'Norham Castle, Sunrise' (1845), Joseph Mallord William Turner
Let's say goodbye to 2020 with some art. And why not, let's do it in London, where Joseph Mallord William Turner , one of the best landscape designers in history, will be the protagonist of one of the scheduled exhibitions for this fall by Tate Britain.
Turner's Modern World, which will take place from October 28 to March 7 , is the name of the sample that will fully immerse us in the industrial Revolution through works that capture Turner's fascination with the new developments of the time.
'Rain, Steam and Speed', Joseph Mallord William Turner (1844)
It was in 1790 -just a year after his admission to the Royal Academy of Arts- when Turner first observed the effects of modern life and, unlike many other artists - who ignored the changes - he decided transform your style to better capture the essence of this new world.
Such was his excellence that that same year one of his watercolors was chosen to be part of the Royal Academy 'Summer Exhibition' -where he exhibited regularly throughout his life-. On the other hand, his first oil painting of him, fishermen in the sea , was exhibited in 1796.
His mentor was the painter Thomas Girtin , who taught him the watercolor technique -and how to play with light through its different shades- and with whom he colored sheets to illustrate travel books. **
Turner had a great traveling interest, which led him to visit Europe on several occasions. The first was in 1802 , when he spent a season in France -studying at the Louvre- and Switzerland. Venice and Rome were other destinations that conquered Turner, who, as he grew older, created pieces that revealed his eccentricity.
'Fishermen at Sea' (1796), Joseph Mallord William Turner
His last exhibition at the Royal Academy was in 1850 , a year before his death in the city of London, where, starting in October, Turner's Modern World will once again enthrall everyone who sets foot in Tate Britain.
This exhibition will not only allow us to delight ourselves with the careful brushstrokes of his famous paintings of steamboats and railway locomotives of the 1840s, but thanks to it we can also understand the artist's great commitment to the political and social reforms , as well as to contemplate the events of this nature that marked his life: see the napoleonic war , the Reform Act of 1832 or the campaign against slavery.
'The Burning of the Houses of Parliament' (1834-5), Joseph Mallord William Turner
The “Temerario” towed to its last berth for scrapping (1839) or Rain, steam and speed. The Great Western Railway (1844) are just some of the relics that will give life to this historic and essential exhibition organized by Tate Britain in collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum (Texas) and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
AND MORE ART...
Tracey Emin or Andy Warhol are some of the renowned authors who will be part of the british art scene that has just restarted after a few months on stand-by and which we can enjoy until the end of the year. Take note of the exhibitions that you should not miss if you plan to travel to Great Britain in the remainder of 2020 (or beyond).
LONDON: WARHOL AND EMIN
In addition to Joseph Mallord William Turner, Tate Britain will also welcome Lynette Yiadom-Boakye this fall. Her works have the figure as the central axis, often painted with spontaneous bursts and combined with poetic titles such as Tie The Temptress To The Trojans (2016) -translated as “tie the storm to the Trojan”-.
Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Marilyn Diptych, 1962. Tate, London; purchased 1980.
Eighty of his enigmatic Pictures, that the British artist creates using her own imagination, will be exhibited starting November 18.
In turn, lovers of pop art they will be able to soak up the colorful work of the great milestone of said artistic movement, Andy Warhol, at the Tate Modern until November 15.
On the other hand, those who walk through the halls of the V&A - the world's leading museum of art, design and performance - this fall, they will come across Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk: an exhibition that until October 25 presents the kimono as one of the great references of the textile universe both in Japan and in the rest of the world.
In addition, the program of this institution will also include From November (no confirmed dates, for the moment) Renaissance Watercolors, an exhibition that proposes for the first time the use of The water-color during the Renaissance as a fundamental technique for represent nature.
What about the Royal Academy? Well, for the first time in his 252 years of history , due to the health crisis, has been forced to postpone its famous 'Summer Exhibition' , which will make works by both renowned and emerging artists available to the public **from October 6 to January 3, 2021.**
'My bed' (1998), installation by Tracy Emin
This artistic temple has also adorned its walls since last August with a total of 60 pieces of impressionist artists of the size of Monet, Renoir and Gauguin in the framework of the exhibition Gauguin and the Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Ordrupgaard Collection.
Many of them have landed in Britain for the first time and will remain until October 18.
Also at the Royal Academy will take place Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul, an exhibition that was born with the aim of showing the passion that the 'enfant terrible' of British contemporary art feels for the works of the Norwegian painter, who, inevitably, has influenced his.
Finally, we cannot leave the capital of England without letting ourselves be conquered by Among the Trees, an exhibition that encourages visitors to delve into an artistic forest , made up of a selection media parts , until the 31 October. Where? At the Hayward Gallery, located in the art spaces complex Southbank Centre.
BEYOND LONDON: MOORE, SURREALISM and ART DECO
The Box, Britain's largest new multi-disciplinary arts and heritage centre, located in Plymouth , will open its doors (for free) on September 29th.
An essential? His wonderful exhibit Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy, created in collaboration with the Wampanoag Advisory Committee, will commemorate the 400 years since the Mayflower's first voyage from Plymouth to America.
One of the works of Abel Rodríguez
Those planning a stay in the North East of England should make a stop at the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art.
The first individual exhibition of Abel Rodríguez, an elderly Nonuya originally from the Cahuinarí river region, in the Colombian Amazon , is reason enough to write the visit on the list of experiences to live before November 8 in Newcastle.
In this same city, from October the 17th we will also find Art Deco by the Sea. This exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery will invite us to reflect on the relationship between the art deco movement and british seaside culture during the 1920s and 1930s.
To continue soaking up art, we head west. In Liverpool, where the Walker Art Gallery stands, hides a fascinating retrospective of the photo work by Linda McCartney which will remain until November 1st.
This amazing collection of more than 200 images , revealing iconic moments from the 1960s music scene -like the iconic Beatlemania-, will not leave any music lover indifferent.
On the other hand, in Yorkshire, Bill Brandt / Henry Moore will also win over photography lovers. On display at the Hepworth Wakefield until November 1st , Bill Brandt / Henry Moore shows how the paths of these two great milestones of modern sculpture and photography.
'Bill Brandt, Nude, East Sussex Coast. Gelatin silver print' (1960)
To enjoy a cultural stay in Edinburgh, check out these two proposals from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Beyond Realism, an exhibition that immerses us in surrealism and dadaism (until October 25); and the first (and dazzling) major exhibition of the visual artist Katie Paterson in Scotland, which will remain until January.
The artistic renaissance in Wales comes from the hand of the Oriel Davies Gallery (Newtown), where until the end of November we can see Melvyn Evans: Imprinting the Landscape, a collection of works by one of the best engravers in Great Britain; and the Mostyn Art Gallery (Llandudno), where Riot of Objects' by Kiki Kogelnik and 'Cain and Abel Can't and Able by Athena Papadopoulos have spread until the November 1st.
Each museum and art gallery will have various measures that adjust to the new normality, among them, strict time slots , so it is advisable to **go with prior reservation. **
'Totality' (2016), Katie Paterson