Tate Britain's 'Inside Bloomsbury' Opens November 12: More Than 300 Works by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, on View to April 11, 2027
Tate Britain in London opened 'Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury' on November 12, with the exhibition running to April 11, 2027. Tate describes it as the first major exhibition to chart the duo's relationship and artistic trajectory, featuring more than 300 works, from early post-impressionist and abstract paintings to late naturalistic self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes, together with furniture, ceramics and textiles bearing their modernist designs. Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) and Duncan Grant (1885-1978), core members of the Bloomsbury Group, sustained a creative partnership spanning more than five decades.
A centerpiece of the show is the studio the two artists shared until 1939, relocated to Tate Britain for the very first time. The studio comes from Charleston, their home in East Sussex, which is currently undergoing conservation work. Also on view is the landmark 'Famous Women Dinner Service' (1932-34), a rare joint work comprising 50 hand-painted Wedgwood plates. Bell and Grant were directors of the Omega Workshops, founded in 1913, which blurred the distinction between fine and decorative art. Named exhibits include Bell's 'Iceland Poppies' (c.1908-9) and 'Studland Beach' (c.1912), and Grant's 'Group at Asheham' (1913) and 'The Mantelpiece' (1914).
The exhibition is organised by Tate Britain in collaboration with Charleston and curated by Thomas Kennedy, Curator of Modern British Art, and Eliza Spindel, Assistant Curator. Tate Britain, on Millbank in London, is open daily from 10.00 to 18.00; entry is free for Tate Members, and visitors aged 16 to 25 can visit for £5 by joining Tate Collective.
Source: Tate Britain
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