On the peaks of the Andes or in the scorching desert heat, from as early as 2500 b.C., the populations of Perù gave life to blossoming civilisations, until the arrival of Europeans in the XVI Century. In occasion of the bicentennial of Peruvian independence, the British Museum celebrates the South American’s millennial culture with a grand exhibition. From the first indigenous people to the refined Incas, discover how the civilisations of the past developed in symbiosis with some of the most inhospitable environs of the planet, shaping remarkable living landscapes. The weather, agriculture, economy and systems of government are just some of the spheres in which Perù has expressed the uniqueness of its culture. This exhibition at the London museum offers a detailed analysis in an itinerary that moves from history to religion, highlighting the cultural conquests that, one by one, transformed the lives of the local population. Helping narrate are archeological finds chosen from the collection of the British Museum or brought in from Perù for the occasion. On display, ceramics, textiles, ritual accessories, jewellery and objects hewn from precious metals, but also photos and videos from iconic sites like Nazca and Machu Picchu, still-vivid witnesses to the splendour of Andean culture.
The Royal Academy in London presents a major retrospective devoted to Michaelina Wautier, a seventeenth-century Flemish painter long overlooked by art history. Portraits, mythological scenes and allegories reveal an artist working with full independence across genres.
A major retrospective revisits the artistic and personal partnership between two central figures of the Bloomsbury Group, restoring their work to a decisive place within British modernism.
An exhibition where new paintings and films by Sarah Morris examine the architectures of power and the invisible structures that shape contemporary metropolises.
A research-based exhibition at the British Museum reassesses early Netherlandish drawing as a functional tool within artistic production rather than an autonomous work. Technical studies and revised attributions reveal a collective workshop practice and trace the gradual emergence of drawing as an independent medium.
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