From David Hockney to Cecily Brown and Hurvin Anderson, the exquisitely detailed works showcase British artists at their best; laboriously executed, each composition invites close looking and overwhelms with meticulous marks.

Explore the very best from artists living and working in the United Kingdom.

British Visionaries

A genre revered within the grand arc of the art historical canon, portraiture has been integral to the way artists tell stories about people, history and culture across the ages. From Warhol’s Self-Portrait from 1963-64 to Paula Rego’s exquisitely rendered Jenufa and Yoshitomo Nara’s contemporary vision in Broken Heart Bench, portraits transcend time and place to capture the essence of the shared human experience.

Figuration endures through essential and intimate depictions of important subjects.

Titans of Portraiture

From Willem de Kooning to Martha Jungwirth, these artists have pushed the boundaries of abstraction and image in ways that are wholly contemporary.

Trace the last century’s modes of developing abstract painting, and how contemporary artist’s are pushing the genre today.

The Boundaries of Image

Between the pure luminescence of Anish Kapoor to the architectonic mobiles of Alexander Calder, these key highlights epitomise the radical influence of the most important sculptors working today.

An expanded view of Modern &amp; Contemporary sculptors inspired by materiality, nature and the human experience.

Vital Forms

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