Exhibitions
JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS
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.