Exhibitions

The Best Art Shows To Visit From May Onwards

IN HER OWN VOICE: THE ART OF LUCY KEMP - WELCH

Until 1 October 2023

Join Russell-Cotes for this exhibition celebrating the life and works of esteemed British equestrian artist Lucy Kemp-Welch. In Her Own Voice is the rst major exhibition of her work in over 20 years. It is a display which gives power to the painted visual language and spirit of Lucy Kemp-Welch through a major retrospective of her works.

As an expert horsewoman, KempWelch held an innate understanding and love for equine subjects. Born in Bournemouth, Kemp-Welch was greatly inspired by the Dorset Coastline and the New Forest. From the late 1890s to the mid-1920s, she was one of the country’s best-known female artists, working in the tradition of British Impressionism. She’s best known for her illustrations of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, 1915 edition.

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, East, W Cli Promenade, Bournemouth BH1 3AA russellcotes.com

CONSTABLE: THE DARK SIDE

26 May to 16 August 2023

This exhibition will explore Constable’s ongoing obsession with the ‘chiaroscuro’ of nature – the contrast between light and dark and the way he placed that at the heart of his exploration of landscape. Constable: The Dark Side includes examples of Constable’s work across a wide range of media The Gallery at The Arc, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB arcwinchester.org.uk

OSVALDO LICINI: REBELLIOUS ANGEL

14 June to 10 September 2023

This is the rst exhibition dedicated to the work of Osvaldo Licini (1894-1958) in the UK. A key gure of 20th-century Italian art, Licini participated in the Futurist movement before establishing himself as a gurative painter. This show explores the key phases of Licini’s career and features many of the artist’s greatest masterpieces. Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London N1 2AN estorickcollection.com

Making A Mark

11 June to 26 September 2023

This display o ers the rst opportunity in more than 70 years to view at close quarters a selection of the nest Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings from the Woburn Abbey Collection. It includes superb portraits and head studies by artists such as Rembrandt, Hals and Van Dyck, exquisite landscapes and seascapes by Cuyp, Van de Cappelle and Van Goyen, and lively subject pictures by Teniers and Steen, plus much more. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TS. barber.org.uk

CATHERINE KNIGHT: LONG SHADOWS

Until 3 June 2023

This is the rst solo exhibition of paintings by Catherine Knight, inspired by her trip to Oslo and Åsgårdstrand, Norway. Whilst there, she visited the landscape that inspired Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944), where he painted many of his famous works in the 1890s and early 1900s. Knight (b.1982) is a painter, working in oils, gouache and watercolours, based in Bristol. She layers personal and collective stories into her paintings through landscapes, real, imagined and remembered. Peters eld Museum and Art Gallery, 1 St Peter’s Road, Peters eld GU32 3HX peters eldmuseum.co.uk

HASLEMERE ARTISTS 1859 - 1914: A GOLDEN ERA

9 May to 24 June 2023

Haslemere Educational Museum’s stunning new exhibition, Haslemere Artists 1859-1914: A Golden Era, will be exhibiting artworks by over 30 of the artists who ocked to this area after the arrival of the railway in 1859. It gives a fascinating insight into this ‘golden era’ for artists and features works from the di erent phases of the period. It will show works by the watercolourists, for whom South West Surrey’s picturesque countryside and abundant wildlife provided perfect material.

Haslemere Educational Museum, 78 High Street, Haslemere GU27 2LA haslemeremuseum.co.uk