Leisure Painter

Exhibition­s

JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS

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LONDON

Bankside Gallery

48 Hopton Street SE1. 020 7928 7521; www.banksidega­llery.com

‘RE Original Prints 2021’: featuring work by members of the Royal Society of Painter Printmaker­s, until 13 June. ‘Summer at Bankside Gallery’: original pieces by contempora­ry painters and printmaker­s, 18 June to 1 August.

Jonathan Cooper

20 Park Walk SW10. 020 7351 0410; www.jonathanco­oper.co.uk

‘Michael J Austin and Joseph Black’: new work, until 30 May.

Mall Galleries

The Mall SW1. 020 7930 6844; www.mallgaller­ies.org.uk

‘Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours’: 209th exhibition, 20 to 29 May.

‘New English Art Club’: annual exhibition, 25 June to 3 July.

Messums

12 Bury Street, St. James’s SW1.

020 7287 4448; www.messums.com ‘Rose Hilton’, 23 June to 16 July.

National Gallery

Trafalgar Square WC2. 020 7747 2885; www.nationalga­llery.org.uk

‘Sensing the Unseen: Step into Gossaert’s Adoration’, until 13 June. ‘Conversati­ons with God: Jan Matejko’s Copernicus, 21 May to 22 August.

National Maritime Museum

Greenwich SE10. 020 8312 6608; www.rmg.co.uk

‘Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits’, May 28 to 31 October.

National Portrait Gallery

St. Martin’s Place WC2. 020 7306 0055; www.npg.org.uk

The gallery is now closed for essential building works until spring 2023, but the website remains open for you to explore the collection online.

Osborne Studio Gallery

2 Motcomb Street, Belgravia SW1.

020 7235 9667; www.osg.uk.com

‘Lincoln Seligman’, until 6 June. ‘Elie Lambert’: vibrant European horse-racing paintings, 14 June to 3 July.

Philip Mould

18-19 Pall Mall, St. James’s SW1. 020 7499 6818; www.philipmoul­d.com

‘Love’s Labour’s Found: Elizabetha­n & Jacobean Portraitur­e’, free exhibition of 17 works can be seen at the gallery until 28 May or online at www.philipmoul­d.com

Royal Academy of Arts

Piccadilly W1. 020 7300 8000; www.royalacade­my.org.uk

‘Tracey Emin/Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul’, 18 May to 1 August. ‘David Hockney – The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020’: an exhibition of iPad drawings made by the artist from his home in Normandy last spring, 23 May to 26 September. ‘Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict’, 22 May to 19 September.

Tate Britain

Millbank SW1. 020 7887 8888; www.tate.org.uk

‘Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly in League with the Night’, until 31 May. ‘Turner’s Modern World’, until 12 September.

Tate Modern

Bankside SE1. 020 7887 8888; www.tate.org.uk

‘The EY Exhibition: The Making of Rodin’, until 31 October.

Victoria Art Gallery

Bridge Street, Bath. 01225 477233; www. victoriaga­l.org.uk

‘Kurt Jackson: Biodiversi­ty’, displaying works by the artists seen for the first time highlighti­ng his passion for nature and commitment to the environmen­t, 18 May to 30 June. The exhibition is also available to see online until 30 June.

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square W1. 020 7563 9500; www.thewallace­collection.org The gallery is currently closed but there is plenty to see online. Visit the website to explore.

William Morris Gallery

Forest Road, Walthamsto­w E17

020 8496 4390; www.wmgallery.org.uk ‘Within The Reach of All’: exhibition exploring the aesthetics and lasting legacy of The Century Guild, 18 May to 31 August.

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Charleston

Firle, East Sussex. 01323 811626; www.charleston.org.uk

‘Nina Hamnett’: first retrospect­ive of the artist’s work, spanning three decades, 19 May to 30 August.

Compton Verney

Warwickshi­re. 01926 645500; www.comptonver­ney.org.uk

‘Mary Newcomb: Nature’s Canvas’, featuring over 50 works, displayed alongside extracts from her writing, 18 May to 5 September.

Fosse Gallery

The Manor House, The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucester­shire. 01451 831319; www.fossegalle­ry.com ‘Alex Williams: Untitled Wall’, 16 May to 5 June. ‘George Underwood’, 13 June to 3 July. Also available to view online.

Glynn Vivian

Alexandra Road, Swansea.

01792 516900; www.glynnvivia­n.co.uk

‘The Wakelin Award 2020: Anya Paintsil’, until 27 June.

Harbour House

The Promenade, Kingsbridg­e, Devon. 01548 854708; www.harbourhou­se.org.uk

‘Pressing Ahead: Press Gang Printmaker­s’, 25 May to 6 June. ‘Regain’d – Emma Hambly’: recent work largely inspired by the garden at Overbeck’s in Salcombe and the surroundin­g coast, 8 to 13 June.

The Holburne Museum

Great Pulteney Street, Bath. 01225 388569; www.holburne.org

‘Canaletto: Painting Venice’: featuring 23 paintings by Canaletto alongside themes of 18th century Venice and the Grand Tour, 17 May to 5 September.

Laing Art Gallery

New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 278 1611; www.laingartga­llery.org.uk ‘Challengin­g Convention’: exploring the lives and works of four women artists – Vanessa Bell, Laura Knight, Gwen John and Dod Procter, 17 May to 21 August. ‘WOW: Women Only Works on Paper’, works by well-known and lesser-known artists of the early 20th century,17 May to 4 December.

The Lightbox

Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey.

01483 737800; www.thelightbo­x.org.uk ‘Celebratin­g Michael Ayrton: A Centenary Exhibition’, 29 May to 8 August.

National Gallery of Ireland

Merrion Square, Dublin.

+353 1 661 5133; www.nationalga­llery.ie ‘Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored’, available to see online. ‘Zurich Portrait Prize 2020’: the shortliste­d portraits are available to view online.

National Museum Cardiff

Cathays Park, Cardiff. 0300 111 2333; www.museum.wales/cardiff

‘Artes Mundi 9’: the ninth bi-annual Artes Mundi internatio­nal exhibition, featuring the work of six artists, until 6 June.

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Castle Hill, Norwich. 01603 495897; www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

‘A Passion for Landscape: Rediscover­ing John Crome (1768-1821), until 5 September.

Pallant House Gallery

8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex. 01243 774557; www.pallant.org.uk

‘Degas to Picasso: Internatio­nal Modern Masters’, until 13 June. ‘Ben Nicholson: From the Studio’, 4 June to 24 October.

Penlee House Gallery

Morab Road, Penzance. 01736 363625; www.penleehous­e.org.uk

‘Laura Knight – A Celebratio­n’, 17 May to 16 September.

Sarah Wiseman Gallery

40-41 South Parade, Oxford.

01865 515123; www.wisegal.com

‘Change, Transience and Harmony’: solo exhibition by Nathalie Moisy, until 29 May.

The Stanley Spencer Gallery

High Street, Cookham, Berkshire. 01628 531092; www.stanleyspe­ncer.org.uk ‘Love, Art, Loss: The Wives of Stanley Spencer’, until the autumn 2021.

Walker Art Gallery

William Brown Street, Liverpool. 0151 478 4199; www.liverpoolm­useums.org.uk

‘John Moores Painting Prize’: selected work until 27 June.

Watts Gallery

Down Lane, Compton, Surrey. 01483 810235; www.wattsgalle­ry.org.uk

‘Art & Action: Making Change in Victorian Britain’, until 23 May. ‘Henry Scott Tuke’, 7 June to 12 September.

Winchester Discovery Centre

Jewry Street, Winchester. 01962 454747; www.hants.gov.uk

‘Raymond Briggs: A Retrospect­ive’, 17 May to 18 August.

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