Culture | Exhibitions Our long, glorious summer sprawls out ahead of us. And what the city is lacking in sunshine, it’s making up for with dozens of fantastic, illuminating art exhibitions. Here is our pick of the shows to see.
These excellent exhibitions, which continue to run throughout the summer, should not be missed. Michelangelo’s two-metre-high preparatory drawing, Epifania, is his only complete surviving pre-fresco sketch. Now, it’s finally on show after years of conservation as part of this extraordinary exhibition, which features over 100 of his drawings.
The Standard has described the astonishing collection, focusing on work the master made in the last three decades of his life, as some of “the most beautiful things you will ever see”. The British Museum, to July 28 Celebrated American artist, environmentalist and author Judy Chicago, 84, returns to London with her largest-ever solo presentation in the city. The show, which focuses on her drawings and asks questions about birth, creation, masculinity and power, offers a radical retelling of history: “Her advocacy throughout the years for women’s history and expression serves as a poignant reminder of the ongoing need for equality, societal transformation, and an equitable world,” said the Standard .
Serpentine North Gallery, to September 1 Maverick Italian industrial designer Enzo Mari (1932-2020) made over 2,000 works across his six-decade career, including furniture, conceptual installations, func.