THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM MARCH ONWARDS
GRAYSON PERRY: ESSEX HOUSE TAPESTRIES - THE LIFE OF JULIE COPE
15 March to 12 June 2024
Two exquisite, large-scale tapestries by one of the UK´s leading visual artists will be on display for the first time in the county. Created in 2015 for A House for Essex – a house designed by the Turner prize winning artist for the Living Architecture project – the first edition of the work hangs in the house and this second set was commissioned by the Crafts Council to be seen more widely. The tapestries tell a story of Julie Cope – a fictional creation of Perry's, illustrating key events in the heroine's journey. Packed full of imagery and allusion, viewers will be able to take in both tapestries together and spot the impending signs of unhappiness that lurk in the first.
The Arc, Jewry St, Winchester SO23 8SB. arcwinchester.org.uk
BRUEGEL TO RUBENS
23 March to 23 June 2024
This exhibition will show a remarkable range of artworks rarely seen in public because of their fragility and sensitivity to light. Among the works on show will be drawings by three of the most famous Flemish artists: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-69), Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641). The exhibition will also present numerous drawings by other talented draughtsmen, such as Maerten de Vos (1532-1603), Hans Bol (1534-94), and Jacques Jordaens (1593-1678).
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH. ashmolean.org
CHLOË LAMB
6 to 22 March 2024
This exhibition of Chloë Lamb’s new works will contain over 40 paintings on vari
