Self portrait of David Hockney
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Our current exhibitions

Johann Jakob Frey, Cloud Study (3). Private collection. Photo © Artcurial

True to Nature: Open-air Painting in Europe 1780-1870

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Tuesday 03rd May 2022 to Monday 29th August 2022

David Hockney self-portrait painting

Hockney’s Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction

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Tuesday 15th March 2022 to Monday 29th August 2022

Images © David Hockney

New displays in the galleries

Portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

First Official Joint Portrait of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 30th December 2022

Jamie Coreth, Fine Art Commissions
Pegasus Drinking from the Fountain of Hippocrene, with miniature of Edith Emma Cooper. Miniature painted and pendant designed by Charles de Sousy Ricketts, made by Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, 1901 (M/P.

The Collection of Charles de Sousy Ricketts and Charles Haslewood Shannon

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Tuesday 08th June 2021 to Sunday 04th September 2022

Juxtaposition (2021) in Gallery 8

Juxtaposition

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Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 31st December 2022

The Acropolis of Athens "The Works of Lord Byron" (London, John Murray, 1832-4)

Alternative narratives of the Greek Bicentenary

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Tuesday 09th November 2021 to Tuesday 25th October 2022

Silver-gilt tea caddy

Refugee Silver: Huguenots in Britain

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Tuesday 02nd August 2022 to Sunday 30th July 2023

Our forthcoming exhibitions and displays

A French 10-centime copper coin of Napoleon III. The emperor’s bust was removed shortly after 1870 following his disastrous defeat and capture by the Prussians in 1870.

Defaced! Money Conflict Protest

Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Sunday 08th January 2023

Archived exhibitions and displays

Pot, burnished earthenware. Made by Magdalene Odundo, c. 1983 © Magdalene Odundo. Photograph © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge

Tuesday 05th October 2021 to Sunday 24th July 2022

This is now closed
Print of a starfish fossil. Ophioderma by Mollie Sims, 2022.

Natural Connections

Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022

This is now closed
Issam Kourbaj, artist

Imploded, burned, turned to ash - Tuesday 21 June

Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Tuesday 21st June 2022

This is now closed
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