Exhibitions

The Best Art Shows To Visit From August Onwards

GWEN JOHN: ART AND LIFE IN LONDON AND PARIS

21 October 2023 to 14 April 2024

The Holburne Museum, Bath, is presenting a major exhibition, Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris in partnership with Pallant House Gallery, the first retrospective of the artist Gwen John (1876–1939) in 20 years.

While the critically acclaimed show at Pallant House chronologically traces Gwen John’s 40-year career, placing her art in relation to the two cities where she chose to live and work, the Holburne show will also focus on the intense intimacy of the artist’s late work.

As well as many of Gwen John’s major paintings, the exhibition in Bath will introduce a significant number of her small works on paper, mostly from private collections and rarely seen in public. These tiny works demonstrate the artist’s fascination with the intimate minutiae of everyday life as well as with the mechanics of painting. Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney St, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4DB. holburne.org

WAVE: CURRENTS IN JAPANESE GRAPHIC ARTS

Until 22 October 2023

Discover the vibrancy and variety of Japanese graphic arts at WAVE: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts. Curated by artists Hiro Sugiyama and Takahashi Kintarō, the exhibition presents the work of 60 of Japan’s most significant graphic artists today, introducing many of them to the UK for the first time. WAVE offers UK audiences a rare opportunity to fully experience the diversity of expression within Japanese graphic arts. Japan House Gallery, 101-111 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5SA. japanhouselondon.uk

Three Generations Of The Hilton Family

26 September to 5 October 2023

An exhibition of work across three generations of painters in the Hilton family has works spanning from Roger Hilton’s gouaches of the 70s, his son Bo Hilton’s abstract oil paintings and his grandson Jack Hilton’s explorations of history in figuration.

2 Blenheim Crescent, Notting Hill, London, W11 1NN. jackhilton.co.uk

TURNER AND BONINGTON: WATERCOLOURS FROM THE WALLACE COLLECTION

20 September 2023 to 21 April 2024

The Wallace Collection invites visitors to embark on a journey –from the rugged Yorkshire Dales to the grandeur of Venice. This odyssey is undertaken through a one-room exhibition of watercolour landscapes by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828), the first time the works have been on display for 17 years. The show brings together 10 works by the two artists: with four views of Yorkshire by Turner and five scenes of Normandy and Venice by Bonington.

The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN. wallacecollection.org

Ashmolean Now

Until 14 January 2024

The Ashmolean Museum’s renowned historical collections are the inspiration for two contemporary artists. The two simultaneous exhibitions feature paintings by critically acclaimed British artists Flora Yukhnovich and Daniel Crews-Chubb. The shows open the Ashmolean’s new exhibition series Ashmolean NOW, in which UK-based contemporary artists are invited to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s collections. Yukhnovich has created a powerful series of dramatic paintings featuring intense tones.

Crews-Chubb’s abstracted works are created through a laborious process of addition and revision. The result is energetic, textured paintings with a 3D quality. Despite stylistic differences, the work of both artists links inspirations from art history with a contemporary painterly language. Gallery 8, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH. ashmolean.org

The Crow Flies

6 to 10 September 2023

A series of new large-scale paintings co-created by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke will be presented by TIN MAN ART in a two-part exhibition at Cromwell Place, the first of which is from 6 to 10 September, with a follow-up at the end of the year (from 6 to 10 December). The Crow Flies marks an important moment in the duo’s 30-year association, with a series of artworks that were made by both artists literally side-byside, painting at the same time. Tin Man Art Gallery, 4 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE. tinmanart.com