Exhibitions
Every Thursday and Friday you can enjoy exploring our special exhibitions after hours until 21.00
The Queen: Art and Image
Until 21 October 2012
Admission £6
Free for Gallery Supporters
To mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this landmark exhibition brings together over sixty of the most remarkable and resonant images of Elizabeth II made during her sixty-year reign.
From formal painted portraits to commissioned photographs and from press images to works by celebrated contemporary artists, the exhibition charts the evolving representation of one of the most portrayed people of all time, and the influence of this imagery on changing perceptions of the monarchy.
Exploring the startling range of artistic creativity that the Queen has inspired, the exhibition also reveals the radical changes in portraiture and profound social developments since the 1950s. Featured photographers and artists include Cecil Beaton, Dorothy Wilding, Thomas Struth, Annie Leibovitz, Pietro Annigoni, Andy Warhol, Lucian Freud and Gerhard Richter.
Enjoy seeing The Queen: Art and Image until 21.00 every Thursday and Friday. Show your exhibition ticket at the Late Shift Bar to enjoy 2-for-1 drinks.
Find out moreLucian Freud Portraits
Until 27 May
Admission £14 (£13/£12 concessions)
Free for Gallery Supporters
Lucian Freud was one of the most important and influential artists of his generation. Paintings of people were central to his work and this major exhibition is the first to focus on his portraiture.
Produced in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition demonstrates Freud’s stylistic development and technical virtuosity through insightful paintings of the artist’s lovers, friends and family, demonstrating the psychological drama and unrelenting observational intensity of his work.
Featuring 130 works from museums and private collections throughout the world, some of which have never been exhibited before, this is an unmissable opportunity to experience the work of one of the world's greatest artists.
Enjoy a great range of events at Late Shift this spring which focus on Freud and his art inspired by the exhibition. Take part in art classes, painting workshops and life drawing sessions, explore Freud’s favourite poems with his daughter Annie Freud and friends Wendy Cope and John Hegley, and celebrate Freud on Film as Tim Marlow and Jake Auerbach introduce their documentary screenings.
Show your Lucian Freud Portraits exhibition ticket at the Late Shift Bar to enjoy 2-for-1 drinks.