January often feels like a quiet month after the Christmas festivities, but there is plenty happening in the world of galleries and museums. See below our exhibition recommendations for January 2024.
Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800
Until 7 January 2024
There is only a week left to see Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800 at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Named a “sure-to-be-historic show” by The New York Times and a “must-see” by Vogue magazine, the exhibition brings together works by women artists from different social backgrounds highlighting the breadth of women’s contributions to the art of pre-modern Europe (c. 1400-1800) and correcting the mistaken belief that women artists were rare and that their work was unremarkable.
Among the over 200 works on display by artistic heroines such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Rosalba Carriera or Sofonisba Anguissola, you can find a self-portrait by Sarah Biffin that the museum acquired from us last year, and which the artist proudly signed as ‘Miss Biffin. Painted by herself without hands. 1842’.
When: From 1 October 2023 until 7 January 2024.
Where: The Baltimore Museum of Art
Tickets: From $5. Visit the museum’s website to purchase your tickets.
Frans Hals, The Credit Suisse Exhibition
Until 21 January 2024
The first major retrospective of Frans Hals’ works is closing in only a few weeks’ time. The exhibition brings together over fifty of his finest works, including the first-ever loan of The Laughing Cavalier (1624), considered his most famous picture, from the Wallace Collection.
Born in 1582/3 in Antwerp, Frans Hals spent the majority of his life working in Haarlem, and is now best known for capturing the essence of this city’s subjects. Hals also delved into group portraits, depicting families, members of the civic guard and regents of Haarlem almshouses. These group portraits are today commonly acknowledged as his masterpieces.
When: Until 21 January 2024
Where: The National Gallery, London
Tickets: Standard admission from £20. Visit the National Gallery’s website to purchase your tickets.
Lubaina Himid: Lost Threads
From 19 January until 21 April 2024
This month, The Holburne Museum will be presenting Lost Threads, a vibrant installation by Lubaina Himid CBE RA (b.1954), one of the most influential living British artists today.
Flowing around the Holburne’s permanent collections and façade, Lost Threads recalls the movement of the oceans and rivers that have been used to transport cotton, yarn and enslaved people throughout history, touching on the materiality and paradoxes of textile production and circulation.
Since the 1980s, Himid has played a crucial role in Britain’s Black arts movement and her efforts have been instrumental in uncovering silenced histories and recognising women’s creativity.
When: From 19 January until 21 April 2024.
Where: The Holburne Museum, Bath.
Tickets: General admission from £11. Visit the museum’s website to book your tickets.
