British Art Groups 1830s-1930s

Early 20th century Art & Visual Culture: London, Paris, Moscow & beyond.

“Nancy Cunard – An Uncommon Viewer”

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Oh my, now this is very exciting news!

Tate Britain have a joint exhibition of works by Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun coming up (opening 13th June 2025).

All the details are at https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/burra-and-colquhoun

Ed Burra’s “Harlem” [1934; Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/burra-harlem-n05004]

Ithell Colquhoun’s “Earth Process” [1940; Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/colquhoun-earth-process-t15316]

And there are new books:

Edward Burra
Thomas Kennedy (editor)

Tate Publishing – is coming 5th June 2025

Ithell Colquhoun
Emma Sharples (author)

Eiderdown Books – already published

Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds
Katy Norris (editor)

Tate Publishing – already published

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This means I also have to note the Surrealist artist John Banting – a good friend of both Ed Burra and Ithell Colquhoun – whose portrait of Burra is at the National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw07151/Edward-Burra?

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