There’s a run of fine shows among the commercial galleries at the moment: perhaps they’re gearing up for the August recess, or simply facing out the recession.
There’s a run of fine shows among the commercial galleries at the moment: perhaps they’re gearing up for the August recess, or simply facing out the recession. Whichever, there’s plenty to see, and a good place to start is with Browse & Darby’s 33rd annual exhibition (19 Cork Street, W1, until 24 July), a mixed summer show guaranteed to spring some surprises among the expected masters. There’s always a Degas and a Gwen John (I particularly liked the gouache ‘Flowers and Ferns in a Vase’), and usually something by Sickert (this year a memorable drawing of Pulteney Bridge in Bath). There’s a beautiful small square painting of a cactus by another artist we associate with B&D, William Nicholson; a Vuillard landscape and a moody Piper of Wales keep it company.
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