Cinema d'Arte - The Duke In-Person
APEX Arts League and Southlake Public Library will begin their new season of Cinema d'Arte, with a showing of The Duke. This film event is for adults ages 21 & better and will be shown in the Legends Hall Ballroom. Light appetizers, dessert treats, and beverages, including wine, will be served.
Synopsis:
THE DUKE is set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage.
- Date:
- Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Location:
- Legends Hall at The Marq Southlake
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Arts and Culture