr

• Swallow the Air (2021) by Tara June Winch

• Into Thin Air (1997) by Jon Krakauer

• Against Nature (À rebours) (1884) by Joris Huysmans

• Flights (2007) by Olga Tokarczuk

Cancellation & Refund Policy

We understand that plans change and we always do our best to accommodate cancellation requests; however, last minute cancellations significantly impact our resourcing and the costs of running our Members events.

Ticketholders must provide 2 day's notice of cancellation to be eligible for a refund. Within 24 hours of the event date, ticket holders may request to transfer their payment to another Members event. No-shows cannot be refunded or transferred.