Artists & Illustrators - April 2016_

10 Artists & Illustrators

Painting the Modern Garden

Until 20 April

Last chance to see Monet’s Agapanthus Triptych.

Royal Academy of Arts. http://www.royalacademy.org.uk

Botticelli Reimagined

5 March to 3 July

Interpreting the Italian’s ideas of beauty.

V&A, London. http://www.vam.ac.uk

ENGLAND – NORTH

Anthony Clark: Burning Belief

Until 1 May

Watercolours of European cathedrals.

Bowes Museum, Durham.

http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk

Tom Wood: New Work

Until 19 June

Fresh portraits from the popular Yorkshire artist.

Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate. http://www.harrogate.gov.uk

Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion

Until 5 June

Victorian art inspired by the Renaissance.

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

On the Surface

6 March to 18 December

Textured paintings, prints and tapestries.

Shipley Art Gallery, Newcastle.

http://www.shipleyartgallery.org.uk

David Jones: Vision and Memory

12 March to 5 June

Watercolourist with a lightness of touch.

Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham.

http://www.lakesidearts.org.uk

Bridget Riley: Venice and Beyond,

Paintings 1967-

Until 25 June

Early experiments in graphic colours.

Graves Gallery, Sheffield.

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

At Home

19 March to 5 June

Smaller works from the Arts Council Collection.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield. http://www.ysp.co.uk

ENGLAND – SOUTH

Impressionism: Capturing Life

Until 5 June

28 masterpieces by Degas, Renoir and co.

The Holburne Museum, Bath. http://www.holburne.org

Wu Lan-Chiann: Reflections

Until 15 May

Contemporary ink paintings by a Taiwanese master.

Museum of East Asian Art, Bath. http://www.meaa.org.uk

Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian

Wessex, 1900-

Until 12 June

The Dorset art colony featured in issue 361.

Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.

http://www.rwa.org.uk

1816: Prints by Turner, Goya and Cornelius

Until 31 July

Celebrating the Fitzwilliam’s founding year.

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Poetry in Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelite Art of

Marie Spartali Stillman

1 March to 5 June

The pioneering artist’s portraits and still lifes.

Watts Gallery, Guildford. http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk

LONDON

Painting Norway: Nikolai Astrup

Until 15 May

Rustic visions of Northern Europe.

Dulwich Picture Gallery.

http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

Astrazione Oggettiva: The Experience of Colour

13 April to 26 June

Abstract Italian paintings from the 1970s.

Estorick Collection. http://www.estorickcollection.com

Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics

Until 15 May

Illustrations by a host of female comic artists.

House of Illustration. http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk

Dutch Flowers

6 April to 29 August

Tulips abound in these classical still lifes.

National Gallery. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk

Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and

Tchaikovsky

17 March to 26 June

Famous faces from Moscow.

National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.org.uk

APRIL’S BEST ART SHOWS

EXHIBITIONS

Maria Merian’s

Butterflies

15 April to 9 October

In 1699, the 52-year-old artist

Maria Sibylla Merian sold the

contents of her Amsterdam

studio to fund an ambitious

two-year trip to the Dutch colony

of Suriname in South America.

She spent the next two years

creating sketches of flora and

fauna that she later adapted into

the groundbreaking plates for

her 1705 book, Metamorphosis

Insectorum Surinamensium.

King George III would acquire a

deluxe edition, which contained

the 50 sumptuous watercolours

collected here. Botanical

painters, prepare to swoon.

The Queen’s Gallery,

Buckingham Palace, London.

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk

ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST / © HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2016

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