Galleries - March 2013

36. GALLERIES MARCH 13 Highlighting exhibitions in public spaces around the UK. See area listings for full details. BARBICAN ART GALLERY Dancing around Duchamp. Until Jun 9. Map 31 DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship. Until May 19. Map 18 ESTORICK COLLECTION Giorgio Morandi: Lines of Poetry. Until Apr 7. Map 31. FRUITMARKET GALLERY Massimo Bartolini. Until Apr 14. Map 3 GUILDHALL ART GALLERY Ajamu: FIERCE. Until Apr 14. Map 31 HAYWARD GALLERY Light Show. Until Apr 28. Map 30 LEAMINGTON SPA ART GALLERY From Landscape to Sculpture: John Bridgeman. Until Apr 21. Map 8 LEIGHTON HOUSE MUSEUM A Private Palace of Art. Map 19 NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON Through American Eyes: Frederic Church. Until Apr 28. Map 29 ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS Manet: Portraying Life. Until Apr 14. Map 27 ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY Diane Lawrenson & Louise Payne RCA. Mar 2–Apr 6. Map 6 ST DAVID’S HALL John Uzzell Edwards. Mar 1–Apr 24. Map 6 SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY Ink. Until Jun 9. Map 3 SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY of MODERN ART Scottish Colourist Series: SJ Peploe. Until Jun 23. Map 3 SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY The Modern Scot. Until Apr 7. Map 3 SERPENTINE GALLERY Rosemarie Trockel. Until Apr 7. Map 19 TATE BRITAIN Schwitters in Britain. Until May 12. Map 21 TATE MODERN A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance. Until Apr 1. Map 30 TATE ST IVES William Scott. Until May 6. Map 11 VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM Treasures of the Royal Courts. Mar 9–Jul 14. Map 21 WATTS GALLERY A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Fortescue-Brickdale. Until Jun 9. Map 16 John Rowlands, ‘The Archer’ from the Station to Station Tour, photograph, 1976 from ‘David Bowie is’ at the V&A Museum George Bellows, ‘Men of the Docks’, 1912 oil on canvas, 114.3 x 161.3 cm (Randolph College, Lynchburg) at the Royal Academy ‘But he thinks he’d blow our minds’ And he might, all over again in ‘David Bowie is’ – a retrospective of the now reclusive rock icon at the Victoria & Albert Museum (23 March to 28 July). Even for contemporary fashionistas, musicians, photographers and designers, Bowie’s stratospheric existence and far reaching influence – from his beginning in the 60’s, metamorphosing through the next four decades and still flickering on – is deeply embedded in our neoteric cultural history. His influence and that of his fellow creatives is explored in this first international show – the famous clothes, album covers, photographs as well as more personal items – hand written lyrics and sketches – are all combined to explore how he has and still inspires. ‘I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir’ he said – hopefully the show will do just that . . . CM Modern American Life Though he died of appendicitis in 1926 aged just 42, American realist painter George Bellows left 600 oils, hundreds of drawings, dozens of prints and a significant reputation. His first UK retrospective opens at the Royal Academy on March 16 – though Londoners may recall his prominent role in a small exhibition at the National Gallery (‘An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters’) in 2011. The RA show has 70 works from 1905 to 1925, spanning his gritty urban landscapes, family portraits, sporting pictures and Hudson River views. Early 20th century figurative painting at its most dynamic. AA PUBLIC galleries