Springing to Life: Drawings by Leon Kossoff
From early drawings of his immediate family circle, the exhibition broadens into the vast amphitheatre of London
Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm Saturdays 11am - 5pm
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Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting Major New Touring Retrospective Opens
Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting is a major new touring retrospective of paintings by the seminal British artist (1926 – 2019).
30 September 2021
Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting
Comprising 58 works, this touring show will be the first posthumous and largest exhibition of Kossoff’s paintings in a commercial setting to date.
Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm Saturdays 11am - 5pm
Anthony Caro: 6 Sculptures, Leon Kossoff: 6 Paintings
Annely Juda Fine Art presents an exhibition of two important British artists: Anthony Caro (1924-2013) and Leon Kossoff (1926-2019).
10am–5pm Monday to Friday 11am–5pm Saturday
Leon Kossoff – 1926-2019 – By Edward Lucie-Smith
As already stated on this site, Leon Kossoff’s death on July 4 marked pretty much the end of an epoch. Of the for artists who led the so-called School of London – Bacon, Freud, Kossoff and Auerbach – only Auerbach now survives.
7 July 2019
Leon Kossoff Leading School Of London Painter Dies Age 92
The death of Leon Kossoff, who died on 4 July after a short illness is nearly the end of an era for the great wave of British painting known as the School of London.
6 July 2019
Leon Kossoff: A London Life
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by one of Britain’s most acclaimed living artists, Leon Kossoff.
Monday - Friday 10am -6pm Saturday 11am - 4pm
Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff Feature In New De la Warr Pavilion Exhibition
I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart is both a celebration and an exploration of painting in Britain today, presenting the… Read More
27 January 2014
Leon Kossoff : Obsessive And Frenetic London Landscapes – In New Exhibition
Leon Kossoff is quoted as saying: “London is in my bloodstream. It is always moving – the skies, the streets,… Read More
14 May 2013
Soutine Kossoff Hastings Contemporary – A Relatable Pairing by Jude Montague
When a major exhibition of such significant artists as Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff, with such a comprehensive display of important paintings, comes to a seaside town like Hastings…
4 April 2023
Soutine And Kossoff Hastings Contemporary Explores Two Major Artists
Soutine / Kossoff is the first-ever museum exhibition to explore the artistic relationship between British artist Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) and Belarus-born painter Chaim Soutine (1893-1943).
2 March 2023
Joe Tilson: British Visionary Pop Constructivist Painter Dies Aged 95
Joe Tilson RA, one of the leading painters of his generation, has died aged 95.
14 November 2023
R B Kitaj And Philip Guston: Figurative Painting Celebrated – Revd Jonathan Evens
Two artists whose dogged persistence with figurative art, in the face of more reductive critical perceptions of art, enabled us to reach this place of diversity are currently having major retrospectives in London: Philip Guston and R.B. Kitaj.
17 October 2023
Twelve Out of London Art Exhibitions 2023
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place out of London and around the UK during 2023.
9 January 2023
Auerbach Unseen An Unflinching Vision Newlands House Gallery – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Newlands House Gallery in Petworth, Sussex, is showing more than 65 paintings and smaller works on paper by Frank Auerbach,
13 April 2022
The Courtauld Gallery Reborn After Lavish Three Year Refurbishment
The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House opened their doors today to the press for a sneak preview after a three-year refurbishment and modernisation scheme.
10 November 2021
Sonia Boyce Chosen To Represent Britain At 59th Venice Biennale
Sonia Boyce OBE RA has been announced as the artist to represent the UK at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2021.
12 February 2020
Hastings Contemporary: An Optimistic New Chapter For A Popular Gallery
Hastings Contemporary, (the former Jerwood Gallery) launched as an independent gallery on Tuesday with three notable exhibitions, Roy Oxlade alongside works by his tutor David Bomberg, Contemporary Danish Artist Tal R, and new works by artist/illustrator Quentin Blake.
4 July 2019
Twelve Exhibitions To See Outside London Summer 2019
Summer has finally arrived in the UK so if you’re planning on heading out of London, Artlyst has put together a list of twelve exhibitions to see around the UK. Don’t miss the Keith Haring extravaganza at Tate Liverpool; major sculpture exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park including David Smith and Damien Hirst as part of Yorkshire Sculpture International; seaside photography at Turner Contemporary and painting shows galore from early 20th century masters such as Vuillard to contemporary giants Bridget Riley and Paula Rego and historical exhibitions such as Last Supper in Pompeii at the Ashmolean.
4 July 2019
Jonathan Jones Sensations – Book Review – Edward Lucie-Smith
Jonathan Jones’ new book from Laurence King Publishing is a quality job. Entitled Sensations, it bears on its back cover a recommendation from none other than Tracey Emin, which reads as follows:“I never loved Jonathan’s writing when he slagged my work off! He is a true thinker: a brilliant art historian who can back up his opinion with more than just criticism.”
5 May 2019
Annely Juda Celebrates 50 Years – A Recollection by Marina Vaizey
In Praise of the Art Shop – Marina Vaizey looks back on 50 years of the Annely Juda gallery.
12 November 2018
Unseen John Virtue Paintings To Be Unveiled At Fortnum’s X Frank 2018
Fortnum & Mason will be continuing their annual artistic collaboration Fortnum’s X Frank 2018 (FXF18), 10th September – 20th October
7 July 2018
Drink-Up Pay-Up F-Off: Tales from the Colony – London’s Lost Bohemia
Darren Coffield’s new book “Tales from the Colony: the Lost Bohemia of Bacon, Belcher and Board” is an authorised history of London’s most notorious arts club.
9 May 2018
Record London Contemporary/Modern Art Auctions Set Spring 2018 Alight
London’s contemporary sales both evening and day at Sotheby’s and Christie’s have totalled £295 million ($407 million).
10 March 2018
The Human Condition Relationships And Raw Desires – Tate Britain – Sue Hubbard
The 20th century saw God lose his central role within the scheme of human belief and philosophy.
2 March 2018
Rare Portrait of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon Exhibited At Tate
An important portrait by Francis Bacon of his friend/rival Lucian Freud is to be shown in Tate Britain’s landmark exhibition
13 November 2017
R U Being Served? Art At Fortnums And Whiteleys – Edward Lucie-Smith
Such is the pressure on gallery space that quite important exhibitions now take place in all sorts of strange places. Sometimes, quite literally, they hide in plain sight. This is the case with the very substantial show of work by the late John Bellany, who died just over four years ago.
13 October 2017
Michael Andrews School of London Artist Resurrected In New Gagosian Exhibition
Works by the late British artist Michael Andrews (1928–1995) are to be exhibited at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London.
15 December 2016
London Art Fair Launches 2017 Art Season 18-22 January With Panache
The London Art Fair, now in its 29th edition returns to the Business Design Centre in Islington, London from 18-22 January 2017. The Fair is well known for providing a supportive environment for collectors of all levels, enhanced by an engaging programme of curated exhibitions, talks, tours, films, and performances.
8 December 2016
Salon Design and Art Show Park Avenue Armory New York 2016
Walking the steps into the The Salon Art and Design show I really did not know what to expect. We are 2 days past the presidential election and Manhattan has felt uneasy, like a city in mourning even though the country had selected one of our own as president-elect. But once we passed thru the magnificent doors of the Park Avenue Armory, seeing the large crowds that greeted us, walking thru a Viennese turn of the century suite by Josef Hoffmann at Yves Macaux or the feeling of Paris 1930 with pieces from Jean-Michel Frank and Paul Dupre’-Lafon at L’Arc En Seine any uneasiness went away. It was replaced by the excitement of walking thru the best of art and design to be seen in New York.
14 November 2016
David Bowie Collection A Very Personal Curation Of Style And Taste
From 1–10 November, the collection will be exhibited at Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries in London, giving fans, collectors, art lovers and experts a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to immerse themselves in the extraordinary range of objects that informed Bowie’s private world.
1 November 2016
Modern and Contemporary British Art Takes Centerstage At Fortnum & Mason London
I’m sure all of Artlyst’s regular readers know how much we love an exhibition that thinks outside the box, when… Read More
13 September 2016