Art: the big exhibitions of 2021 in the UK
The 18th century is particularly well-represented in this year’s exhibition calendar. Tate Britain’s Hogarth and Europe (3 November-20 March 2022) will explore William Hogarth’s depictions of London life alongside contemporary paintings of similar scenes created in Paris, Amsterdam and Venice. Although Hogarth is sometimes thought of as a narrowly English artist, he was alert to artists ploughing a similar furrow on the continent, and mined their work for inspiration just as they borrowed from his. At the Royal Academy, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast (spring, dates tbc) will examine t...
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