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With collection master works from artists including Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Cézanne and Manet alongside an exhilarating programme of exhibitions, displays and commissions, take time to explore the Courtauld Gallery.
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Forge your career in the professional art world and beyond at the Courtauld Institute. You’ll learn from leaders in the field across the history, conservation, curation, and business of art, in the heart of London.
Join our in-person and online Open Days
Book your place to learn more about the Courtauld, our programmes, meet our faculty, and more.
Upcoming in-person Open Days: Postgraduate Taught Programmes Open Evening (26 Nov), Conservation of Wall Paintings tour (8 Dec), and MA Conservation of Easel Paintings tours (9 Dec).
Virtual Open Days: Online events for all Postgraduate taught programmes will take place in November and December
Wayne Thiebaud: American Still Life
10 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
★★★★★ – The Guardian
★★★★★ – The Telegraph
★★★★★ – The i Paper
This exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery is the first ever museum show of Wayne Thiebaud’s work in the UK. It presents Thiebaud’s remarkable, vibrant and lushly painted still-lifes of quintessentially post-war American subjects, from diner food and deli counters to gumball dispensers and pinball machines.
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