Exhibitions
Ongoing
20 October 2023 - 21 January 2024 (ends soon) KMSKA
Turning heads
"Interest in the tronie, the old Dutch word for ‘face’ surged in the 17th century, when artists like Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer poured their talent into painting the human face. The results are often small, but stunningly painted, drawn or engraved: intimate works that bring us closer to the artist than ever. Never before has the genre been covered so comprehensively. Turning Heads at the KMSKA brings together no fewer than 76 of the most eloquent masterpieces from Belgian and international collections."
10 November 2023 to 14 April 2024, Queens gallery
"Holbein at the Tudor Court takes place in London and highlights works from Holbein’s time at court in the first half of the 16th century, when he rose to become the most important artist in Tudor England. This exhibition tells the story of Holbein’s career in England, from itinerant artist to king’s painter"
2 Nov 2023 - 18 Feb 2024 Staedel
"Holbein and the Renaissance in the North"
"Look forward to exceptional works by Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Holbein the Elder, Hans Burgkmair, Albrecht Dürer and other famous artists. As a special highlight, the masterful Holbein Madonna will once again be on display in Frankfurt after more than 10 years. Encounter the fascinating painting of the Renaissance of the North, which began its splendid heyday in Augsburg."
Passed
17 June - 8 Oct 2023 Courtauld Institute
Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection
"This display showcases drawings, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts that are not what they seem. It presents remarkable forgeries from The Courtauld’s collection and tells the stories behind their making and the discovery of their deception. Some known forgeries were given to The Courtauld to help students learn from them. Other works were the pride of the collectors who donated them to the Gallery, only to be later revealed as fakes through close looking, technical examination or research into their history.
Fakes in art are nothing new; forgeries of drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder began appearing shortly after his death in 1569, one of which is included in the display. Another striking forgery is a Virgin and Child, once thought to be a masterpiece by Botticelli, but unmasked as a fake by the Virgin’s resemblance to a 1930s film star. The forgers themselves have become figures of notoriety; a Courtauld professor returned from service in the Second World War with a painting by Han van Meegeren, who went on trial for selling fake Vermeers to the Nazi elite. Also included is a drawing by the infamous British forger Eric Hebborn, who boasted that only a small number of his fakes have been uncovered."
20 October 2023 - 21 January 2024 (ends soon) KMSKA
Turning heads
"Interest in the tronie, the old Dutch word for ‘face’ surged in the 17th century, when artists like Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer poured their talent into painting the human face. The results are often small, but stunningly painted, drawn or engraved: intimate works that bring us closer to the artist than ever. Never before has the genre been covered so comprehensively. Turning Heads at the KMSKA brings together no fewer than 76 of the most eloquent masterpieces from Belgian and international collections."
10 November 2023 to 14 April 2024, Queens gallery
"Holbein at the Tudor Court takes place in London and highlights works from Holbein’s time at court in the first half of the 16th century, when he rose to become the most important artist in Tudor England. This exhibition tells the story of Holbein’s career in England, from itinerant artist to king’s painter"
2 Nov 2023 - 18 Feb 2024 Staedel
"Holbein and the Renaissance in the North"
"Look forward to exceptional works by Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Holbein the Elder, Hans Burgkmair, Albrecht Dürer and other famous artists. As a special highlight, the masterful Holbein Madonna will once again be on display in Frankfurt after more than 10 years. Encounter the fascinating painting of the Renaissance of the North, which began its splendid heyday in Augsburg."
Passed
17 June - 8 Oct 2023 Courtauld Institute
Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection
"This display showcases drawings, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts that are not what they seem. It presents remarkable forgeries from The Courtauld’s collection and tells the stories behind their making and the discovery of their deception. Some known forgeries were given to The Courtauld to help students learn from them. Other works were the pride of the collectors who donated them to the Gallery, only to be later revealed as fakes through close looking, technical examination or research into their history.
Fakes in art are nothing new; forgeries of drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder began appearing shortly after his death in 1569, one of which is included in the display. Another striking forgery is a Virgin and Child, once thought to be a masterpiece by Botticelli, but unmasked as a fake by the Virgin’s resemblance to a 1930s film star. The forgers themselves have become figures of notoriety; a Courtauld professor returned from service in the Second World War with a painting by Han van Meegeren, who went on trial for selling fake Vermeers to the Nazi elite. Also included is a drawing by the infamous British forger Eric Hebborn, who boasted that only a small number of his fakes have been uncovered."