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The Courtauld is home to one of the world’s great art collections, located in the magnificent historical setting of Somerset House in central London. Book your visit now to see one of the most renowned art collections in the UK, including iconic Impressionist masterpieces such as Manet’s A Bar at the Folies Bergère and Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

What's On


drawing of a black woman wearing a blue dress

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Claudette Johnson: Presence

29 Sept 2023 – 14 Jan 2024  | Tickets from £13. Friends go free. Other concessions available.

A major exhibition of work by British artist Claudette Johnson (b.1959) will open at The Courtauld Gallery on 29 Sept 2023....

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2024 Exhibitions


Two groups of men and boys on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. A young West Indian boy looks straight at the camera.

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Roger Mayne: Youth

14 June – 1 Sep 2024 

An exhibition of works by photographer Roger Mayne, bringing together his evocative documentary images of communities and neighbourhoods of 1950's inner London, alongside intimate images of his own family at home in Dorset in the 1970s....

2024 Displays


A pen and ink drawing with coloured pencils of four figures standing in a setting with brown walls

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Henry Moore: Shadows on the Wall

8 June – 22 Sep 2024 

This focused exhibition, a collaboration with Henry Moore Foundation, considers Henry Moore’s (1898 – 1986) celebrated Shelter drawings as the point of departure for a new reading of the artist’s fascination with images of the wall. ...



Painted self-portrait of Van Gogh

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The Courtauld Gallery’s collection, which comprises over 33,000 objects ranging from the Middle Ages to the 21st century and includes paintings, drawings, ceramics and sculptures, among others, is available to explore in its entirety online for free for the first time thanks to a new digital platform.

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