The ��ϲ� Lates – Frank Auerbach

Join us for The ��ϲ� Lates, and enjoy after-hours art, cocktails and music at The ��ϲ� Gallery.

The ��ϲ� Gallery will open its doors for late-night access until 22:30, giving visitors the chance to enjoy an evening of world-class art, cocktails and music surrounded by The ��ϲ�’s collection of masterpieces at Somerset House.

Join us on Fri 24 May 2024 for a last chance to experience our five star exhibition The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach – The Charcoal Heads after hours.

You can also preview Good Morning, Midnight, a new exhibition curated by The ��ϲ�’s 2023-24 MA Curating the Art Museum students, and watch a piece of performance art The Touch of the Human Hand, responding to the exhibition by artist Blue Pieta.

Unwind after work and explore masterpieces from The ��ϲ�’s world-renowned art collection, such as Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. Other highlights include the Bloomsbury Room, the Medieval and Early Renaissance gallery, and the magnificent Blavatnik Fine Rooms.

A pop-up bar serving ‘��ϲ� Cocktails’ will be open in The ��ϲ� Shop on the lower ground floor, while the Art Café will be open all night, with a food station available for a light snack.

Plus live DJ sets in the Gallery Entrance Hall throughout the evening.

24 May 2024

18:30 – 22:30

Over 18s only. £5- £14

The ��ϲ� Gallery

Ticket price
Includes entry to Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads and the permanent collection.

Adult (over 25): £14
Under 25: £5
Friends go free

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Highlights

Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Self-Portrait, 1958, charcoal and chalk on paper, private collection © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London

A black and white charcoal and chalk portrait of a woman — Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Head of Julia II, 1960, charcoal and chalk on paper, private collection © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London

A black and white charcoal portrait of a woman — Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Head of Gerda Boehm, 1961, charcoal and chalk on paper, private collection, courtesy of Eykyn Maclean © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, Londo

A charcoal black and white drawing of a woman — Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Head of EOW, 1960, charcoal and chalk on paper, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London

Cocktail Bar & Courtyard Terrace; The ��ϲ� Shop.

Guests get 10% off in the shop all evening.

DJ set in the Entrance Hall
Cocktails in the Art Café and Bar (opposite the main entrance to the Gallery)

The Ruddock Family Gallery: Medieval and Early Renaissance

Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery: From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper

Blavatnik Fine Rooms: European Art (1400 – 1800)
Bar

Katja and Nicolai Tangen 20th Century Gallery: Good Morning, Midnight
Bloomsbury Room
Cecily Brown Commission
Weston Gallery: Early Impressionism
LVMH Great Room: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Denise Coates Exhibition Galleries: The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach – The Charcoal Heads

Two people sit on a bench admiring artworks in The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach - The Charcoal Heads — The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach - The Charcoal Heads © Fergus Carmichael

image of the ��ϲ�'s great room showing paintings of Cezanne on the wall

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Charcoal drawing of a man, Frank Auerbach, sitting slightly side-on to the viewer and staring at us with a stern expression. The background is roughly completed, and the face somewhat fragmented by the background.

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Frank Auerbach. The Charcoal Heads

9 Feb – 27 May 2024

A remarkable group of large-scale drawings by Frank Auerbach is being presented together for the first time at The ��ϲ� Gallery....

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From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper

23 Feb - 27 May 2024

This display will present a selection of drawings and prints acquired by The ��ϲ� since 2018, including works by Mary Cassatt, Sir Grayson Perry and Susan Schwalb....

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901), In a Private Dining Room (At the Rat Mort),

Display, The ��ϲ� Gallery, What's On Highlights

Good Morning, Midnight

25 May – 7 July 2024

This summer, iconic works from The ��ϲ�’s collection will be presented in dialogue with artworks from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection for the first time. Curated by The ��ϲ�’s 2023-24 MA Curating the Art Museum students....

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