Exhibitions

SEPTEMBER’S BEST ART SHOWS

EARTHBOUND: CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPES FROM THE ROBERTS INSTITUTE OF ART Until 31 October With the climate emergency looming large, many of us have had to adjust our relationship with the planet. One way to explore our changing connection to the environment is, of course, through art – and we can now take inspiration thanks to this curation of work, spanning from landscape paintings to sculptural installations. Renowned artists with work on show include painter Cyprien Gaillard and “land artist” Sir Richard Long RA. Millennium Gallery, Sheffield. www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

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MIXING IT UP: PAINTING TODAY 9 September to 12 December What constitutes a successful work of art has been debated for centuries. If you’re in agreement that a painting should make you ponder, this collection of work from three generations of UK-based artists is a must see. Each has been chosen for its ability to spark the imagination and land at an interpretation. Let the speculative thinking and unexpected conversations begin. Southbank Centre, London. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

© KUDZANAI-VIOLET HWAMI. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND VICTORIA MIRO SICKERT: A LIFE IN ART 18 September to 27 February 2022 They say you should never meet your heroes, but Walter Sickert did just that in 1882 when he became the apprentice of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. After absorbing his methods, the German-born Sickert went on to become one of Britain’s most important artists.

This retrospective of some 300 works demonstrates just how honestly he chronicled the world over six decades, capturing society as he saw it, which, at the time, was considered an extremely radical approach. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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INCOMING: NEW ACQUISITIONS 19 September to May 2023 Art galleries across the world continue to add to their collections, whether it be via donations, purchases or bequest. Putting their latest arrivals on show will be the City Art Centre, a move that helps fill in the gaps of Scotland’s history of visual arts, as well as introduce viewers to contemporary talents.

Featured artists include landscape painter Kate Downie and minimalist Alison Watt, alongside the Scottish all-rounder Ian Hamilton Finlay, famed for his art, poetry and gardening. City Art Centre, Edinburgh. www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk

© 2021 HELEN FRANKENTHALER FOUNDATION, INC./ARS, NY AND DACS, LONDON / TYLER GRAPHIC LTD., MOUNT KISCO, NY HELEN FRANKENTHALER: RADICAL BEAUTY 15 September to 17 April 2022 Like Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract artist who pioneered new ways to paint, yet found her male contemporaries took all the credit. Giving the New Yorker the attention she deserves, albeit 10 years after her death, is this showcase of her painterly and spontaneous woodcuts. The 38 prints (including Madame Butterfly [right], made with a staggering 102 colours) all showcase the artist’s typical “no rules” approach. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk