Art with the Experts

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I'm shortly going away for 6 weeks on a lecture tour of Australia, hence the long break and this exhibition will be over by the time I return at the end of September, but it is well worth catching before it closes on 7/9, or with me online afterwards.

Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting is the largest major museum exhibition in the UK dedicated to one of the world’s foremost contemporary painters.
Saville rose to prominence in the early 1990s, following her acclaimed degree show at the Glasgow School of Art. Since then, she has played a leading role in the reinvigoration of figurative painting – a genre that she continues to test today. Her unique ability to create visceral portraits from thick layers of paint reveals an artist with a deep passion for the process itself.
From charcoal drawings to large-scale oil paintings of the human form, this chronological display includes works that question the historical notions of female beauty, the monumental nudes that launched Saville to acclaim in 1992, and new works on display for the first time.
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting brings together 45 works made throughout the artist's career. It traces the development of her practice, spotlighting key artworks, and exploring her connection to art history. The exhibition was created in close collaboration with the artist. It brings together works from public and private collections worldwide.

As usual the talk will be available as a recording for 7 days after the event.

By popular demand, we return for another tour of The National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing reopened after 3 years of restoration.

The new interiors and hangs are stunning. The spaces are airy and light and its paintings glow like jewels against beautiful dark grey walls.
In this fully guided tour of this early part of the National Gallery collection, I will tell you of the curatorial decisions taken in the rehang and the story of how art evolved from the early Renaissance in Italy to the invention of oil paint in the Netherlands. We will admire works by Botticelli, Leonardo, Ucello, Piero della Francesca, Jan van Eyck and many others.
We will also stop at the unexpected contemporary piece specially commissioned from British artist Richard Long and created in situ at the top of the main staircase.