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Visual Arts

Best Visual Arts Exhibitions London 2020

By CW Contributor on 18/12/2020

Dora Maar, 1907-1997 Untitled (Fashion photograph) c. 1935 Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper 300 x 200 mm Collection Therond © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019

Dora Maar exhibition review, Tate Modern ★★★★★

You may not be familiar with the work of Dora Maar, unless you know the details of Pablo Picasso's biography. For decades she has been seen only as his tragic muse, a footnote in his epic career, overshadowed and overlooked. This exhibition at Tate Modern changd all that.

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WHEN
20 Nov 2019 – 15 Mar 2020, Open daily 10.00 – 18.00 and until 22.00 on Friday and Saturday
WHERE
Tate Modern
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Nan Goldin, Greer Modelling Jewellery, NY, 1985

Nan Goldin: Sirens, Marian Goodman Gallery review ★★★★★

Nan Goldin’s first major solo show in London since 2002 has opened at Marian Goodman Gallery. With new and archival material, this exhibition is a moving and timely testament to the American photographer's friends, to lives lived and lost.



The images in this exhibition are some

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WHEN
14 Nov 2019 – 11 Jan 2020, Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm
WHERE
Marian Goodman Gallery
5-8 Lower John Street, London, W1F 9DY
Woman at the Shoreline, 1910. Private collection. Photo: © Cedric Verhelst. Leon Spilliaert exhibition. Royal Academy

Léon Spilliaert exhibition, Royal Academy review ★★★★★

An exhibition of works by angst-ridden Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert - who he can be seen as Belgium’s answer to Munch, always searching his own reflection for meaning- opened at the Royal Academy in February 2020.

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WHEN
23 Feb 2020 – 25 May 2020, Daily 10am–6pm
WHERE
Royal Academy
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
McQueen’s 2009 film Static. Photograph: © Steve McQueen/courtesy the artist, Thomas Dane Gallery and Marian Goodman Gallery

Steve McQueen exhibition, Tate Modern review ★★★★★

Steve McQueen’s exhibition at Tate Modern hit at the soft spots in our humanity. There was a lot to take in, a lot to think about – death, ageing, tragedy, suffering – all heightened by the beauty and vulnerability of the human body.

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WHEN
13 Feb 2020 – 11 May 2020, Sunday–Thursday 10am–6pm. Friday–Saturday 10–10pm
WHERE
Tate Modern
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
David Hockney. My Parents and Myself, 1976. Copyright David Hockney. Photo: Richard Schmidt, Collection: The David Hockney Foundation

David Hockney: Drawing from Life exhibition review ★★★★★

This intimate exhibition of Hockney’s drawings at the National Portrait Gallery explored the loves of his life, from Picasso to his beloved mother

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WHEN
27 Feb 2020 – 28 Jun 2020, 12:00 AM
WHERE
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE
Andy Warhol exhibition, Tate Modern

Andy Warhol exhibition, Tate Modern review ★★★★★

From soup cans to sixties psychedelia, this immersive exhibition at Tate Modern showed off Andy Warhol’s theatrical side

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WHEN
12 Mar 2020 – 06 Sep 2020, Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
WHERE
Tate Modern
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Michael Clark, Because We Must 1987, Sadler's Wells London © Richard Haughton

Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer review ★★★★★

The Barbican marked 15 years of its association with dancer and choreographer Michael Clark with an exhilarating exhibition that perfectly captured the heady atmosphere of 80s punk London

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WHEN
07 Oct 2020 – 03 Jan 2021, 11:00 - 19:00 Mon to Fri; 10:00 - 19:00 Sat & Sun
WHERE
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
Pine, 2016 Painting on photograph © Mr. Xi Tao 2020 Courtesy the artist and Magician Space, Beijing

Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery

Hayward Gallery's exhibition on trees was a celebration of all things arboreal, from the jungles of Japan to the olive groves of Israel. Organised to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, this group exhibition showcased a wide selection of works from an impressive cast of international artists

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WHEN
04 Mar 2020 – 30 Oct 2020, Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm and Sunday, 10am – 6pm
WHERE
Hayward Gallery
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX
Artemisia, National Gallery review

Artemisia, National Gallery review ★★★★★

Violence, sex, revenge – the National Gallery’s exhibition Artemisia has it all. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – 1654) was a sought-after painter, whose works were desired by royal courts, who achieved excellence as a female artist in a time of intense misogyny.

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WHEN
03 Oct 2020 – 24 Jan 2021, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tate Britain 2020

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly in League with the Night, Tate Britain ★★★★★

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s wonderful exhibition of interwoven words and paintings is an intensely intimate affair, a contemplative meditation on our relationship with others.

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WHEN
02 Dec 2020 – 09 May 2021, Open daily 10am – 6pm
WHERE
Tate Britain
Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG
Tracey Emin/ Edvard Munch exhibition, Royal Academy

Tracey Emin/ Edvard Munch exhibition, Royal Academy ★★★★★

The Loneliness of the Soul, organised by the Munch Museum in Norway in partnership with the Royal Academy, puts Emin’s work – she selected Munch’s pieces for the exhibition with curator Kari J Brandtzaeg – in direct conversation with that of her 'fellow lost soul' and kindred spirit. The result is powerful, to say the least; prepare yourself for a heart-wrenching experience.

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WHEN
03 Dec 2020 – 28 Feb 2021, Open daily, 11am – 5pm
WHERE
Royal Academy
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD

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