Exhibitions
OCTOBER’S FIVE BEST ART SHOWS
Alan Davie and David Hockney:
Early Works
19 October to 19 January 2020
Alan Davie’s first solo exhibition took place in
1958 in the Wakefield Art Gallery; in
attendance was a young David Hockney, then
a student at Bradford College of Art. Inspired
by Davie’s dismissal of figurative painting,
Hockney went on to develop his own gestural
work seeing the emergence of a colourful new
form of abstraction. This exhibition traces
parallels in the two artist’s early careers.
Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire
http://www.hepworthwakefield.orgCézanne at the Whitworth
Until 1 March 2020
Matisse and Picasso called Paul Cézanne “the father of us all”.
The esteemed draughtsman took inspiration from the Old
Masters whom he studied extensively, and this process of
reference and reflection forms the central theme of an exhibition
that delves into a collection of works on paper – the largest of its
kind in the UK – on long-term loan to the gallery.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.ukMaking a Masterpiece:
Bouts and Beyond
11 October to 26 January 2020
Centred around Dieric Bouts’ 15th-century
painting Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and
Child, this exhibition asks the question: what
does it take to make a masterpiece?
From conception to design, it considers the
different ways in which artists have worked to
share their ideas with the world, and how
modern masterpieces draw inspiration from
historic artworks with a particular focus on
the Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish art.
York Art Gallery, York
http://www.yorkartgallery.org.ukDAVID HOCKNEY,FLIGHT INTO ITALY - SWISS LANDSCAPE, 1962 © DAVID HOCKNEY. PHOTO: PRUDENCE CUMING ASSOCIATES. COLLECTION KUNSTPALAST, DUSSELDORFPAUL CÉZANNE,THE BATHERS© THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON