The Courtauld Lates – Claudette Johnson

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Join us on the last Friday of the month for The Courtauld Lates, and enjoy after-hours art, cocktails, music and performances at The Courtauld Gallery.

The Courtauld Gallery will open its doors for late-night access until 22:30, giving visitors the chance to enjoy an evening of world-class art, cocktails, music, and performances surrounded by The Courtauld’s collection of masterpieces at Somerset House.

Join us on Fri 27 Oct 2023 to experience our five-star exhibition, Claudette Johnson: Presence after hours.

Unwind after work and explore masterpieces from The Courtauld’s world-renowned art collection, such as Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. Other highlights include our 20th Century British Art display, the Bloomsbury Room and the magnificent Blavatnik Fine Rooms.

A pop-up bar serving ‘Courtauld Cocktails’ will be open in The Courtauld Shop on the lower ground floor, while the Art Café will be open all night, and will have 20% off all cocktails between 6:30pm and 7:30pm. The Art Café will also have a food station available for a light snack.

Plus live DJ sets from Sisu Crew in the Gallery Entrance Hall throughout the evening.

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27 Oct 2023

18:30 – 22:30

Over 18s only. £5- £13

The Courtauld Gallery 

Ticket price
Includes entry to Claudette Johnson: Presence and the permanent collection.

Adult (over 25): £13
Under 25: £5
Friends go free

Claudette Johnson: Presence © Fergus Carmichael

October Lates Programme

Lower Ground Floor

Cocktail Bar & Courtyard Terrace; The Courtauld Shop.

Guests get 10% off in the shop all evening.

Ground Floor

DJ set by Sisu Crew in the Entrance Hall
Cocktails in the Art Café and Bar (opposite the main entrance to the Gallery) plus Happy Hour cocktails (20% off)  from 18:00 – 19:00

First Floor

The Ruddock Family Gallery: Medieval and Early Renaissance
Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery: La Serenissima: Drawing in 18th century Venice

Second Floor

Blavatnik Fine Rooms: European Art (1400 – 1800)
Bar
Project Space:  Reworking Manet

Third Floor

Katja and Nicolai Tangen 20th Century Gallery: 20th Century British Art display
Bloomsbury Room
Cecily Brown Commission
Weston Gallery: Early Impressionism
LVMH Great Room: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Denise Coates Exhibition Galleries: Claudette Johnson: Presence

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Claudette Johnson: Presence

29 Sept 2023 – 14 Jan 2024  | Tickets from £13. Includes entry to the permanent collection. 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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