It takes a split second these days to create an image, and how many millions are recorded daily on mobile phones, possibly never to be looked at again? You can see it all happening in the palatial surroundings of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, definitely one of those tick-off destinations on many travellers' bucket lists, where those in search of instant pictorial satisfaction throng the imposing statue-lined staircase for a selfie or pout for a photo in the café under the spectacular cupola. But we're not in Vienna for a quick fix, we're at the KHM to admire something more enduring in the shape of art produced almost 500 years ago by Rembrandt and his pupil Samuel van Hoogstraten that was intended to mislead your eyes into seeing the real in the unreal. Artistic deception is the story at the centre of Rembrandt--Hoogstraten: Colour and Illusion , one of the most engrossing and best-staged exhibitions we've seen this year. And, somewhat surprisingly, a show wi...
This year marks the centenary of the deaths of both Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, and Vienna has been celebrating both with exhibitions. Now, it's London's turn to get in on the act, and drawings from one of the Austrian capital's great museums, the Albertina, are heading to the Royal Academy. Klimt/Schiele starts November 4 and runs through to February 3.
At the National Gallery, there's a show devoted to one of the great portraitists of the Italian Renaissance, Lorenzo Lotto, known for his rich symbolism and psychological depth. This free exhibition is on from November 5 to February 10.
Another free display at the National, starting November 29, centres on Edwin Landseer's Monarch of the Glen, that most romantic emblem of the Scottish Highlands (or a dreadful piece of Victorian kitsch?), which was bought for the nation from drinks giant Diageo last year. Other Landseer works and Peter Blake's version of the Monarch are also on show until February 3.
Thomas Gainsborough was the first British artist to regularly portray members of his family, and the National Portrait Gallery has gathered more than 50 works, some never previously displayed, to put together Gainsborough's Family Album, charting his career. November 22 to February 3.
At the British Museum, it's time to make way for the most powerful man on earth, the ruler of 6th-century BC Assyria. I Am Ashurbanipal, starting November 8, uses the museum's Assyrian collections to evoke the splendours of his palace in Nineveh, then the largest city in the world. Until February 24.
The Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London features rarely seen works from its extensive Victorian collection to show how attitudes towards children changed and softened over the course of the 19th century. Victorian Children in the Frame starts November 23 and continues until May.
Tate Liverpool is staging the first UK exhibition in 30 years devoted to Fernand Léger. Enthralled by the vibrancy of modern life, the Frenchman drew on photography and new forms of communication for his paintings and textiles. November 23 to March 17.
From one northern quayside venue to another: The Lowry in Salford explores LS Lowry's passion for the Pre-Raphs, and places work by his two favourite artists, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown, as well as others from the movement, including pictures that once belonged to him, alongside his own. Lowry and the Pre-Raphaelites is on from November 10 to February 24. And it's free.
Rossetti's sister, the poet Christina, is in focus at the Watts Gallery at Compton in Surrey. Portraits by her brother and art inspired by her writing are on display in Christina Rossetti: Vision & Verse, from November 13 to March 17.
In Cologne, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum has a broad sweep of a show looking at American art from 1650 to 1950. Once Upon a Time in America will bring together about 120 loans, with Thomas Eakins, George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe among the big names, as well as John Singleton Copley. November 23 to March 24.
Not too far away, at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, there's a big, big show devoted to possibly the quintessential German Expressionist, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Imaginary Travels brings together 180 works, which sounds perhaps a little exhausting. November 16 to March 3.
That early 17th-century master portraitist Anthony Van Dyck is the subject of a show at the Sabauda Gallery in Turin that has more than 50 works on display to illustrate his work as a court artist in Italy as well as to Charles I in England. Van Dyck Pittore di Corte is on from November 16 to March 17.
In the Netherlands, the first big exhibition for 2019's Rembrandt Year, marking the 350th anniversary of his death, opens on November 24 at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden. Rembrandt & Saskia -- she was from the city -- tells the story of their marriage, and portraits and personal objects give a picture of love in the Dutch Golden Age. Until March 17.
Finally, Renoir Father and Son at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris explores the relationship between Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste and filmmaker son Jean, creator of La Grande Illusion. This show got good reviews when it was on previously at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. November 6 to January 27.
Lorenzo Lotto, Triple Portrait of a Goldsmith, about 1525–35, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. © KHM-Museumsverband
Cristofano Allori, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1613, Royal Collection Trust. (c) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
Fernand Léger, Two Women Holding Flowers, 1954, Tate. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018
John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1782, Detroit Institute of Arts; Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund. Photo: Bridgeman Images.
Thomas Gainsborough was the first British artist to regularly portray members of his family, and the National Portrait Gallery has gathered more than 50 works, some never previously displayed, to put together Gainsborough's Family Album, charting his career. November 22 to February 3.
At the British Museum, it's time to make way for the most powerful man on earth, the ruler of 6th-century BC Assyria. I Am Ashurbanipal, starting November 8, uses the museum's Assyrian collections to evoke the splendours of his palace in Nineveh, then the largest city in the world. Until February 24.
The Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London features rarely seen works from its extensive Victorian collection to show how attitudes towards children changed and softened over the course of the 19th century. Victorian Children in the Frame starts November 23 and continues until May.
The Queen's Gallery looks at the connections between Russia and Britain and the dynasties that ruled them in Russia, Royalty and the Romanovs, which starts November 9 and runs through to April 28. Portraits and Fabergé miniatures are among the objects on display. Meanwhile, the Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh shows Charles II: Art & Power from November 23 to June 2, documenting Charles's reconstitution of the royal collection after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. We enjoyed this exhibition when it was on in London earlier this year.
Rossetti's sister, the poet Christina, is in focus at the Watts Gallery at Compton in Surrey. Portraits by her brother and art inspired by her writing are on display in Christina Rossetti: Vision & Verse, from November 13 to March 17.
In Cologne, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum has a broad sweep of a show looking at American art from 1650 to 1950. Once Upon a Time in America will bring together about 120 loans, with Thomas Eakins, George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe among the big names, as well as John Singleton Copley. November 23 to March 24.
That early 17th-century master portraitist Anthony Van Dyck is the subject of a show at the Sabauda Gallery in Turin that has more than 50 works on display to illustrate his work as a court artist in Italy as well as to Charles I in England. Van Dyck Pittore di Corte is on from November 16 to March 17.
In the Netherlands, the first big exhibition for 2019's Rembrandt Year, marking the 350th anniversary of his death, opens on November 24 at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden. Rembrandt & Saskia -- she was from the city -- tells the story of their marriage, and portraits and personal objects give a picture of love in the Dutch Golden Age. Until March 17.
Finally, Renoir Father and Son at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris explores the relationship between Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste and filmmaker son Jean, creator of La Grande Illusion. This show got good reviews when it was on previously at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. November 6 to January 27.
Images
Egon Schiele, Seated Female Nude, Elbows Resting on Right Knee, 1914, Albertina Museum, ViennaLorenzo Lotto, Triple Portrait of a Goldsmith, about 1525–35, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. © KHM-Museumsverband
Cristofano Allori, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1613, Royal Collection Trust. (c) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
Fernand Léger, Two Women Holding Flowers, 1954, Tate. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018
John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1782, Detroit Institute of Arts; Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund. Photo: Bridgeman Images.
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