Gauguin Portraits
THIS EVENT ENDED ON THE 26TH JANUARY 2020
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For the first time ever the National Gallery stages an exhibition on the portraits of French artist Paul Gauguin. From autumn 2019 the Sainsbury Wing houses Gauguin Portraits, displaying approximately 50 works from the mid-1880s to the end of his life in 1903 and focusing on how the artist moved away from Impressionism towards Symbolism. By adding carefully selected attributes or placing the sitter into a suggestive context Gauguin was able to make portraits that expressed meaning beyond their personalities. Included in the exhibition is a group of self-portraits which show how Gauguin created personifications including his self-image as 'Christ in the Garden of Olives'.
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Gauguin Portraits Paul Gauguin, Self Portrait as Christ, 1890-1891. Musee d'Orsay, Paris © RMN-Grand Palais (musee d'Orsay) / Rene-Gabriel Ojeda
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London > Events > Theatre Dates: 7th June 2016 to 24th January 2021
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London > Events > Theatre Dates: 1st January 2020 to 27th March 2021
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London > Entertainment > Theatres
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London > Entertainment > Cinemas
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London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
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London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London WC2N | Same location as Gauguin Portraits
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London > Attractions > Art Galleries
St Martin's Place, WC2H | 1 minute from Gauguin Portraits
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London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 1 minute from Gauguin Portraits
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London > Restaurants > British restaurants
East Wing National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London WC2N | Same location as Gauguin Portraits
On the ground floor of the East Wing of the National Gallery, with its own entrance opposite St Martin-in-the-Fields, The National Cafe is ... More

London > Restaurants > British restaurants
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London > Restaurants > French restaurants
40-42 William IV Street, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 1 minute from Gauguin Portraits
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event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting
PRICING Free, adv booking required, adv tickets from www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/take-one-picture-2020
DATES 3rd December 2020 to 31st January 2021
VENUE National Gallery
Children from 37 primary schools across the UK respond creatively to George Bellows's 1912 painting Men Of The Docks, which depicts activity on New York's frozen East River.
event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Multimedia
PRICING Free, adv booking required, adv tickets from www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/sensing-the-unseen-step-into-gossaerts-adoration
DATES 9th December 2020 to 28th February 2021
VENUE National Gallery
Use gesture-based interaction to embark on a multimedia journey into Jan Gossaert's 500-year-old masterpiece The Adoration Of The Kings, which combines soundscapes, hi-resolution digital imagery and spoken word.
event > Exhibitions > Art exhibitions - Painting
PRICING Ł20, concs Ł18, under 18s Free, adv booking required, adv tickets from www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/artemisia
DATES 22nd January 2021 at 10am-9pm & 23rd and 24th January 2021 at 10am-6pm
VENUE National Gallery
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