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Richard Rogers Partnership, Lloyd’s of London, 1978-86. © Richard Bryant / arcaidimages.com & Piano + Rogers, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1971-77. © Francois Le Diascorn / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
© TRACEY EMIN. All rights reserved, DACS 2013. Photo: KERRY RYAN.
Sidney Nolan, 'Ned Kelly' (detail), 1946. Enamel paint on composition board. 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed, 1977.
José Chávez Morado, 'Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo)' (detail), 1939. Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Loyal Davis © DACS 2013.
13 September 2011
8.30 – 10.30pm
Boudin Blanc, Shepherd’s Market, W1J 7LT
Edgar Degas, Before the Ballet (detail), c. 1890-92. Oil on canvas, 40 x 89 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Widener Collection, 1942.9.19. Photo National Gallery of Art, Washington Join us to dine, discuss and celebrate with the curator, Ann Dumas, and the ballerina, Darcey Bussell following the opening reception.
This landmark exhibition will trace the development of Degas’s ballet imagery throughout his career, from the documentary mode of the early 1870s to the sensuous expressiveness of his final years. This will be the first exhibition to present Degas’s progressive engagement with the figure in movement, acted out against parallel advances in photography and early film that he was aware of or directly involved in. It will bring together drawings, pastels, paintings, prints and sculpture by Degas, as well as photography by the artist and his contemporaries and samples of film from the period.
Booking Information
Please note this event is fully booked.
