LONDON.- London Art Week Winter 2024 will take place in galleries from 29th November to 6th December. Highlights this winter include specialist exhibitions with many focusing on single artists and rediscovered artists, many of which are female.
Abbott and Holder are showing An Artist Rediscovered - presenting the works by Mary Headlam (1874-1959) from 28th November – 23rd December. Mary trained at the Slade from 1892-1896 and was part of a circle of progressive and highly educated women artists and writers that included the Syrett sisters and Gwen Raverat. She was a regular exhibitor at the N.E.A.C. where the vast majority of her output was illustration and landscape, Samuel Palmer being the greatest influence on her work. She was the subject of a small exhibition at Sheffield City Art Galleries in 1983, curated by the late Anne Goodchild, but since then nothing of Headlam's work has been seen beyond the walls of her family's homes. There is little evidence of her existence online and this exhibition, formed of works from her descendants, has been the first opportunity to present an introduction to her as an artist; a genuine re-discovery.
Karen Taylor Fine Art continues presenting British Women Artists 1750-1950 with a special focus on Evelyn de Morgan and the model Alessandro di Marco. British women artists have begun to enjoy once again the recognition they were accorded by their contemporaries. A recently rediscovered drawing by Evelyn de Morgan has been found to depict the famous model Alessandro Di Marco, whose face appears in many major works by de Morgan and Edward Burne-Jones, amongst others. He was photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron.
Elliott Fine Art's exhibition focuses on Modern Visions: Overlooked Artists, 1915 – 1960. The gallery will be showing a small group of exceptional works by historically overlooked Modern artists, priced at £15,000 and under. While none are household names today, each artist made significant contributions within their respective eras and deserve far greater recognition.
The Limner Company will be holding a selling exhibition, Portrait Miniatures from 1600-1800, at the prestigious Wartski gallery by appointment only from 2-6 December 2024 for the winter instalment of London Art Week.
Stuart Lochhead Sculpture celebrates the opening of its new gallery on Old Bond Street with Second Nature, a special exhibition curated by art historian and author Sophie Richard, the show presents contemporary Japanese art alongside rare Old Master works. The exhibition highlights the work of Kyoto-based artists Shota Suzuki and Satomi Den, whose creations are deeply inspired by the natural world. Suzuki's and Den's creations will be showcased in the new gallery space, designed by Kodai and Associates, which blends elegance and modernity, reflecting architect Yuichi Kodai's Japanese heritage. Alongside these works, the gallery will showcase a great Italian symbolist work by Adolfo Wildt (1868-1931), first exhibited at the Biennale Romana in 1925, and a remarkable masterpiece in terracotta by the great French Revolutionary sculptor Joseph Chinard (1756-1813).
David Messum Fine Art presents Green Grow the Rushes ‘O: A Christmas Carol, an exhibition of new paintings from Sean Jefferson from 4th - 24th December 2024. Sean Jefferson’s work resonates between 1960s psychedelic Op-Art and the fin de siècle era Art Nouveau style of European art and design. There are similarities with Sean’s work and the popular Victorian artist Richard Dadd (1817-1886). Both artists similarly employ minute details in their paintings, particularly in their depictions of the fairy characters that populate many of the images. This is best demonstrated in Jefferson’s newly commissioned collection of works that represent the classic carol, Green Grow the Rushes ‘O.
Baptism of Fire: Terracotta Masterpieces Spanning Three Millennia will be on view at Colnaghi from 29 November 2024 - January 2025. The exhibition of terracotta works of art will bring together an unprecedented array of objects ranging in date from the 5th century BC to the 1960s. Terracotta – literally ‘cooked earth’ – has been an important medium since the earliest days of domestic production as well as artistic expression. Although many art lovers tend to associate works in terracotta particularly with the 16th to 18th centuries, this carefully curated group brings together objects which emphasise the enduring legacy of the medium. From a powerful fragmentary panther head from Southern Italy of the late 5th century BC to an extraordinary shallow relief by Picasso which represents an important moment in that artist’s homage to Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, which he created in 1964.
For this coming Winter season, Stephen Ongpin Fine Art will host a stock sale at their Mayfair gallery fit for the festive season. The exhibition will include works across five centuries all priced below £15,000 GBP.
This Christmas season, Sladmore Gallery's exhibition showcases Edouard Martinet's new unique sculptures of insects, animals and birds, all remarkable and witty creations, and Japanese master ceramicist Kensuke Fujiyoshi with his new collection of exquisite porcelain animal boxes.
Fiumano Clase are having a Mixed Winter Show, featuring a number of gallery artists. Notably with a focus on new works by Swedish artists Aleksander Klingspor, Eric Lenght and Herman Lohe. The exhibition opens to the public on 6th of December 2024 and finished on 30th January 2025 (closed 17th December – 7th January).
