Drawn to Blue: Artists’ use of blue paper
The Courtauld Gallery The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, United KingdomThe Courtauld Gallery
This display will present a selection of drawings on blue paper from The Courtauld’s collection, ranging from works by the Venetian Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto to a watercolor by famed English Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. Made from fibers derived from blue rags, blue paper first appeared in Northern Italy in the 14th century. It became a popular drawing […]
Henri Michaux: Mescaline Drawings
The Courtauld Gallery The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, United KingdomThe Courtauld Gallery
This display celebrates the unique Mescaline Drawings by the Franco-Belgian poet and visual artist, Henri Michaux (1899 -1984). In January 1955, as part of an experiment prompted by his publisher, Michaux tried the psychedelic drug mescaline, a product derived from the Mexican peyote cactus. The aim of the experiment was to investigate the effect of […]