by With the changing of the seasons, London’s many galleries and museums are also being reorganized. From a fascinating Chanel retrospective to a gorgeous study of Holbein portraits, there’s plenty of art to enjoy this winter.
A world in common: contemporary African photography
Bringing together a group of artists from different generations, this exhibition addresses how photography, film, audio and more have been used to reimagine Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives, exploring the many ways images travel to through stories and geographies through themes of spirituality, identity. , urban planning and climate emergency.
Tate Modernuntil January 14
Capturing the moment
A unique opportunity to explore how some of the greatest modern painters and photographers of our time worked together using two different mediums, this exhibition brings together important works from the Tate Collection and the Yageo Foundation Collection spanning the last 100 years, and the work by 39 artists, from Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Alice Neel, to Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Wall, Louise Lawler and Candida Höfer.
Tate Modernuntil January 28
Diva
From the opera goddesses of the Victorian era to the global megastars of today, this show will celebrate the power and creativity of iconic artists, exploring and redefining what it means to be a diva and how this has been subverted or embraced throughout the ages. time in opera, the stage, popular music and cinema. Featuring fashion, photography, design, costumes, music and live performances, it looks at how the artist has intersected with society and driven change through his voice and his art.
VIRGINIA, to April 7
The first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the work of French couturier Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel will chart the evolution of her iconic design style, from opening her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to showing her final collection in 1971. Featuring 180 looks, seen together for the first time, plus jewellery, accessories, cosmetics and perfumes, the exhibition will explore Chanel’s pioneering approach to fashion design, which paved the way for a new feminine elegance and continues to influence the way of dressing today’s women.
VIRGINIAuntil February 25
Marina Abramova
The Serbian artist’s first major survey in the UK brings together more than 50 works spanning her entire career, including performance works within galleries. Explore how Abramović has reflected on the temporal nature of performance art by extending its impact through her traces: photographs, videos, objects, installations, and re-performances of her works by young performers. She is crazy and you shouldn’t miss it.
royal academyto January 1
sarah lucas
One of the most enduring artists of the YBA era, Sarah Lucas is internationally recognized for her bold, daring and provocative use of materials and images. Using ordinary objects in unexpected ways, she has consistently challenged our understanding of sex, class and gender for the past four decades.
Tate Great Britainuntil January 14
Deception has always been used in times of war to gain advantage over the enemy and protect our secrets. But in the gray area between war and peace, is deception acceptable? And should we spy on both our friends and our enemies? This major exhibition at IWM London looks at the tricks, decoys and espionage that make up the secret world of deception.
Imperial War Museum, until April 14
Felipe Guston
Finally comes the long-awaited studio show from the celebrated American abstractionist, exploring how his paintings, which moved from the abstract to the almost cartoonish (and occasionally nightmarish) social and political uprisings of the late 1960s, brought together the personal and the political. the abstract and the figurative, the humorous and the tragic.
Tate Modernuntil February 25
RE/SISTERS
This important group exhibition, which one hopes is done with a deft touch, explores the relationship between gender and ecology, highlighting the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet.
Barbicanuntil January 14
This comprehensive survey of the work of the internationally renowned artist and photographer will include works produced over the past five decades and feature selections from all of Sugimoto’s major photographic series, as well as lesser-known works that illuminate his innovative and conceptually driven approach to taking photos.
Hayward Galleryuntil January 7
Women in rebellion!
The first of its kind, this important study of the work of over 100 women artists working in the UK between 1970 and 1990 will focus on a wide range of artists and media to explore and reflect on themes and events such as the Women’s Lib movement , the fight for legal change, maternal and domestic experiences, Rock Against Racism, Greenham Common and the peace movement, the visibility of black and South Asian women artists, Section 28 and the AIDS pandemic.
Tate Great Britainuntil April 7
Blavatnik Imperial War Museum Art, film and photography galleries
The new Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries will explore how artists, photographers and filmmakers together bear witness, document and tell the story of the conflict, and demonstrate how artistic interpretation can uniquely shape our understanding of war. The new acquisitions will be displayed alongside renowned works from IWM’s existing collection, including John Singer Sargent’s Gassed, Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old and Steve McQueen’s Queen and Country.
Imperial War Museumnow open
Impressionists on paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec
In the maelstrom of modernity that was late 19th-century France, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists radically transformed what we consider art and, in the process, elevated the status of works on paper from something preparatory to be left in a studio. or discarded, to works of art in their own right. This exhibition features around 70 works on paper by prominent artists whose innovation would change art forever.
royal academyuntil March 10
Holbein at the Tudor court
This promises to be an impressive display of one of the most important surviving collections of Hans Holbein’s work, including drawings, paintings, miniatures and book illustrations, to explore the artist’s career and the lives of those who commissioned portraits from him. , from Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn to Thomas More and the young Elizabeth I. Queen’s GalleryBuckingham Palace, until April 14
