Lord Cholmondeley is following up his sensational James Turrell show at Houghton Hall in 2015 with a major solo exhibition by Richard Long, the artist’s largest since his retrospective at Tate in 2009. In London, the British Museum is showing an intriguing exhibition of watercolours by artists including Paul Nash, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, 8 of which were gifted by the Contemporary Art Society.
Around the UK:
- Gillian Ayres, National Museum Cardiff, 8 April–3 September 2017
- Paul Nash, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 8 April 2017 – 20 August 2017
- SKIN: Lucian Freud, Ron Mueck and Spencer Tunick, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 22 April – 13 August 2017
- Music from the Balconies: Ed Ruscha and Los Angeles, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 29 April 2017 – 29 April 2018
- EARTH SKY: Richard Long at Houghton, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, 30 April – 26 October 2017
London exhibitions:
- Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950, British Museum, 23 February – 27 August 2017
- Queer British Art, Tate Britain, 5 April – 1 October 2017
- VNXXCAS: Martine Syms, Camden Arts Centre, 20 April – 14 May 2017
- ISelf Collection: Self-portrait as the Billy Goat, Whitechapel Gallery, 27 April – 20 August 2017
- Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic, The National Gallery, 26 April – 28 August 2017