The Courtauld Gallery - OPENING SOON! Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery

Visit The Courtauld Gallery in June

Opening This Month Bruegel to Freud Prints from The Courtauld Gallery 19 June - 21 September 2014  Bruegel to Freud offers an introduction to the largest but least known part of the Gallery's collection - its prints. The selection of around thirty prints spans more than 500 years and encompasses a variety of printmaking techniques. The display includes the ambitious Renaissance prints of Mantegna and Parmigianino, as well as the exquisite etchings of Canaletto and Piranesi. Find out more Impress Print Making Expanded in Contemporary Art 20 June - 20 July 2014  Impress explores how traditional printmaking techniques have been re-imagined and reworked in contemporary art.  The exhibition includes works from both the Arts Council Collections and The Courtauld Gallery, and is curated by students from the MA in Curating the Art Museum at The Courtauld Institute of Art.  Check out The Courtauld Gallery Blog to find out more about the process of curating this exhibition. Find out more June Talks and Tours Curator's Talk Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Look at Artists' Signatures Wednesday 4 June 2014 17.00 - 17.45 pm Dr Karen Serres, Curator of Paintings, explores how artists have signed their paintings from medieval Florence to late 19th century Paris. What do their signatures reveal about their status in society and their ambitions? Free with admission Lunchtime Talks Highlights from The Courtauld collection Every Mondays and Fridays 13.15 - 13.30 pm Discover more about the collection as researchers and students from The Courtauld discuss a highlight. June talks featured works byDegas, Soutine, Cézanne and the latest Illuminating Object; a Guro Loom Pulley.  Free with admission Sunday Tours Courtauld Masterpieces Sunday 8, 15 and 22 June 2014 15.00 - 15.45 pm Postgraduate students from The Courtauld Institute of Art examine highlights from the collection on Sunday afternoons. Free with admission Find out more Find out more Find out more Donate Now to Help Train Art Historians of the Future Please consider making a donation to our Annual Fund appeal and help us raise £100,000 which will provide vital funding to support The Courtauld's core work. The Courtauld’s unique training produces leaders in art history and conservation who go on to inspire and educate others through their pioneering work in universities, museums and galleries around the globe.  The appeal closes on 31 July. All gifts matter to us and your participation really will make a difference.  You can now also donate by SMS. Just text FUND08 followed by the amount of your choice (between £1 - £10) to 70070. Donate now Visiting London this Summer and Need Accommodation? Book five nights or more in our student accommodation and get free entry to The Courtauld Gallery! We have accommodation available between July and September in Duchy House, centrally located in a recently refurbished historic house next to Somerset House on the Strand. Make a booking What's On Elsewhere Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House 7 - 20 August 2014 Somerset House Returning with a special 10th anniversary season and a line-up of classic, cult, contemporary and never-seen-before films. Shown under the stars in the spectacular neoclassical setting of Somerset House with London's largest screen. Seduced! Fans & the Art of Advertising 3 June - 28 September 2014 The Fan Museum Discover the pivotal role advertising fans played in the growing consumer culture of the early twentieth century, with seductive designs, Art Deco elegance, and works by renowned fashion illustrators, including Georges Barbier and René Gruau. Art and Life 1920 - 1931 4 June - 21 September 2014 Dulwich Picture Gallery Curated by Ben and Winifred Nicholson'sgrandson, Jovan Nicholson, this exhibition provides a rare opportunity to see work produced in the prolific artistic period of their ten year marriage, alongside works by renowned contemporaries Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis and William Staite Murray. Gustav Metzger: LIFT OFF! Until 31 August 2014 Kettle's Yard Bringing together archive, film, sculpture and kinetic installations Lift Off!explores Gustav Metzger’s world of creative experimentation and activism between the late 1950's and early 1970's. Find out more Find out more Find out more Find out more