Artists & Illustrators - UK (2019-10)

Hogarth:PlaceandProgress

9 Octoberto5 January 2020

ThroughhisengravingsandpaintingsWilliam

Hogarthpresenteda twistedviewonsociety,

usinghisdarkwitto portraytheimmorality

hewitnessedin 17th-centuryBritain.

Thisexhibitionwillreuniteeightpaintings

in hisA Rake’sProgressseries,whichcharts

thedemiseof fictionalcharacter,Tom

Rakewell.Thestoryarcbeginsasheinherits

hisfather’sfortuneanddiscardshisfiancé,

takinghimdowna pathof debaucherythat

concludesnakedandinsanein Bedlam.

SirJohnSoaneMuseum,London

http://www.soane.org

Lucian Freud:

The Self-Portraits

27 Octoberto 26 January 2020

Onceaskedif hemadea good

modelforhisownpaintings,

LucianFreudresponded,“No,

I don’taccepttheinformation

thatI getwhenI lookat myself.”

Thisexhibitionbrings

togethermorethan 50

engrossingpaintingsand

drawingsfromoneof the20th

century’smostfamousportrait

artiststo providea fascinating

insightintoFreud’sbattleto

confronthisownimage.

RoyalAcademyof Arts,London

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk

© THE TRUSTEES OF SIR JOHN SOANE’S MUSEUM

LUCIAN FREUD,

REFLECTION (SELF-PORTRAIT)

, 1985. PRIVATE COLLECTION, ON LOAN TO THE

IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART © THE LUCIAN FREUD ARCHIVE / BRIDGEMAN IMAGES