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International centre for the teaching, research and enjoyment of art history and world-famous Gallery. NOW OPEN: ✨Monet and London: Views of the Thames✨
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Joined August 2009
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Frank Auerbach (1931-2024). We were honoured to stage a major exhibition of his earlier work earlier this year, where he also recorded a rare interview reflecting on his life and artistic legacy.
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Édouard #Manet was born #onthisday in 1832. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is one of the masterpieces #inourcollection and was Manet’s last major painting, completed a year before he died. See this painting on display in our LVMH Great Room on the 3rd floor.
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We are delighted to have appointed Prof. Dorothy Price and Indie A. Choudhury to new faculty roles in Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, with specialisms in critical race art history, Black studies, arts of Africa and its global diasporas.
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The Courtauld was unaffected by the fire incident @SomersetHouse and will be open as usual tomorrow, Sunday 18 August.
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Hugest congratulations to Courtauld alumna Dr Caroline Campbell (MA, 1995; PhD, 2000), the new Director of the National Gallery of Ireland. The first female Director in the gallery’s 158 year history, she will take up her new position in November. @campbell_c_m @NGIreland
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Alixe Bovey has been appointed as Dean and Deputy Director of The Courtauld Institute of Art.
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For the first time, you can now explore The Courtauld Gallery’s full collection online for free, on our new digital platform launched today 🖼️. Search through 33,000 works with high-definition images, most of which have not been accessible before. 🔗:
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The Courtauld Institute of Art and @KingsCollegeLon have today announced an exciting new strategic relationship, building on the strengths of both organisations. Find out more:
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After a major five-year digitisation project and the help of 14,000 volunteers, we are delighted that The Conway Library photographic collection of over 1 million images is now available to explore online 📷. Explore the collections:
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Edouard Manet, Au Bal - Marguerite de Conflans en Toilette de Bal (1870-80) #InOurCollection 🌸. Book your visit to The Courtauld Gallery:
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Happy #InternationalPortraitDay!. To celebrate @NPGLondon's reopening, here are some of our favourite portraits #InOurCollection 🧑🎨. Which is your favourite? ✨. Explore portraiture further at The Courtauld:
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Henri (le Douanier) Rousseau was born on this day in 1844. This painting, Toll Gate (1888-92), and a selection of Post-Impressionist art #InOurCollection will be on display at The Courtauld Gallery from 15 June – 3 Sept. More: © The Courtauld
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Our loss, Notting Hill’s gain 😉 @HackedOffHugh.
It is the 60th birthday of Hugh Grant, one of the best actors Britain has ever produced, for my money. He was rather diverted into his profession after failing to find funding for a PhD in History of Art at the Courtauld. Many happy returns!
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And they won! A fantastic result and a great performance from @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller and #timmarlow 🍾.
The Courtauld alumni team are through to the final of Christmas #UniversityChallenge! Huge congratulations to @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller #timmarlow 💪🏼. The grand final is on New Years Day, 8.30pm @BBCTwo
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Hey @beyonce, if you want to come and see Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Flight into Egypt' IRL, just let us know 👀.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Landscape with the Flight into Egypt” 1563, depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son Jesus on their way to Egypt to flee persecution. The broad valley and dramatic peaks represent the long and arduous journey ahead.
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🎉 Congratulations to The Courtauld’s Märit Rausing Director Professor Deborah Swallow, who has been awarded a CBE in the King's Birthday Honours!. Professor Swallow received the award for services to art and education. Read more here: #KingsHonours
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"Art History is the name for a transdisciplinary project that has taken me to the limits of my understanding of related ways of thinking– science, theology, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, economics". Read Griselda Pollock's Graduation speech in full:
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Paul Cézanne was born #onthisday in 1839. The Courtauld is home to the most significant collection of works by Paul #Cézanne in the UK, including this painting Tall Trees at the Jas de Bouffan (circa 1883). Book now to discover our collection:
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The Courtauld alumni team are through to the final of Christmas #UniversityChallenge! Huge congratulations to @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller #timmarlow 💪🏼. The grand final is on New Years Day, 8.30pm @BBCTwo
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English painter and interior designer Vanessa Bell was born #OnThisDay in 1879 🌷. 'A Conversation' is one of her major achievements, which she worked on at various points over several years. What could the three women be saying? 🤔. Find out more:
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Edgar Degas was fascinated by ballet, producing over a thousand works on the subject. 🩰. Happy #InternationalDanceDay! . 📷 Edgar Degas, Two dancers on a stage, 1874 © The Courtauld
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Congratulations to The Courtauld team on their excellent performance against @UofGlasgow! #universitychallenge
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Berthe Morisot was born #OnThisDay in 1841. Morisot was at the centre of the group of independent artists who became known as the Impressionists after their first group exhibition in 1874, and was the only woman represented. Portrait of a Woman, 1872-75, © The Courtauld
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Announcing The Courtauld’s 2024 exhibitions and displays programme!✨. From Monet's Impressionist paintings of London reunited for the first time in 120 years to a series of hauntingly beautiful charcoal portraits by Frank Auerbach, and much more.
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Delighted to announce @lucybradnock and #CatherineGrant are to join as Vice-Deans for Research and Education, respectively. The appointments will support future generations of practitioners and researchers, in the wake of our outstanding REF results
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Did you know that Courtauld Books Online is a series of online scholarly books, available to read & download without charge?. The latest title is ‘Gothic Architecture in Spain’ edited by Dr Tom Nickson & Dr Nicola Jennings. Read here:
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Five key new academic appointments have been made to The Courtauld, further bolstering the Institute’s reputation for art historical teaching and research excellence. Read more here:
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Welcome home - back on display in the Weston Gallery - to our favourite dancing duo 🩰. 📷
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In our final film of our Summer series, hear from Lucy Donovan, founder of Girl and Gallery, about Edouard Manet's 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère' (1882)📍. What is your favourite work on display at The Courtauld Gallery? 💭. 🎟️ Gallery Entry from £10.
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It’s #NationalAppleDay!🍎What better way to celebrate than with Lucas Cranach the Elder's Adam and Eve, 1526, #InOurCollection - currently on display @NationalGallery. #didyouknow that Cranach and his workshop made over fifty versions of this subject? 🖼️. © The Courtauld.
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If you are visiting The Courtauld Gallery this weekend then make sure you check out the brand new display of 20th century British art in our 20th century gallery on the 3rd Floor. Features works by Frank Auerbach, Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon and Matthew Smith.
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Seated by a window against the light, the woman looks serene. We are so excited to welcome this painting back to our gallery walls. Come and see it today!. Edgar Degas, Woman at a Window, 1871-1872, oil on paper, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld
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British landscape painter John Constable was born #OnThisDay in 1776. Constable loved painting clouds, and painted several from Hampstead Heath 1820-23. He regarded the sky as "the chief 'Organ of Sentiment'" in landscape ☁️. 🖼️ Cloud Study, 1822, The Courtauld
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Many congratulations to Courtauld alumna Naomi Beckwith, who has been appointed Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Guggenheim.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Naomi Beckwith as Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator; she will join the Guggenheim in June from Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
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We are thrilled to announce that @MellonFdn has awarded The Courtauld a grant of $750,000 to establish two senior teaching posts in modern and contemporary art of Africa and the African diaspora. More:
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French Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac was born #OnThisDay in 1863 🎨. Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle there, seeking 'sky, sea, the setting sun' and a good anchorage for his boat Olympia ☀️.
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A major exhibition of work by British artist Claudette Johnson will open at The Courtauld Gallery this September. A founding member of the Black British Art Movement, Johnson is considered one of the most significant figurative artists of her generation.
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"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing" 💭. Camille Pissarro was born #OnThisDay in 1830🍃. 📷 Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich, 1871 #InOurCollection
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“The study of art reminds us of things that can't be measured or described. It reminds us of beauty, awe, wonder, horror.". The Courtauld's Dr Jessica Barker explains why art history matters in a world of increasing quantification, with @HENITalks:
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🚨Coming soon - Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads 🚨. See early masterpieces by one of the world's most celebrated living artists, brings together a remarkable series of hauntingly beautiful, large-scale drawings ✨. ⏰ 9 Feb - 27 May. 🎟️ Book now -
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🚨 Mark your diaries! Tickets go on sale for Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads (9 Feb – 27 May 2024) next week 🚨. 💛 Friends presale: 14 Nov.🎟️ General on sale: 16 Nov. Find out more: Become a friend:
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Save the date! The Courtauld Gallery in London will reopen to the public on Friday 19 November 2021 following the most significant modernisation project in its history, with tickets to our Gallery and new exhibitions now on sale. Read more here:.
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Congratulations to Professor Mark Hallett, appointed Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art. Professor Hallett will take up the appointment on 1 August 2023. @PaulMellonCentr
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Rise and shine, London! Which of Monet's skylines are you feeling today? 🇬🇧
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📣 Submission deadline: Fri 21 April 📣. Would you like to see your artwork displayed in The Courtauld Gallery? . 🍊Take part in our live brief ‘Reworking Manet’ and create your personal response to A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882). 🎩 Find out more:
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The Courtauld is delighted to announce that our historic central London gallery is set to reopen in late 2021, following our major #CourtauldConnects redevelopment. Read more:
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We are thrilled that The Courtauld has acquired 'Blues Dance' (2023) by Claudette Johnson, one of the leading figures of the Black British Arts Movement. Find out more:
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Paul Cézanne, Pot of Primroses and Fruit, 1888-90 🍐. #DidYouKnow The Courtauld Gallery holds the largest group of paintings by Cézanne in Britain? See them on display in the LVMH Great Room on your next visit!
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Prof. Dorothy Price will be in conversation with Lubaina Himid to discuss the artist's new exhibition @tate and her practice, on 6 December at 18.30–20.00. Book your ticket:
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Why does art history matter?. Courtauld alumnus and Turner prize-winning artist, @jeremydeller, answers this important question @HENITalks
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"The Courtauld Gallery is reopening after a £57m refit and the real winners are the paintings" .
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We are excited to share that one of the most loved works #InOurCollection, van Gogh’s Peach Trees in Blossom is now back on display in The Courtauld Gallery after recently being on loan in Detroit. See this painting on display in the LVMH Great Room on the 3rd Floor!
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On 15 Nov 1940, the war artist John Piper painted the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. See this painting at Courtauld Connections, until 2 Oct. John Piper, Interior of Coventry Cathedral, November 15th, 1940, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum © the Piper Estate / DACS 2022.
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We are delighted to announce that an outstanding group of modern drawings by European and American masters assembled by the late collector Howard Karshan has been presented to The Courtauld by his wife, the artist Linda Karshan. Read more:
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"Never before have the Courtauld’s Rubenses looked richer, its Cranachs more tempting, its great gilded marriage chests more magnificent" -@thetimes.★★★★★.
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Season's Greetings from everyone at The Courtauld! 🎄. We're full of festive cheer with this atmospheric snow scene by Camille Pissarro. 📷 Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Eragny sous la neige, 1890-1891 © The Courtauld
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The Courtauld is proud to announce the conferment of Honorary Doctorate degrees (Doctor Honoris Causa) to two distinguished figures in the fields of Art and Art History: Professor Sonia Boyce, OBE, RA and Dr Asok K. Das. Read more here:
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(1) Following our recent reopening announcement, we are thrilled to reveal that the first ever #exhibition devoted to Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits across his entire career will take place at The Courtauld Gallery from 3 Feb – 8 May 2022. Read more 👉
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"Art history gives us the tools to interpret objects and images as documents of social worlds and bearers of meaning". Dr Esther Chadwick on why art history matters with @HENITalks. Watch the full series here:
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The Courtauld is delighted to launch the James Hughes-Hallett Undergraduate Scholarship to support students who are underrepresented in higher education. From 2021/22, The Courtauld will award three students £10,000 each over the duration of their degree:
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Happy Birthday to Frank Auerbach, born #OnThisDay in 1931 🎂. Find out more about this work, Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square: See it for yourself in our current display of 20th Century British Art - included with Gallery Entry 📍
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Spend a moment with John Constable’s Cloud Study this #WorldMentalHealthDay ⛅️. Despite his meteorological focus, Constable regarded the sky as the chief “Organ of Sentiment” in landscape. We think it’s the perfect dose of self-care today ✨. 🔗
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We're so proud of how far our #UniversityChallenge team has come - tune in tonight at 20:30 (GMT) to see what happens next:
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Did you hear the news? Our programme of exhibitions and displays for 2024 is now announced, from Frank Auerbach and Claude Monet to Vanessa Bell and Roger Mayne 🖼️. Sign up to our gallery newsletter to keep up to date:
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It's #InternationalFriendshipDay! What artwork sums up your friendship, and why? . 'A Conversation' is one of Vanessa Bell's major achievements, which she worked on at various points over several years. What are they talking about? Are we, the viewer, involved, or on the outside?
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Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is fashion! ✨. It may be raining, but you can still be fashionable. An umbrella can be an excellent accessory, so we've gone with Renoir's famed 'The Umbrellas' from our neighbours @NationalGallery ☔️
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#Courtauld Director's response to A-level Art History being axed as a 'soft' subject #SaveArtHistory
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🌸 We hope you are having a great Sunday, wherever you are! 🌸 This lush bouquet of mallows is set against a background rendered in overlapping strokes of sparkling hues. ✨Monet, Vase of Flowers (1881-82), The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld
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We are delighted to welcome Prof Mark Hallett as the new Märit Rausing Director at The Courtauld Institute of Art. On his Dec 2022 appt, he called it 'a privilege' to lead such an esteemed institution known for its pioneering research & collections.
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It is with huge sadness that we announce the death of our much-loved former colleague, Paul Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art. Paul's deep intelligence & warm-hearted humanity will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
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What better way to celebrate #PeachBlossomDay than with Vincent van Gogh's glorious peach trees? 🌸. 📷
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Listen to Dr Robin Schuldenfrei, Tangen Reader in 20th Century Modernism, as she joins Melvyn Bragg and guests in a discussion on Bauhaus. Tomorrow at 9:00 GMT on @BBCRadio4:.
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Just one month until Claudette Johnson: Presence opens at The Courtauld Gallery! 💫. ⏰ 29 Sept 2023 - 14 Jan 2024.🎟️ Find out more and book now - 📷 Figure in blue, 2018, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. © Claudette Johnson
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Tonight, Courtauld students will be in the quarter-finals of #universitychallenge! . Watch on @BBCTwo at 20:30GMT:
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Made in the early days of the Omega Workshops, this vibrant four-fold screen by Duncan Grant features a lily pond design that Grant used repeatedly in his early career, like on a table now at @CharlestonTrust ✨ #FurnitureFriday . Four-fold screen, 1913-14 © The Courtauld
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Open Courtauld Hour, our weekly digital instalment on all things art history - is back!. Join us from 18 June for pop-up talks, performances, & in detail object study sessions inspired by our collection & research in art history. Book free tickets here:
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Miss wandering round galleries? So do we! This photograph is from 1958, when The Courtauld Gallery moved from Home House to new premises at Woburn Square in Bloomsbury, giving much needed display space for its growing collection. #ThrowbackThursday
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#InOurCollection Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841- 1919) La Loge, 1874. Explore Renoir's delicate brushwork in this painting of modern life on @googlearts or see it for yourself on the 3rd Floor of The Courtauld Gallery. © The Courtauld
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#DidouKnow the Bloomsbury Group also made rugs? (and ceramics, and furniture, and more. )🎕. Most Omega Workshop rug designs are purely abstract; instead, this large design attributed to Roger Fry could be a folding screen or furniture.
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In case you missed it earlier this year, The Art Mysteries is back on @BBCFOUR tonight at 20.30 (GMT) 🔍🖼️. @JANUSZCZAK delves into the clues hidden in Vincent van Gogh’s painting Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear #InOurCollection. Find out more:
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We said farewell to our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ exhibition, Claudette Johnson: Presence, this weekend. Thank you to everyone who visited since September, and to Claudette Johnson for gracing the walls of The Courtauld Gallery.
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🎄🎅 Merry Christmas from The Courtauld! We’re wishing you lots of festive cheer with this snowy scene by Camille Pissarro, Eragny sous la neige #inourcollection ❄️☃️. © The Courtauld
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Stephen Whiteman, Reader in the Art and Architecture of China, has been appointed as a trustee to the Association for Art History board. Read more: @stephen_whitemn @forarthistory.
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We are thrilled to announce 'Open Courtauld Hour', a month-long programme of digital mini festivals, every Thursday evening from 30 April. Exploring weekly themes of Art in Isolation, Art & Wellbeing, The Future of Art History and Women Artists. More:
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We are thrilled to announce that a major exhibition of new and recent works by Peter Doig will open at The Courtauld Gallery on 10 Feb 2023. The exhibition will present an exciting new chapter in the career of one of the most celebrated and important painters working today
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To celebrate the reopening of The Courtauld Gallery today, our partners @MorganStanley have beamed paintings from our collection across Times Square in New York. Tickets are now on sale for Van Gogh Self-Portraits, the first major exhibition in the Morgan Stanley Series
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Professor Deborah Swallow has announced plans to retire from her post as Märit Rausing Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after leading the internationally renowned institution for 18 years. Read more:
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Congratulations to @ProfDorrothy on the publication of ‘Rethinking British Art: Black Artists and Modernism’. Professor Price will be joining The Courtauld faculty in September.
The latest special issue of #ArtHistory, ‘Rethinking British Art: Black Artists and Modernism’, edited by #SoniaBoyce and #DorothyPrice, is now available online; to learn more, visit
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We are delighted to have acquired two fine examples of Italian Renaissance ceramics (maiolica) through the #CulturalGiftsScheme administered by @ace_national . Read the thread to discover more about these amazing pieces, or visit . #InOurCollection
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The Courtauld Gallery welcomed Hollywood A-lister @SamuelLJackson into The Courtauld Gallery recently, for a visit to see The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Van Gogh. Self-Portraits, which has shown the enduring popularity of the iconic Dutch painter.
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There is less than a month until The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Edvard Munch. Masterpieces from Bergen opens!. 👤 Edvard Munch, (1863-1944), Summer Night. Inger on the Beach, 1889, KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway. Tickets on sale now:
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We hope you are wrapping up warm as the weather gets colder! In this swift sketch, the woman’s face is partially covered by a stole. ❄️. Toulouse-Lautrec, Sketch for a portrait of a lady, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld
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We are delighted to announce a major donation from The Manton Foundation to create the Manton Centre for British Art, which will serve as an intellectual hub for research and for teaching the next generation of British art specialists. Read more:
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A significant initiative to digitise the Witt Photographic Collection, an extensive collection of over 2.1 million photographs, reproductions, and cuttings of paintings, drawings, and engravings of Western Art from c.1200 - 2009, has begun. Find out more:
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Courtauld Alumni Gabriele Finaldi, director of @NationalGallery, chose this work as his favourite from our collection. Book now to see this painting and more when we reopen Nov 19: . . Pieter Bruegel, Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery © The Courtauld
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Degas was fascinated by ballet, which is why on #WorldBalletDay we’re revisiting this enchanting painting #fromourcollection. You can view this work and much more when we reopen in one month! Book now: Edgar Degas, Two Dancers on a Stage © The Courtauld
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Major shows featuring masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch headline our 2022 exhibitions programme. Find out all about it here: Image credit: @kodebergen
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