Turner Inspired - In the Light of Claude
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 -
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Monday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Monday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
National Gallery, St Martin's Lane, Strand, WC2N 5DN
How Much:
£13.20 (Highest Price)
, £6.00 (Lowest Price)
The National Gallery hosts a comparative exhibition that explores the links between the works of JMW Turner and seventeen century painter Claude (Lorrain).
Of late, the National has excelled at these kind of detailed and well-informed comparative shows, and with works by two of the all-time greats, this should be a cracker - and much easier to get tickets to than the da Vinci blockbuster...
Until 05.06.12.
Read Tom's review of Turner Inspired at the National Gallery.
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