Amazing Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum brings the far distant past to life with a real sense of the people who lived 4-5,000 years ago on this island and identifies personal stories through the intriguing artefacts which have been uncovered over time.
Beatrix Potter, author, artist and creator of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, Jeremy Fisher and many more characters, beloved by generations of children, has been given a charming exhibition , Drawn to Nature, at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Body Vessel Clay – an engaging exhibition of pottery and ceramic art and the creative work of Black women over the last 70 years. From the traditional weighty water jug made in Nigeria to expressive painted ceramics by contemporary artists living outside Africa, the inheritance of clay and its many uses is explored and celebrated at Two Temple Place.
Francis Bacon, Man and Beast, a fulsome exhibition of his visceral work opens at the Royal Academy, London.
Life Between Islands : Caribbean-British Art 1950s – now is on show at Tate Britain and it’s great. The people of the Caribbean diaspora have a clearly distinct culture; it’s fascinating seeing the work of artists from the 1950s, many of whom travelled and settled in the UK, who have brought the spirit and ethos of their heritage into British society. And we also see the work of their ‘children’ – inheritors of that geographical and social change – who have much to say about the contemporary life of black people in Britain.
Lubaina Himid creates beguiling and thoughful artworks which surprise the viewer with a very original style and glimpse of an inner life. A new show at Tate Modern shows just how versatile, intriguing and important an artist she is.
Glorious, gorgeous, exquisite and priceless. The Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution exhibition at the V&A is stunning. It feels surreal to stare through glass at jewels which are so perfect in design and craftsmanship but also bear witness to a turbulent and tragic time in 20th century history.
Peru: A Journey in Time at the British Museum. This new exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view objects and artefacts – some made two thousand years ago. The portraits are stunning, the fabrics are beautifully preserved and some of the stories which these objects tell shed light on a long-lost civilisation.
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