Turner-Prize-winner Lubaina Himid returns to the Tate Modern with a high-impact exhibition, conceived to place the spectator at centre stage and backstage of art itself. Ever more popular at international fairs and a protagonist of recent years with important exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, Himid is known for an innovative approach to painting and a commitment to social issues. At the heart of her studies, there is a desire to finally offer worthy recognition to the “contribution made by blacks to European cultural life over the last hundred years” with special regard for the feminine sphere. For the vigour with which she pursued these goals through art, in 2018, she was awarded the honorary title of CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Elizabeth II. Her works - paintings, drawings, prints, installations - take on, in an exuberant and fantastical way, themes such as colonialism and the persistence of racism, exploring the past in search of forgotten stories and bringing to light invisible aspects of contemporary daily life. To the visitors of the Tate Modern, Himid reveals new works and salient moments from a thirty-year career, begun as a scenographer and matured during the Eighties within the British Black Arts Movement. It is something to truly behold, scene by scene, just like at the theatre.
At the National Portrait Gallery in London, Tim Walker reconsiders his fairy-tale imagery through the lens of a real community. Portraits, staging and narrative create a universe where identity and affection become a collective story. An exhibition that moves portraiture towards a space that is both poetic and political.
For the first time, all nine known painted portraits by Jan van Eyck are brought together at the National Gallery in London. An exhibition that explores the birth of the modern portrait in fifteenth-century Northern Europe. Between identity, psychology and new research, the faces of a changing world.
The British Museum exhibition traces more than a thousand years of samurai history, moving beyond the stereotyped image of the warrior. Armour, objects and works of art reveal the evolution of a class that shifted from military elite to a central force in Japan’s political and cultural life.
The Young V&A hosts an exhibition on Aardman and its most iconic characters, offering a close look at the studio’s creative process. Original models, sets and production materials reveal the craft behind stop motion. A playful journey balancing humour, technique and popular imagination.
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