Georges Seurat takes an eerie trip to the seaside, Yinka Shonibare puts empire in its place and Sean Scully reveals his source
Georges Seurat takes an eerie trip to the seaside, Yinka Shonibare puts empire in its place and Sean Scully reveals his source – all in your weekly dispatch
Seurat and the Sea
If you thought French 19th-century paintings of the seaside were all happy impressionism, you will be disconcerted, then absorbed by Seurat’s eerie modernist shores. Read the review.
Courtauld Gallery, London, until 17 May
Delaine Le Bas: Un-Fair-Ground
Courtauld Gallery, LondonThis quietly tremendous exhibition gathers more than half of the pointillist painter’s works, all…
The tradition of neo-impressionism begun by Georges Seurat was radical, even revolutionary, but this po-faced showcase is sadly…
Tracey gathers the melancholy giants, a lost London is remembered and collages celebrate Scots strugglers
Expertly curated flower paintings, the garage-rock star’s hazy expressionism and a masterpiece from a Morrisons receipt – all in…
Walker Art Gallery highlights contemporary artists and ‘connections, histories and legacies’ to mark 250 years since Turner’s…
From peat bogs containing centuries of history to the fascinating world of sea creatures’ senses, the theme for this year’s…
