Visual arts
Light Show, Hayward GalleryFriday, 02 November 2012Until 20 April Light Show explores the experiential and phen omenalnature of light, bringing together sculptures and installations thatuse light to create specific conditions. The exhibition showcases artworkssince the 1960s in which light itself... Read more... |
Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British LibraryFriday, 02 November 2012The British Library explores one of the most powerful and splen did of all the world’s great dynasties with Mughal India: Art, Culture andEmpire, from 9 November 2012 to 2 April 2013. The ‘Great Mogul’ seate d on a jewel-encrusted throne is one of... Read more... |
Zeng Fanzhi, Gagosian GalleryFriday, 02 November 2012Until 19 January 2013 Zeng's aesthetic restlessness epitomiz es the evolution of Chinese contemporary art in the post-1989 era, grappli ng with local history and tradition in the face of external influence and a ccelerated change. Since the... Read more... |
Manet: Portraying Life, Royal AcademyFriday, 02 November 2012Until 14 April The first major exhibition in the UK to showcas e Édouard Manet’s portraiture. 'Manet: Portraying Life' will include over 5 0 paintings spanning the career of this archetypal modern artist together w ith a selection of pastels and... Read more... |
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gall eryFriday, 02 November 2012Until 17 February 2013 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrai t Prize presents the very best in contemporary portrait photography, showc asing the work of talented young photographers and gifted amateurs alongsid e that of established professionals... Read more... |
Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and the Making of Landscape, Roy al AcademyFriday, 02 November 2012Until 17 February 2013 his exhibition will present works by th e three towering figures of English landscape painting - John Constable RA , Thomas Gainsborough RA and JMW Turner RA - and will explore the developme nt of the British school of... Read more... |
A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance, Tate ModernFriday, 02 November 2012Until 1 April This exhibition will take a new look at the dy namic relationship between performance and painting since 1950. Contrastingkey paintings by Jackson Pollock and David Hockney, the exhibition consid ers two different approaches to the... Read more... |
Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos, Serpentine GalleryFriday, 02 November 2012Until 7 April 2013 For over thirty years Trockel has resiste d an identifiable style. Her practice encompasses knitted paintings and cer amics as well as complex installations involving zoological specimens and c ollections of artefacts produced by... Read more... |
Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present, National GalleryFriday, 02 November 2012The exhibition explores early photography from the mid-19th cen tury and the most exciting contemporary photographs, alongside historical painting. It takes a provocative look at how photographers use fine art tra ditions, including Old Master... Read more... |
Jonas Mekas, Serpentine GalleryFriday, 02 November 2012Until 27 January 2013 Film-maker, artist and poet Jonas Mek as (b.1922, Lithuania) is a leading figure of avant-garde and independent cinema. The Serpentine is proud to present an exhibition of the artist's fi lm, video and photographic works from... Read more... |
Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present, National GalleryFriday, 02 November 2012
"From today, painting is dead" was the forlorn conclusion of French painter Paul Delaroche on seeing a photograph for the first time in 1839. His gloomy prediction was premature, of course; more than 170 years on, the battle for supremacy is still... Read more... |
Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision, Courtauld GalleryTuesday, 30 October 2012
Sensing economic opportunity, the Dutch artist Peter Lely (1618-1680) emigrated in his early twenties to London, and was thus the right man in the right place. After the early death of Sir Anthony van Dyck, followed by the Englishman William Dobson... Read more... |
