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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.

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You can now book your visit to see our much-loved collection of masterpieces ranging from the Middle Ages to the 20th century....

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Oil painting of a Virgin and Child, with the Virgin standing in front of an archway wearing an orange-red dress and blue cape holding an infant lightly swaddled. The colours are vibrant but the panel visibly worn.

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Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection

17 June – 8 Oct 2023

A display showcasing remarkable forgeries from The Courtauld’s collection and the stories behind their making and the discovery of their deception....

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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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Coming Soon: Displays

A drawing of the Piazza San Giacomo di Rialto, a large open piazza with a neoclassical structure dominating. It has columns opening to an open section, and many people are milling around in the piazza.

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La Serenissima: Drawing in 18th century Venice 

14 Oct 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

This display will present an outstanding group of around twenty Venetian drawings from The Courtauld’s collection....

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Reworking Manet

18 Oct 2023 – 18 Feb 2024

This display showcases the creativity and imagination of young people responding to Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882)....

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2024 Exhibitions

Charcoal drawing of a man, Frank Auerbach, sitting slightly side-on to the viewer and staring at us with a stern expression. The background is roughly completed, and the face somewhat fragmented by the background.

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Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads

9 February – 27 May 2024

A remarkable group of large-scale drawings by Frank Auerbach will be presented together for the first time in Spring 2024....

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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....

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A painting of the houses of parliament with a purple sky and orange sun

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Monet and London: Views of the Thames

27 Sep 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

An exhibition reuniting for the first time in 120 years an extraordinary group of Claude Monet’s Impressionist paintings of London, depicting Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, and the Houses of Parliament....

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2024 Displays

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From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper

23 Feb - 27 May 2024

This display will present a selection of drawings and prints acquired by The Courtauld since 2018, including works by Mary Cassatt, Sir Grayson Perry and Susan Schwalb....

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A painting of three women in conversation. The woman on the left leans into the other two in earnest discussion. They sit in front of an open window with a bouquet of flowers visible.

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Vanessa Bell: A Pioneer of Modern Art

25 May – 6 Oct 2024

This display will be the first devoted to The Courtauld's significant collection of Vanessa Bell’s work, including her masterpiece A Conversation, and the bold, abstract textile designs she produced for the Omega Workshops....

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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. ...

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A self portrait of Jonathan Richardson the elder on a blue background

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Drawn to Blue: Artists’ use of blue paper

2 October 2024 – 26 January 2025

This display will present a selection of drawings and prints acquired by The Courtauld since 2018, including works by Sir Frank Bowling, Mary Cassatt, Sir Grayson Perry and Susan Schwalb....

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A woman drawing in the Gallery at the Morgan Stanley Lates

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Morgan Stanley Lates at Somerset House with The Courtauld

6:00pm, 4 Oct 2023 | Free for 25s and under, booking required

The Morgan Stanley Lates at Somerset House with The Courtauld series offers visitors after-hours access to our latest exhibition and a range of other activities. ...

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The Collection

Explore The Courtauld’s remarkable collection of paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture and decorative arts. ...

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The Courtauld Gallery’s collection, which comprises over 33,000 objects ranging from the Middle Ages to the 21^st 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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Witherford Watson Mann's transformation of The Courtauld shortlisted for the 2023 Stirling Prize

6 Sep 2023

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