Entertainments Exhibitions

Exhibitions Listings for Winter 2017

Claude Monet: Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect 1903

NEWPORT STREET GALLERY
NEWPORT STREET
SE11 6AJ

Dan Colen: Sweet Liberty
To 21 January
Colen emerged onto the New York art scene in the early 2000s alongside artists such as Dash Snow and Ryan McGinley. Brilliantly witty, shocking, poignant and nihilistic, his art presents a portrait of contemporary America and is, in part, an investigation into the act of producing and looking at art.

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TATE BRITAIN
MILLBANK
SW1P 4RG

Rachel Whiteread: Untitled (One Hundred Spaces) 1995

Rachel Whiteread
To 28 January
One of Britain’s leading contemporary artists, Whiteread uses industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, resin, rubber and metal to cast everyday objects and architectural space. Her evocative sculptures range from the intimate to the monumental.

This momentous show tracks Whiteread’s career and brings together well-known works such as Untitled (100 Spaces) 1995 and Untitled (Staircase) 2001 alongside new pieces that have never been previously exhibited.

Art Now Marguerite Humeau: Echoes
To 15 April
Marguerite Humeau is a French artist living and working in London. Her research led process usually takes the form of large scale installations involving sound and sculpture in which she challenges key issues of the day using complex narratives that synthesise the past with the present.

Accompanied by the synthetic sound of Cleopatra’s ethereal voice, this hypnotic yellow environment devised from poisonous black mamba python venom, evokes Cleopatra’s death and acts as a reminder of nature’s lethal powers.

The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London
To 7 May
This exhibition presents captivating works by Monet, Tissot, Pissarro and their compatriots.

In the 1870s, France was devastated by the Franco-Prussian war and insurrection in Paris, driving artists to seek refuge across the Channel. Their experiences in London and the friendships that developed not only influenced their own work but also contributed to the British art scene.

The EY Exhibition: Impressionists in London, French Artists in Exile (1870 – 1904) is the first exhibition to map the connections between French and British artists, patrons and art dealers during a traumatic period in French history. Highlighting their engagement with British culture, traditions and social life, their art is a fascinating insight into how London was perceived by the visiting French artists and the remarkable works that came from their time here are not to be missed.
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TATE MODERN
BANKSIDE
SE1 9TG
020 7887 8888

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into The Future
To 28 January
The Kabakovs are amongst the most celebrated artists of their generation, widely known for their large-scale installations and use of fictional personas. Critiquing the conventions of art history and drawing upon the visual culture of the former Soviet Union – from dreary communal apartments to propaganda art and its highly optimistic depictions of Soviet life – their work addresses universal ideas of utopia and fantasy; hope and fear.

Coinciding with the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the exhibition Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future explores the role of the artist in society in uncertain times.

Adolf Strakhov: Emancipated Woman Build Socialism! 1926

Red Star Over Russia
A Revolution In Visual Culture 1905-55
To 18 February
A dramatic visual history of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1905 to the death of Stalin – seen through the eyes of artists, designers and photographers.

The core of this exhibition comes from the extraordinary collection of photographer and graphic designer David King (1943–2016). He started his collection of over 250,000 items relating to this period while working for The Sunday Times Magazine in the 1970s.

Modigliani
2 April
During his brief and turbulent life Modigliani developed a unique and instantly recognisable pictorial style. Though meeting little success during their time, his emotionally intense portraits and seductive nudes are now among the best-loved paintings of the 20th century.

Modigliani’s nudes are a highlight of the exhibition – with 12 nudes on display, this is the largest group ever reunited in the UK. These sensuous works proved controversial when they were first shown in 1917, leading police to censor his only ever solo exhibition on the grounds of indecency.

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LONDON GLASSBLOWING
62 – 66 BERMONDSEY STREET
SE1 3UD
020 7403 2800

An Eclectic Christmas
To 23 December
An Eclectic Christmas will feature light and airy kilnformed glass vessels by Amanda Simmons, Stephen Foster‘s intricate rockpool pieces, as well as charming flameworked ornaments by Philip Vallentin. Along with other unforgettable gift ideas like the cheeky cast mice by Morag Reekie, which have captured the hearts of many collectors, while Ruth Shelley‘s geometric kilnformed vessels were lauded at the recent British Glass Biennale. Elegant blown lights by Jonathan Rogers, will also be on display, a new body of work from the maker.


	
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