Every few years Tate Britain finds a way to link an , or group of Impressionist painters, to Britain as an excuse to hold an exhibition of Impressionist work. Why? Because, such is the popularity of the Impressionists, that it all but guarantees a sell out show and the sale of tons of merchandise, thus…
Category: Exhibitions
Sorolla at the National Gallery ★★★★★
Sorolla – Spanish Master of Light, is the spring’s major exhibition at the National Gallery and the first in a series of Spanish themed exhibitions. Not so well known in the UK today (only one of his major works is in a UK public gallery, the National Portrait Gallery), this is the first exhibition of…
Boilly - Scenes of Parisian Life ★★★★★
Room One of the National Gallery is continuing its run of small well-crafted free exhibitions with the work of the French artist Louis-Leopold Boilly, the first ever UK exhibition devoted to him. Little known in the UK, Boilly was born in 1761 in Lille and moved to Paris in 1785 to paint. He lived through…
Bill Viola / Michelangelo - Life Birth Rebirth at the RA ★★
This immersive video exhibition brings together the work of American artist Bill Viola and the captivating and delicate drawings of the great renaissance artist Michelangelo. Bill Viola has used his work to explore cultures and the core human concern of life and death and our journey between them. This exhibition found its roots at Windsor…
The Monarch, Lion & Unicorn - Scottish Identity at the National Gallery
Sir Edwin Landseer’s The Monarch of the Glen is one of the most famous and iconic images of Scotland and the Highlands (and whisky). For the first time since it’s painting in 1851, this resplendent painting is on display in the National Gallery before it returns to Scotland in February 2019. Commissioned for the Houses…
Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
The Embankment Gallery of Somerset House is playing host to a landmark exhibition on Peanuts exploring not just the comic strip and but the ways it has come to infiltrate popular culture. It is a mark of the unquestionable impact of, and love for, Snoopy (and his fellow Peanuts), that no other comic strip character…