Galleries - September 2015

a LA GALLERIA PALL MALL 5b Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London SW1Y 4UY t 020 7930 8069 www.lagalleria.org b MALL GALLERIES The Mall (nr Trafalgar Square), London SW1 Tribal Art London. Sep 3–5. *ad A group ofspecialist tribal art dealers from around the world coming together under one roofto form the only event ofits kind in the UK, displaying ethnographic art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas. Expanded this year to 18 dealers. Lectures Sep 3, 4, 5. Charlotte Johnson Wahl: Minding Too Much, A Retrospective. Sep 7–12. She speaks for all the emotions of the human heart – sadness, confusion and rage, but also humour, joy and an intoxicating irreverence. Bruce Little. Sep 28–Oct 3. *ad An exhibition ofbronze sculpture capturing the spirit ofthe wild African creatures Little has observed and guarded for most ofhis life. t 020 7968 0955 info@mallgalleries.com t @mallgalleries f mallgalleries www.tribalartlondon.com www.mallgalleries.org.uk c THE NATIONAL GALLERY Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN Soundscapes. Until Sep 6. Musicians and sound artists have selected a painting from K I N G ST HA L L S T C O CK SP U R S T N O RTH UMBER LA N D A VE . OL D COMP TO N B EA K S T R EG E N T J E R MYN STREET CARLTON HSE. TER. H A Y M A R K E T W HI T E HA L L THE MA L L P A L L M A L L B E D F O R D S T FL O R A L S T S A I N T M A R T I N 'S LA N E S H EL TO N BOW S TRE D EET E E T L EX I NGT O N S T C H A R I N G C R O S S R O A D B REWER ST L O N G A C R E E T S H A F T E S B U R Y A V E S T R A N D S P I C C A D I L L Y V I C T O R I A E M B A N K M S T Covent Garde ccadilly Circus Leicester Square Charing Cross Embank Trafalgar Square c d a b MAP 27 LONDON TRAFALGAR SQ SEPTEMBER 2015 GALLERIES 49 the collection and composed a new piece ofmusic or sound art in response, encouraging visitors to ‘hear’ the paintings and ‘see’ the sound. Take One Picture. Until Sep 21. Each year, one painting is chosen from the collection to inspire cross-curricular learning in primary classrooms. Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames. Until Sep 13. How frames transform the way we look at paintings. Art in Dialogue: Duccio/Caro. Until Nov 8. A creative interaction oftwo works ofart made almost 700 years apart. Monet: The Water Garden at Giverny. Throughout 2015. Giverny pictures shown together for the first time in 17 years. daily 10–6, Fri until 9 t 020 7747 2885 information@ng-london.org.uk t @NationalGallery f NationalGallery www.nationalgallery.org.uk d PANTER & HALL 11–12 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5LU Michael Hyam. Sep 16–25. An exciting solo show ofnew works by this talented British artist who regularly exhibits with the Royal Society ofPortrait Painters, Royal Watercolour Society, the RA Summer Exhibition and the Royal Institute ofPainters in Watercolours. David Storey: Shadowplay. Sep 18–25. Cumbrian-born figurative painter David Storey’s pychologically charged paintings; a first solo show at Panter and Hall, his works explore memory, half- remembered people and places that emerge from complex layers oftexture and colour. Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat by appt t 020 7399 9999 enquiries@panterandhall.com www.panterandhall.com on the COVER Thota Vaikuntamat Grosvenor Using rich primary colours, and drawing on the traditions ofIndian art, Thota Vaikuntam brings his home region ofAndhra Pradesh to life in a series of contemporary works focusing on the people, especially the women in all their vibrant finery. Since leaving home in 1960 for Hyderabad art school, his mother having convinced his father and elders in his village that he should be allowed to go, he has spent a lifetime depicting festivals, temples, gods and goddesses as well as simple home life. BROWN’S London Art Weekend –19 SEPTEMBER 2015 www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/browns-hotel/events Brown’s Hotel hosts the next exclusive Mayfair art tour on Saturday 19 September, introducing guests to four Mayfair exhibitions. The tour, which costs just £60 to attend, includes: coffee/tea in The Library at Brown’s Hotel on arrival (10.30 - 11am), tour of four galleries in the surrounding Mayfair and lunch in HIX Mayfair. Guests can also take advantage of ‘Mayfair Art Lovers Weekend’ including one night at Brown’s Hotel, breakfast, Mayfair Art Tour and lunch for two. Rates from £530. Forthcoming Art Tour dates include 17 October, 7 November and 12 December with further dates to be announced. Please note that numbers are limited to eight guests per art tour so advance booking is recommended. To secure a place on one of the art tours, please call Reservations on +44(0) 207 518 4172 .