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International centre for the teaching, research and enjoyment of art history and world-famous Gallery. NOW OPEN: ✨ Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads✨

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The Courtauld

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"Incredible" ★★★★★ - @TimeOutLondon "One epic experience" ★★★★ @Independent “Thrillingly alive” ★★★★ @guardian NOW OPEN – The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach. The Charcoal Heads ✨ 🎟️ Find out more and book now:

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Édouard #Manet was born #onthisday in 1832. A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is one of the masterpieces #inourcollection and was Manet’s last major painting, completed a year before he died See this painting on display in our LVMH Great Room on the 3rd floor

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We are delighted to have appointed Prof. Dorothy Price and Indie A. Choudhury to new faculty roles in Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, with specialisms in critical race art history, Black studies, arts of Africa and its global diasporas.

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Hugest congratulations to Courtauld alumna Dr Caroline Campbell (MA, 1995; PhD, 2000), the new Director of the National Gallery of Ireland. The first female Director in the gallery’s 158 year history, she will take up her new position in November. @campbell_c_m @NGIreland

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Alixe Bovey has been appointed as Dean and Deputy Director of The Courtauld Institute of Art.

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For the first time, you can now explore The Courtauld Gallery’s full collection online for free, on our new digital platform launched today 🖼️ Search through 33,000 works with high-definition images, most of which have not been accessible before. 🔗:

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The Courtauld Institute of Art and @KingsCollegeLon have today announced an exciting new strategic relationship, building on the strengths of both organisations. Find out more:

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Edouard Manet, Au Bal - Marguerite de Conflans en Toilette de Bal (1870-80) #InOurCollection 🌸 Book your visit to The Courtauld Gallery:

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After a major five-year digitisation project and the help of 14,000 volunteers, we are delighted that The Conway Library photographic collection of over 1 million images is now available to explore online 📷 Explore the collections:

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Congratulations to The Courtauld team on their win tonight! #UniversityChallenge

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Happy #InternationalPortraitDay ! To celebrate @NPGLondon 's reopening, here are some of our favourite portraits #InOurCollection 🧑‍🎨 Which is your favourite? ✨ Explore portraiture further at The Courtauld:

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Henri (le Douanier) Rousseau was born on this day in 1844. This painting, Toll Gate (1888-92), and a selection of Post-Impressionist art #InOurCollection will be on display at The Courtauld Gallery from 15 June – 3 Sept. More: © The Courtauld

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Our loss, Notting Hill’s gain 😉 @HackedOffHugh

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It is the 60th birthday of Hugh Grant, one of the best actors Britain has ever produced, for my money. He was rather diverted into his profession after failing to find funding for a PhD in History of Art at the Courtauld. Many happy returns!

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Hey @beyonce , if you want to come and see Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Flight into Egypt' IRL, just let us know 👀

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Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Discover Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting Landscape with the Flight into Egypt  at The Courtauld Gallery, based at Somerset House in central London.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Landscape with the Flight into Egypt” 1563, depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son Jesus on their way to Egypt to flee persecution. The broad valley and dramatic peaks represent the long and arduous journey ahead.…

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And they won! A fantastic result and a great performance from @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller and #timmarlow 🍾

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The Courtauld alumni team are through to the final of Christmas #UniversityChallenge ! Huge congratulations to @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller #timmarlow 💪🏼 The grand final is on New Years Day, 8.30pm @BBCTwo

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🎉 Congratulations to The Courtauld’s Märit Rausing Director Professor Deborah Swallow, who has been awarded a CBE in the King's Birthday Honours! Professor Swallow received the award for services to art and education. Read more here: #KingsHonours

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"Art History is the name for a transdisciplinary project that has taken me to the limits of my understanding of related ways of thinking– science, theology, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, economics" Read Griselda Pollock's Graduation speech in full:

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The Courtauld alumni team are through to the final of Christmas #UniversityChallenge ! Huge congratulations to @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller #timmarlow 💪🏼 The grand final is on New Years Day, 8.30pm @BBCTwo

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Paul Cézanne was born #onthisday in 1839 The Courtauld is home to the most significant collection of works by Paul #C ézanne in the UK, including this painting Tall Trees at the Jas de Bouffan (circa 1883) Book now to discover our collection:

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Edgar Degas was fascinated by ballet, producing over a thousand works on the subject. 🩰 Happy #InternationalDanceDay ! 📷 Edgar Degas, Two dancers on a stage, 1874 © The Courtauld

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English painter and interior designer Vanessa Bell was born #OnThisDay in 1879 🌷 'A Conversation' is one of her major achievements, which she worked on at various points over several years. What could the three women be saying? 🤔 Find out more:

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Congratulations to The Courtauld team on their excellent performance against @UofGlasgow ! #universitychallenge

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Delighted to announce @lucybradnock and #CatherineGrant are to join as Vice-Deans for Research and Education, respectively. The appointments will support future generations of practitioners and researchers, in the wake of our outstanding REF results

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Berthe Morisot was born #OnThisDay in 1841. Morisot was at the centre of the group of independent artists who became known as the Impressionists after their first group exhibition in 1874, and was the only woman represented. Portrait of a Woman, 1872-75, © The Courtauld

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Announcing The Courtauld’s 2024 exhibitions and displays programme!✨ From Monet's Impressionist paintings of London reunited for the first time in 120 years to a series of hauntingly beautiful charcoal portraits by Frank Auerbach, and much more.

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In our final film of our Summer series, hear from Lucy Donovan, founder of Girl and Gallery, about Edouard Manet's 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère' (1882)📍 What is your favourite work on display at The Courtauld Gallery? 💭 🎟️ Gallery Entry from £10

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Five key new academic appointments have been made to The Courtauld, further bolstering the Institute’s reputation for art historical teaching and research excellence. Read more here:

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Did you know that Courtauld Books Online is a series of online scholarly books, available to read & download without charge? The latest title is ‘Gothic Architecture in Spain’ edited by Dr Tom Nickson & Dr Nicola Jennings. Read here:

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It’s #NationalAppleDay !🍎What better way to celebrate than with Lucas Cranach the Elder's Adam and Eve, 1526, #InOurCollection - currently on display @NationalGallery . #didyouknow that Cranach and his workshop made over fifty versions of this subject? 🖼️ © The Courtauld.

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If you are visiting The Courtauld Gallery this weekend then make sure you check out the brand new display of 20th century British art in our 20th century gallery on the 3rd Floor. Features works by Frank Auerbach, Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon and Matthew Smith.

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We are thrilled to announce that @MellonFdn has awarded The Courtauld a grant of $750,000 to establish two senior teaching posts in modern and contemporary art of Africa and the African diaspora. More:

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Seated by a window against the light, the woman looks serene. We are so excited to welcome this painting back to our gallery walls. Come and see it today! Edgar Degas, Woman at a Window, 1871-1872, oil on paper, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

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Many congratulations to Courtauld alumna Naomi Beckwith, who has been appointed Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Guggenheim.

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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Naomi Beckwith as Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator; she will join the Guggenheim in June from Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

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🚨Coming soon - Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads 🚨 See early masterpieces by one of the world's most celebrated living artists, brings together a remarkable series of hauntingly beautiful, large-scale drawings ✨ ⏰ 9 Feb - 27 May 🎟️ Book now -

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“The study of art reminds us of things that can't be measured or described. It reminds us of beauty, awe, wonder, horror." The Courtauld's Dr Jessica Barker explains why art history matters in a world of increasing quantification, with @HENITalks :

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A major exhibition of work by British artist Claudette Johnson will open at The Courtauld Gallery this September A founding member of the Black British Art Movement, Johnson is considered one of the most significant figurative artists of her generation.

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French Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac was born #OnThisDay in 1863 🎨 Signac moved to St-Tropez in 1892. He was the first Parisian artist to settle there, seeking 'sky, sea, the setting sun' and a good anchorage for his boat Olympia ☀️

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British landscape painter John Constable was born #OnThisDay in 1776. Constable loved painting clouds, and painted several from Hampstead Heath 1820-23. He regarded the sky as "the chief 'Organ of Sentiment'" in landscape ☁️ 🖼️ Cloud Study, 1822, The Courtauld

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"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing" 💭 Camille Pissarro was born #OnThisDay in 1830🍃 📷 Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich, 1871 #InOurCollection

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Save the date! The Courtauld Gallery in London will reopen to the public on Friday 19 November 2021 following the most significant modernisation project in its history, with tickets to our Gallery and new exhibitions now on sale. Read more here:

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🚨 Mark your diaries! Tickets go on sale for Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads (9 Feb – 27 May 2024) next week 🚨 💛 Friends presale: 14 Nov 🎟️ General on sale: 16 Nov Find out more: Become a friend:

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Congratulations to Professor Mark Hallett, appointed Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art. Professor Hallett will take up the appointment on 1 August 2023. @PaulMellonCentr

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Mark Hallett Announced As New Director of The Courtauld

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📣 Submission deadline: Fri 21 April 📣 Would you like to see your artwork displayed in The Courtauld Gallery? 🍊Take part in our live brief ‘Reworking Manet’ and create your personal response to A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882). 🎩 Find out more:

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The Courtauld is delighted to announce that our historic central London gallery is set to reopen in late 2021, following our major #CourtauldConnects redevelopment. Read more:

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The Courtauld Gallery to reopen in late 2021

The Courtauld is delighted to announce that our historic central London gallery is set to reopen in late 2021, following a major transformation project suppo...

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We are thrilled that The Courtauld has acquired 'Blues Dance' (2023) by Claudette Johnson, one of the leading figures of the Black British Arts Movement. Find out more:

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Prof. Dorothy Price will be in conversation with Lubaina Himid to discuss the artist's new exhibition @tate and her practice, on 6 December at 18.30–20.00. Book your ticket:

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Lubaina Himid In Conversation | Tate Modern

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Why does art history matter? Courtauld alumnus and Turner prize-winning artist, @jeremydeller , answers this important question @HENITalks

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Paul Cézanne, Pot of Primroses and Fruit, 1888-90 🍐 #DidYouKnow The Courtauld Gallery holds the largest group of paintings by Cézanne in Britain? See them on display in the LVMH Great Room on your next visit!

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"The Courtauld Gallery is reopening after a £57m refit and the real winners are the paintings"

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The Courtauld Gallery is reopening after a £57m refit and the real winners are the paintings

The Courtauld is home to one of the world’s great art collections, and following a major transformation project, it feels rejuvenated

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On 15 Nov 1940, the war artist John Piper painted the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. See this painting at Courtauld Connections, until 2 Oct. John Piper, Interior of Coventry Cathedral, November 15th, 1940, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum © the Piper Estate / DACS 2022.

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The Courtauld is proud to announce the conferment of Honorary Doctorate degrees (Doctor Honoris Causa) to two distinguished figures in the fields of Art and Art History: Professor Sonia Boyce, OBE, RA and Dr Asok K. Das. Read more here:

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We are excited to share that one of the most loved works #InOurCollection , van Gogh’s Peach Trees in Blossom is now back on display in The Courtauld Gallery after recently being on loan in Detroit. See this painting on display in the LVMH Great Room on the 3rd Floor!

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The Courtauld is delighted to launch the James Hughes-Hallett Undergraduate Scholarship to support students who are underrepresented in higher education From 2021/22, The Courtauld will award three students £10,000 each over the duration of their degree:

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"Never before have the Courtauld’s Rubenses looked richer, its Cranachs more tempting, its great gilded marriage chests more magnificent" - @thetimes ★★★★★

The Courtauld reopening — a splendid overhaul for the great London gallery

★★★★★Even the fire extinguishers look a cut above average. They shine like brushed copper. But then this is precisely what you should expect from the Courtauld,

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Season's Greetings from everyone at The Courtauld! 🎄 We're full of festive cheer with this atmospheric snow scene by Camille Pissarro. 📷 Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Eragny sous la neige, 1890-1891 © The Courtauld

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"Art history gives us the tools to interpret objects and images as documents of social worlds and bearers of meaning" Dr Esther Chadwick on why art history matters with @HENITalks . Watch the full series here:

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We are delighted to announce that an outstanding group of modern drawings by European and American masters assembled by the late collector Howard Karshan has been presented to The Courtauld by his wife, the artist Linda Karshan. Read more:

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(1) Following our recent reopening announcement, we are thrilled to reveal that the first ever #exhibition devoted to Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits across his entire career will take place at The Courtauld Gallery from 3 Feb – 8 May 2022. Read more 👉

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Happy Birthday to Frank Auerbach, born #OnThisDay in 1931 🎂 Find out more about this work, Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square: See it for yourself in our current display of 20th Century British Art - included with Gallery Entry 📍

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Spend a moment with John Constable’s Cloud Study this #WorldMentalHealthDay ⛅️ Despite his meteorological focus, Constable regarded the sky as the chief “Organ of Sentiment” in landscape. We think it’s the perfect dose of self-care today ✨ 🔗

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We are delighted to welcome Prof Mark Hallett as the new Märit Rausing Director at The Courtauld Institute of Art. On his Dec 2022 appt, he called it 'a privilege' to lead such an esteemed institution known for its pioneering research & collections.

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Did you hear the news? Our programme of exhibitions and displays for 2024 is now announced, from Frank Auerbach and Claude Monet to Vanessa Bell and Roger Mayne 🖼️ Sign up to our gallery newsletter to keep up to date:

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It's #InternationalFriendshipDay ! What artwork sums up your friendship, and why? 'A Conversation' is one of Vanessa Bell's major achievements, which she worked on at various points over several years. What are they talking about? Are we, the viewer, involved, or on the outside?

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We're so proud of how far our #UniversityChallenge team has come - tune in tonight at 20:30 (GMT) to see what happens next:

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It is with huge sadness that we announce the death of our much-loved former colleague, Paul Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art. Paul's deep intelligence & warm-hearted humanity will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

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Professor Paul Crossley (1945-2019)

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What better way to celebrate #PeachBlossomDay than with Vincent van Gogh's glorious peach trees? 🌸 📷

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Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is fashion! ✨ It may be raining, but you can still be fashionable. An umbrella can be an excellent accessory, so we've gone with Renoir's famed 'The Umbrellas' from our neighbours @NationalGallery ☔️

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Another excellent review! Read the @guardian article here:

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‘It’s too much!’ – the Courtauld’s Van Goghs, Monets, Cézannes, Goyas and Bruegels are reborn

After a two-year revamp, this extraordinary collection is back – in a brighter, roomier, friendlier space. The Old Masters have never looked so magnificent

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#Courtauld Director's response to A-level Art History being axed as a 'soft' subject #SaveArtHistory

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Listen to Dr Robin Schuldenfrei, Tangen Reader in 20th Century Modernism, as she joins Melvyn Bragg and guests in a discussion on Bauhaus. Tomorrow at 9:00 GMT on @BBCRadio4 :

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Bauhaus

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential German school founded by Walter Gropius.

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Just one month until Claudette Johnson: Presence opens at The Courtauld Gallery! 💫 ⏰ 29 Sept 2023 - 14 Jan 2024 🎟️ Find out more and book now - 📷 Figure in blue, 2018, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. © Claudette Johnson

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🌸 We hope you are having a great Sunday, wherever you are! 🌸 This lush bouquet of mallows is set against a background rendered in overlapping strokes of sparkling hues. ✨Monet, Vase of Flowers (1881-82), The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

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Miss wandering round galleries? So do we! This photograph is from 1958, when The Courtauld Gallery moved from Home House to new premises at Woburn Square in Bloomsbury, giving much needed display space for its growing collection. #ThrowbackThursday

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#DidouKnow the Bloomsbury Group also made rugs? (and ceramics, and furniture, and more...)🎕 Most Omega Workshop rug designs are purely abstract; instead, this large design attributed to Roger Fry could be a folding screen or furniture.

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Made in the early days of the Omega Workshops, this vibrant four-fold screen by Duncan Grant features a lily pond design that Grant used repeatedly in his early career, like on a table now at @CharlestonTrust ✨ #FurnitureFriday Four-fold screen, 1913-14 © The Courtauld

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Tonight, Courtauld students will be in the quarter-finals of #universitychallenge ! Watch on @BBCTwo at 20:30GMT:

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We said farewell to our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ exhibition, Claudette Johnson: Presence, this weekend. Thank you to everyone who visited since September, and to Claudette Johnson for gracing the walls of The Courtauld Gallery.

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In case you missed it earlier this year, The Art Mysteries is back on @BBCFOUR tonight at 20.30 (GMT) 🔍🖼️ @JANUSZCZAK delves into the clues hidden in Vincent van Gogh’s painting Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear #InOurCollection . Find out more:

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#InOurCollection Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841- 1919) La Loge, 1874. Explore Renoir's delicate brushwork in this painting of modern life on @googlearts or see it for yourself on the 3rd Floor of The Courtauld Gallery. © The Courtauld

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We are pleased to announce that Dr Stephen Whiteman, Reader in the Art and Architecture of China, has been appointed as a trustee to the Association for Art History board. Read more: @stephen_whitemn @forarthistory

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WELCOME OUR THREE NEW TRUSTEES - For Art History

We are very happy to announce that at our recent AGM, we welcomed three new trustees to the Association for Art History board: Flavia Frigeri is an art historian and ‘Chanel Curator for the Collect...

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Open Courtauld Hour, our weekly digital instalment on all things art history - is back! Join us from 18 June for pop-up talks, performances, & in detail object study sessions inspired by our collection & research in art history. Book free tickets here:

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🎄🎅 Merry Christmas from The Courtauld! We’re wishing you lots of festive cheer with this snowy scene by Camille Pissarro, Eragny sous la neige #inourcollection ❄️☃️ © The Courtauld

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We are thrilled to announce 'Open Courtauld Hour', a month-long programme of digital mini festivals, every Thursday evening from 30 April. Exploring weekly themes of Art in Isolation, Art & Wellbeing, The Future of Art History and Women Artists. More:

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We are thrilled to announce that a major exhibition of new and recent works by Peter Doig will open at The Courtauld Gallery on 10 Feb 2023 The exhibition will present an exciting new chapter in the career of one of the most celebrated and important painters working today

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3 years

Congratulations to @ProfDorrothy on the publication of ‘Rethinking British Art: Black Artists and Modernism’. Professor Price will be joining The Courtauld faculty in September.

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Art History

3 years

The latest special issue of #ArtHistory , ‘Rethinking British Art: Black Artists and Modernism’, edited by #SoniaBoyce and #DorothyPrice , is now available online; to learn more, visit

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2 years

Professor Deborah Swallow has announced plans to retire from her post as Märit Rausing Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after leading the internationally renowned institution for 18 years. Read more:

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We are delighted to have acquired two fine examples of Italian Renaissance ceramics (maiolica) through the #CulturalGiftsScheme administered by @ace_national Read the thread to discover more about these amazing pieces, or visit #InOurCollection

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To celebrate the reopening of The Courtauld Gallery today, our partners @MorganStanley have beamed paintings from our collection across Times Square in New York. Tickets are now on sale for Van Gogh Self-Portraits, the first major exhibition in the Morgan Stanley Series

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2 years

The Courtauld Gallery welcomed Hollywood A-lister @SamuelLJackson into The Courtauld Gallery recently, for a visit to see The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Van Gogh. Self-Portraits, which has shown the enduring popularity of the iconic Dutch painter.

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The Courtauld

6 months

A significant initiative to digitise the Witt Photographic Collection, an extensive collection of over 2.1 million photographs, reproductions, and cuttings of paintings, drawings, and engravings of Western Art from c.1200 - 2009, has begun. Find out more:

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We hope you are wrapping up warm as the weather gets colder! In this swift sketch, the woman’s face is partially covered by a stole. ❄️ Toulouse-Lautrec, Sketch for a portrait of a lady, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) © The Courtauld

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2 years

There is less than a month until The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Edvard Munch. Masterpieces from Bergen opens! 👤 Edvard Munch, (1863-1944), Summer Night. Inger on the Beach, 1889, KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway Tickets on sale now:

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The Courtauld

3 years

Here’s your starter for 10… Good luck to The Courtauld alumni team as they take on @goldsmiths on tonight’s Christmas University Challenge! Watch on @BBCTwo at 8.30pm. @jackyklein28 @LaviniaGreenlaw @jeremydeller #timmarlow

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Leonardo da Vinci died #OnThisDay in 1519. A tireless draughtsman, Da Vinci saw drawing as an essential means of developing ideas, like in these preparatory sketches: 🖼️ Studies for Saint Mary Magdalene, circa 1480-82 © The Courtauld

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2 years

Major shows featuring masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch headline our 2022 exhibitions programme. Find out all about it here: Image credit: @kodebergen

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3 years

Degas was fascinated by ballet, which is why on #WorldBalletDay we’re revisiting this enchanting painting #fromourcollection You can view this work and much more when we reopen in one month! Book now: Edgar Degas, Two Dancers on a Stage © The Courtauld

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Courtauld Alumni Gabriele Finaldi, director of @NationalGallery , chose this work as his favourite from our collection. Book now to see this painting and more when we reopen Nov 19: Pieter Bruegel, Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery © The Courtauld

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3 years

A team of researchers, led by The Courtauld, have undertaken a scientific analysis of the tomb of the Black Prince - the infamous medieval knight and heir apparent to the English throne - & shed new light on the ingenuity of royal artists in the 14c:

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The Courtauld is delighted to announce that the John Browne Charitable Trust has made a significant donation of £1,000,000 to the transformation of The Courtauld’s Somerset House spaces, as part of the Courtauld Connects project. Read more:

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The Courtauld

8 months

Want to know more about Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère? 🖼️ Tune in today at 4pm on @BBCRadio4 to zoom into the work on Moving Pictures with @cathyfitzg , featuring interviews from curators and experts. @googlearts @BBCiPlayer

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