Exhibitions
GALLERY OPENING TIMES AND EXHIBITION DATES CAN VARY; IF IN DOUBT PHONE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
LONDON
Bankside Gallery
48 Hopton Street SE1.
☎ 020 7928 7521 www.banksidegallery.com Chelsea Physic Garden: A Year in the Life;
August 12 to 30. September Showcase; original works by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, September 3 to 26.
Chris Beetles
8 & 10 Ryder Street SW1. ☎ 020 7839 7551 www.chrisbeetles.com Summer Show; until August 31.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road SE21.
☎ 020 8693 5254; www. dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk Helen Frankenthaler; woodcuts, September 15 to April 17, 2022.
Mall Galleries
The Mall SW1.
☎ 020 7930 6844 www.mallgalleries.org.uk Figurative Art Now; new online figurative art prize from the Federation of British Artists, featuring work chosen from open selection, until September 20 (see pages 12 and 13).
Royal Society of Marine Artists; annual exhibition, September 30 to October 10.
National Gallery Trafalgar Square WC2.
☎ 020 7747 2885 www.nationalgallery.org.uk Conversations with God: Jan Matejko’s Copernicus; until August 22.
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich SE10.
☎ 020 8312 6608 www.rmg.co.uk
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits; until October 31.
Royal Academy of Arts
Piccadilly W1.
020 7300 8000 www.royalacademy.org.uk
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David Hockney – The Arrival of Spring,
Normandy, 2020; until September 26. Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict; until September 19.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition; September 22 to January 2, 2022.
Tate Britain
Millbank SW1.
☎ 020 7887 8888 www.tate.org.uk Turner’s Modern World; until September 12. Paula Rego; retrospective, until October 24.
Tate Modern Bankside SE1.
☎ 020 7887 8888 www.tate.org.uk
The EY Exhibition: The Making of Rodin; until October 31.
William Morris Gallery Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow E17.
☎ 020 8496 4390 www.wmgallery.org.uk Within the Reach of All;
exploring the aesthetics and legacy of The Century Guild – an association of artists, designers and craftspeople, until August 31.
REGIONS AYLESBURY
Waddesdon Manor Buckinghamshire.
☎ 01296 820141 www.waddesdon.org Gustave Moreau: The Fables; featuring 34 watercolours created by the artist between 1879 and 1885, until October 17.
BATH
The Holburne Museum Great Pulteney Street.
☎ 01225388569 www.holburne.org Canaletto: Painting Venice; until September 5.
Victoria Art Gallery Bridge Street.
☎ 01225 477244 www.victoriagal.org.uk Freud, Minton, Ryan: Unholy Trinity; celebrating the life of Adrian Ryan and his friends, John Minton and Lucian Freud, until September 19.
CHICHESTER
Pallant House Gallery 8-9 North Pallant.
☎ 01243 774557 www.pallant.org.uk
Ben Nicholson:
From the Studio; until October 24.
Masterpieces in Miniature: The 2021 Model Art Gallery; featuring original miniature artworks from over 30 leading contemporary British artists, until Spring 2022..
COMPTON VERNEY
Compton Verney Warwickshire.
☎ 01926 645500 www.comptonverney.org.uk
Mary Newcomb: Nature’s Canvas; until September 15.
COOKHAM
The Stanley Spencer Gallery
High Street.
☎ 01628 531092 www.stanleyspencer.org.uk Love, Art, Loss: The Wives of Stanley Spencer; until the autumn 2021.
FIRLE
Charleston
East Sussex.
☎ 01323 811626 www.charleston.org.uk Nina Hamnett; until August 30.
Lisa Brice; new works on paper, until August 30.
GUILDFORD
Watts Gallery
Down Lane, Compton. ☎ 01483 810235 www.wattsgallery.org.uk Henry Scott Tuke;
exploring the life and art of the British painter, until September 12.
An Artistic Aviary; paintings, prints, sculpture and crafts by contemporary artists inspired by birds, until September 12.
KENDAL
Abbot Hall Art Gallery Kirkland.
☎ 01539 722464 www.abbothall.org.uk House of the Setting Sun; exploring the legacy of artistic exchange between Britain and Japan, until October 10.
KINGSBRIDGE
Harbour House
The Promenade.
☎ 01548 854708 www.harbourhouse.org.uk Sea, Sky, Sirens, Marigolds and Covid Corner; new work by Rosie Burns, August 24 to September 5.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Laing Art Gallery
New Bridge Street.
☎ 0191 278 1611 www.laingartgallery.org.uk Changing Convention; works by four women artists – Vanessa Bell, Laura Knight, Gwen John and Dod Procter, until August 21.
WOW: Women Only Works on Paper; artists of the early 20th century, until December 4.
NOTTINGHAM
Patchings Art Centre Oxton Road, Calverton.
☎ 0115 965 3479 www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk TALPOpen Exhibition; work selected from the annual open exhibition,
featuring amateur painters in the Leisure Painter category and more experienced artists in The Artist category, August 21 to September 26. See page 11.
OXFORD
Sarah Wiseman Gallery 40-41 South Parade, Summertown.
☎ 01865 515123 www.wisegal.com
Sarah Spackman: Drawing in Colour; solo exhibition, September 11 to October 2.
PENZANCE
Penlee House Gallery Morab Road.
☎ 01736 363625 www.penleehouse.org.uk Laura Knight – A Celebration; until September 16.
STOW ON THE WOLD
Fosse Gallery
The Manor House, The Square. ☎ 01451 831319; www.fossegallery.com Mixed Summer Exhibition; until August 31. Perspectives; new work by Michael de Bono and Mike Jones, September 5 to 25.
TOTNES
Birdwood House Gallery
48 High Street. www.birdwoodhouse.org.uk Figurations 21; featuring work by Veronica Moran and Clare Pumfrey, August 29 to September 4.
WOKING
The Lightbox Chobham Road.
☎ 01483 737800 www.thelightbox.org.uk Lines of Beauty: Master Drawings from Chatsworth; featuring over 60 Old Master drawings from the Devonshire Collections, August 21 to December 5.
YORK
York Art Gallery Exhibition Square.
☎ 01904 687687 www.yorkartgallery.org.uk Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years; touring exhibition featuring works made between 1982 and 1994, until September 5.