Exhibitions

Augustus John

& the First Crisis of Brilliance 26 Apr - 13 Jul 2024 Piano Nobile The exhibition Augustus John and the First Crisis of Brilliance delves into the early works of one of the most important British artists of the 20th century, Augustus John (1878-1961), and examines why he was heralded as the ‘saviour’ of British painting at such a young age.
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R B Kitaj

London to Los Angeles 25 Oct 2023 - 26 Jan 2024 Piano Nobile R.B. Kitaj: London to Los Angeles was the first retrospective of the artist’s work in a decade. It provided a chronological overview of Kitaj's career, exploring the relationship between his art and the places he lived. Although he travelled widely, spending seasons and sometimes whole years in California, Catalonia, Paris... Read more

A Celebration of Portraiture

Twentieth-Century Britain 5 Jun - 31 Jul 2023 Piano Nobile A Celebration of Portraiture
Portraits from Twentieth-Century Britain
An exhibition in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery
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Drawn to Paper

Giacometti to Hockney 16 Mar - 12 May 2023 Piano Nobile Since the Renaissance, blank sheets of paper have been an important creative motor in Western art. They provide a neutral space, ideally suited for both effortless jeux d’esprit and hard-won accumulative mark making. The elementary act of putting pen to paper is one of the few constant factors that connects... Read more

Jean Cooke

Seascapes & Chalk Caves 3 Mar - 10 May 2023 Piano Nobile When painting in Sussex, Jean Cooke wrapped herself in the forces of nature. Her pictures of beach, cliff and sea were made over a forty-year period from 1965 until her death, and each one shows her awareness of ‘the wind always blowing, the light changing, the tide going in or... Read more