How to Enjoy London Art Galleries: Winter 2008
Temporary Shows at Royal Academy, Hayward, Queen's & Other Galleries
Nov 21, 2008
Andy Warhol and G. F. Watts, Van Eyck to Titian, Bruegel to Rubens, or Turner to Gauguin: London's art galleries are bursting with exciting exhibitions for Winter 2008
London's art galleries are offering a full and varied programme of exciting exhibitions for Winter 2008. To enjoy them at their best check the individual websites for times and dates. Some shows end immediately after New Year so don't miss them. Here are just some of the events taking place in the capital.
Courtauld Gallery
- Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from The Courtauld (until 25 January 2009). This is the first full display of The Courtauld Gallery’s collection of watercolours by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851).
Guildhall Art Gallery
- G. F. Watts: Victorian Visionary, Highlights from the Watts Gallery Collection (until 26 April 2009) looks at one of Britain’s Victorian artists, George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). A further exhibition of Watts' work is taking place at St. Paul's Cathedral (see below).
The Hayward Gallery
- Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms (until 18 January 2009). The Hayward Gallery has mounted its second exhibition taking a fresh look at Warhol's influence on popular culture in the 20th century.
National Gallery
- Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian (until 18 January 2009) presents Masters of Northern and Southern Europe including Arcimboldo, Holbein, Massys, Palma Vecchio, Tullio Lombardo and many others.
- The Simon Sainsbury Bequest to the National Gallery (until 1 February 2009). The exhibition includes Gauguin's Bowl of Fruit and Tankard before a Window and Monet's Snow Scene at Argenteuil and Water-Lilies, Setting Sun.
- Sisley in England and Wales (until 15 February 2009). Two groups of paintings by Alfred Sisley, one group painted in 1874 and a second group painted in 1897 are re-united for the first time.
National Portrait Gallery
- Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005 (until1 February 2009) features 150 photographs including many taken during editorial assignments plus personal photographs of her family and close friends.
Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
- Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting (until 26 April 2009. This exhibition features 51 masterpieces from the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries including the magnificent Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Royal Academy of Arts
- Miró, Calder, Giacometti and Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists (until 2 January 2009) presents 140 works by Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti and Georges Braque on loan from the Maeght Foundation.
- Peter Freeth RA: My Affair with Resin (until 22 February 2009). This exhibition of prints explores the unique process behind Freeth's work.
- Byzantium 330-1453 (until 22 March 2009). This outstanding exhibition highlights the splendours of the Byzantine Empire including the Riha Paten.
Royal Academy of Arts - 6 Burlington Gardens
- GSK Contemporary (until 19 January 2009). An exhibition of contemporary arts including live events and film screenings.
St Paul’s Cathedral
- G. F. Watts: Parables in Paint (1 December 2008 - 30 July 2009). This exhibition explores the religious and spiritual dimension of Watts’ art and how he underpins his sense of social responsibility.
Details of admission prices, opening hours, and the many public events linked to the exhibitions can be obtained from individual gallery websites.
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