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Viewing Old Masters, Modern Masters: Drawings from the Hussey Bequest

The Wick Culture - Paul Nash, Wittenham, 1935

Above Paul Nash, Wittenham, 1935

The Wick Culture - John Piper, Chichester Cathedral from the Deanery, 1975

Above John Piper, Chichester Cathedral from the Deanery, 1975

The Wick Culture - John Scarlett Davis, Interior of St. Sulpice, Paris, 1836

Above John Scarlett Davis, Interior of St. Sulpice, Paris, 1836

Above Paul Nash, Wittenham, 1935

Above John Piper, Chichester Cathedral from the Deanery, 1975

Above John Scarlett Davis, Interior of St. Sulpice, Paris, 1836

12 January — 10 April 2022
Pallant House, Chichester
https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/old-masters-modern-masters/

In celebration of its 40th anniversary in 2022, Pallant House in Chichester is showing a small but significant collection of rarely displayed drawings from its founding collection, the Hussey Bequest. Assembled by the Rev’d Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester Cathedral, the collection spans the 16th to 20th centuries, with a strong focus on Renaissance works.

Old Master drawings and British landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough and John Robert Cozens will be shown alongside a group of beautiful set and costume designs for the Ballets Russes. One of the undoubted highlights of the show will be Head of an Eagle (c.1527-28), an ink drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist Giulio Romano, who was the chief assistant of Raphael. Also worthy of note is Jean Antoine Watteau’s Etude de Quatres Personnages, avec Deux Femmes Assises (1708), which Hussey bought on the advice of his friend Henry Moore.

This bijou exhibition offers a rare chance to see some of the extraordinary ‘hidden secrets’ housed at Pallant House. Never has there been a better time to hop on a train south.

Viewing Triangle: Will Kendrick, Catherine Parsonage, Jess Power

The Wick Culture - Will Kendrick, Nothing But Make Believe Will Ever Feel This Real Again, 2017

Above Will Kendrick, Nothing But Make Believe Will Ever Feel This Real Again, 2017

The Wick Culture - Catherine Parsonage,
La Grand Odalisque Manifesto Cat, 2021

Above Catherine Parsonage, La Grand Odalisque Manifesto Cat, 2021

The Wick Culture - Jess Power, Twisted Tales at the Euphoric Turbine, 2021

Above Jess Power, Twisted Tales at the Euphoric Turbine, 2021

Above Will Kendrick, Nothing But Make Believe Will Ever Feel This Real Again, 2017

Above Catherine Parsonage, La Grand Odalisque Manifesto Cat, 2021

Above Jess Power, Twisted Tales at the Euphoric Turbine, 2021

13 January — 20 February 2022
Freelands Foundation, London
https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk

Since its launch in 2015, the Freelands Foundation has championed innovative approaches to art education through partnerships and programmes across the UK. Its current exhibition, Triangle, presents the work of the three artists on the inaugural Freelands Painting Fellowships.

There is a pleasingly diverse range of work on display. Look closer at the abstract compositions of Jess Power and you’ll soon decipher a smattering of recognisable references including fantasy creatures, elements of landscape and furniture. Will Kendrick’s installations, meanwhile, examine the world around us and its materials through themes of science fiction and alien life. As for Catherine Parsonage, her intriguing paintings fuse a variety of styles and references, prompting the viewer to question the canon of art history.

For the duration of the exhibition, the Reading Room will also present selected texts and publications that relate to the artists’ practice. A compelling exhibition that will open your ideas to new and exciting ideas in art.

Viewing Fotografiska Shanghai and Berlin

Above Fotografiska Berlin

The Wick Culture - Fotografiska Shanghai

Above Fotografiska Shanghai

Above Fotografiska Berlin

Above Fotografiska Shanghai

Shanghai (opening Fall 2022) / Berlin (opening Winter 2022)
http://www.fotografiska.com

Founded in Stockholm in 2010 by brothers Jan and Per Broman, Fotografiska is one of the world’s leading centres of contemporary photography. It now has three museums worldwide (Stockholm, New York and Tallinn) and has three more in the works. Both the Shanghai and Berlin outposts are poised to open later this year, while the Miami venue is slated for 2023.

The museum in Shanghai will open in an early 20th-century warehouse near the recently renovated Suzhou Creek area. The 4,637-square-metre building spans four floors and features extensive exhibition galleries, indoor and outdoor event space, a concept store and a restaurant overlooking the river. The Berlin museum, meanwhile, will move into the well-known abandoned department store on Oranienburger Strasse in the heart of the city’s Mitte district.

Like the existing Fotografiska venues, the new spaces will host a programme of rotating exhibitions spanning various genres. Expect to see established names like Andy Warhol and Martin Parr shown alongside lesser-known artists and rising stars. If its string of recent exhibitions is anything to go by, we’re in for a treat.