This wonderful survey of 20th century British portraiture brings together 85 works by William Orpen, Hilda Carline, Evelyn Dunbar, Winifred Knights, William Roberts, and Gilbert Spencer among others.
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Alice Neel – People Come First
Continuing to redress the imbalance between male and female artists, the Guggenheim Bilbao has chosen to mount the very first retrospective in Spain of American artist Alice Neel (1900–1984).
Read more…The Medicis: Portraits and Politics
Exploring some of the greatest Medici rulers of Florence through a series of portraits, this show spans just 58 years – from 1512 with the transformation of the city from a republic into a duchy – to 1570.
Read more…British Photography Awards
The charity roster of the British Photography Awards includes no less than eight wildlife and environmental groups.
Read more…Milton Avery
Despite his reputation as one of North America’s greatest 20th-century colourists, Milton Avery’s work has never been shown in Europe.
Read more…Raymond Briggs – A Retrospective
Raymond Briggs
The Bear | 1994 | Mixed media on paper
Internationally famous for books including Fungus the Bogeyman, The Snowman and When the Wind Blows, this is remarkably the first ever exhibition devoted to Raymond Briggs.
Read more…Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly in League with the Night
Lynette Yiadom-Bokaye
Condor and the Mole | 2011
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © Courtesy of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Black female artists are very belatedly enjoying huge amounts of exposure across the world and Yiadom-Bokaye is among those whose portraits and paintings have found favour.
Read more…Kandinsky
Vasily Kandinsky
Black Lines | 1913 | Oil on canvas
© Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
One of the foremost artistic innovators of the early 20th century, Vasily Kandinsky, is one of the great pioneers of abstractions.
Read more…The Loneliness of the Soul
Works by British artist Tracey Emin and Expressionist Edvard ‘the Scream’ Munch will be shown together at the Royal Academy this winter.
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