The Art Exhibitions Blog

News and reviews of art exhibitions in Britain and Europe by @EddieBuckle and Lydia Lancaster. Now also at and on Threads

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When artist Betsy Smith moved back to the UK from France, she set her sights on staging an art gallery exhibition.
On the eve of her 96th birthday, her dream is becoming a reality.
Betsy Smith: Memory in Colour runs at Wolverhampton Art Gallery from Saturday.

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From the Anthony van Dyck exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genova, this is Mrs Howard (c. 1638-39, Private collection, Antwerp) - or possibly not; the inscription was added later. She may be expecting... Read about this stunning show on our blog: https://t.co/D9BxPWDUVL

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From the Anthony van Dyck exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genova, this is Mrs Howard (c. 1638-39, Private collection, Antwerp) - or possibly not; the inscription was added later. She may be expecting... Read about this stunning show on our blog: https://t.co/D9BxPWDUVL

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Female icons take centre stage in exhibitions in London this month with Frida Kahlo @Tate Modern and Marilyn Monroe @NPGLondon. These shows and more around Britain and Europe are featured in our June round-up: https://t.co/W60VZhTRcy

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Female icons take centre stage in exhibitions in London this month with Frida Kahlo @Tate Modern and Marilyn Monroe @NPGLondon. These shows and more around Britain and Europe are featured in our June round-up: https://t.co/W60VZhTRcy

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A detail from one of the most striking pictures in the Anthony van Dyck exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa: This is Alessandro, Vincenzo and Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo, c. 1626-27, @NationalGallery, London. Read about the show on our blog: https://t.co/D9BxPWDUVL

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A detail from one of the most striking pictures in the Anthony van Dyck exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa: This is Alessandro, Vincenzo and Francesco Maria Giustiniani Longo, c. 1626-27, @NationalGallery, London. Read about the show on our blog: https://t.co/D9BxPWDUVL

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New exhibitions this month in Rome, France - and Derby!
Metamorphoses @GallBorghese
Monet @MuMaLeHavre
Les Toilettes de Marthe @MuseeBonnard in Le Cannet
Joseph Wright @derbymuseums
These shows and more in our June preview: https://t.co/W60VZhTRcy

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New exhibitions in London in June include:
Frida Kahlo @Tate Modern
Marilyn Monroe @NPGLondon
Benton End @GardenMuseumLDN
The Sun & the Moon @saatchi_gallery
Anish Kapoor @haywardgallery
All these in our monthly preview: https://t.co/W60VZhTRcy

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New exhibitions in London in June include:
Frida Kahlo @Tate Modern
Marilyn Monroe @NPGLondon
Benton End @GardenMuseumLDN
The Sun & the Moon @saatchi_gallery
Anish Kapoor @haywardgallery
All these in our monthly preview: https://t.co/W60VZhTRcy

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Anthony van Dyck at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa: a superlative exhibition about a superlative painter. Read about the show on our blog at https://t.co/D9BxPWDUVL. This is Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, 1632 or 1633, Archbishopric of Olomouc, Czech Republic.

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Anthony van Dyck at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa: a superlative exhibition about a superlative painter. Read about the show on our blog at https://t.co/D9BxPWDUVL. This is Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, 1632 or 1633, Archbishopric of Olomouc, Czech Republic.

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Michaelina Wautier, painter. She was very, very good. Go and see her @royalacademy in London: https://t.co/YV6oArVPQw. This is her Self-Portrait, from about 1650, in a private collection.

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Michaelina Wautier, painter. She was very, very good. Go and see her @royalacademy in London: https://t.co/YV6oArVPQw. This is her Self-Portrait, from about 1650, in a private collection.

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Last chance to catch the German Impressionists at Museum Barberini in Potsdam, ending June 7. We saw the show @friederburda in Baden-Baden last year: https://t.co/s2XsIpzpTO. Pictured: Eva Stort, View from the Window (Schöneberg), 1890, David Ragusa Collection.

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Last chance to catch the German Impressionists at Museum Barberini in Potsdam, ending June 7. We saw the show @friederburda in Baden-Baden last year: https://t.co/s2XsIpzpTO. Pictured: Eva Stort, View from the Window (Schöneberg), 1890, David Ragusa Collection.

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Too bold to have been painted by a woman? Clearly not! The Triumph of Bacchus (c. 1655-59, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna) is the highlight of the Michaelina Wautier exhibition @royalacademy in London: https://t.co/YV6oArVPQw.

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Too bold to have been painted by a woman? Clearly not! The Triumph of Bacchus (c. 1655-59, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna) is the highlight of the Michaelina Wautier exhibition @royalacademy in London: https://t.co/YV6oArVPQw.

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The Michaelina Wautier exhibition @royalacademy in London shows stunning work by a painter long written out of art history: https://t.co/YV6oArVPQw. This is Smell from The Five Senses (1650, Rose-Marie and Eijk Van Otterloo Collection).

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The Michaelina Wautier exhibition @royalacademy in London shows stunning work by a painter long written out of art history: https://t.co/YV6oArVPQw. This is Smell from The Five Senses (1650, Rose-Marie and Eijk Van Otterloo Collection).