Conceived in two parts, this double-gallery exhibition explores the origins of Tarot in Renaissance Italy and its ongoing relevance as a source of inspiration for artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The first part of the exhibition, Renaissance Symbols, focuses on the origins of the three earliest surviving decks from the fifteenth century, which […]

Although Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) and his work are now seen as quintessentially Dutch, in his own time, the very definition of ‘Dutch’ identity was still being shaped. This exhibition brings together, for the first time, a remarkable group of drawings, etchings, and paintings to highlight the often overlooked but formative presence of migrants, immigrants, […]

To mark the two hundredth anniversary of the death of visionary artist and poet William Blake (1757–1827), this exhibition will be the first in-depth exploration of Blake’s profound and persistent engagement with England’s canonic poet, John Milton (1608–1674). Milton, who predates Blake by more than a century, was a statesman, polemicist, and author of the […]