Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism Opens at Towner Eastbourne
The exhibition titled 'Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism' is currently on display at Towner Eastbourne and will be available until 18 October. This showcase explores the artistic resistance to fascism during the 1930s and is inspired by a publication concerning the Artists International Association (AIA). Other notable exhibitions include 'Hidden: Photography and Displacement Under the Khmer Rouge' at The Wiener Holocaust Library in London, open until 15 May; 'Early Netherlandish Drawings' at the British Museum, until 20 September; Katharina Grosse's 'I Set Out, I Walked Fast' at White Cube, available until 31 May; and 'Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today' at Kettle’s Yard, until 6 September. The featured masterpiece this week is 'Christ carried to the Tomb' by Sisto Badalocchio at the National Gallery, London.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Comrades in Art: Artists Against Fascism' at Towner Eastbourne until 18 October.
- Exhibition based on a recent book about the Artists International Association (AIA).
- 'Hidden: Photography and Displacement Under the Khmer Rouge' at The Wiener Holocaust Library, London until 15 May.
- Photographic story by Charles Fox and Prum Sisaphantha.
- 'Early Netherlandish Drawings' at British Museum, London until 20 September includes newly attributed works from Rogier van der Weyden's workshop.
- Katharina Grosse's 'I Set Out, I Walked Fast' at White Cube, London until 31 May.
- 'Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today' at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge until 6 September features Vanessa Bell and Henri Rousseau.
- Sylvia Sleigh's portrait 'The Bridge (Johanna Lawrenson)' from 1963 is image of the week.
Entities
Artists
- Cliff Rowe
- Charles Fox
- Prum Sisaphantha
- Rogier van der Weyden
- Katharina Grosse
- Vanessa Bell
- Henri Rousseau
- Sylvia Sleigh
- Johanna Lawrenson
- Lydia Ourahmane
- Anish Kapoor
- Edward Burne-Jones
- William Morris
- Lubaina Himid
- Eric Lusito
- Sisto Badalocchio
- Christo
Institutions
- Towner Eastbourne
- Artists International Association (AIA)
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- British Museum
- White Cube
- Kettle’s Yard
- Venice Biennale
- Gagosian London
- National Gallery, London
Locations
- Eastbourne
- London
- Cambridge
- Venice
- Italy