Art Now Marguerite Hameau: Echoes To 15 April Marguerite Humeau is a French artist living and working in London. Her research led process usually takes the form of large scale installations involving sound and sculpture in which she challenges key issues of the day using complex narratives that synthesise the past with the present. All Too Human Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life To 27 August All Too Human celebrates the painters in Britain who strove to represent human figures, their relationships and surroundings in the most intimate of ways. It features artists including Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon alongside rarely seen work from their contemporaries including Frank Auerbach and Paula Rego. Many of them lived or live in London, drawn to the multicultural capital from around the world. Three important works by Francis Bacon will be shown in the UK for the first time in at least three decades. The exhibition also shows how this spirit in painting was fostered by the previous generation, from Walter Sickert to David Bomberg, and how contemporary artists continue to express the tangible reality of life through paint. TATE MODERN BANKSIDE SE1 9TG 020 7887 8888 Modigliani To 2 April During his brief and turbulent life Modigliani developed a unique and instantly recognisable pictorial style. Though meeting little success during their time, his emotionally intense portraits and seductive nudes are now among the best-loved paintings of the 20th century. Modigliani’s nudes are a highlight of the exhibition – with 12 nudes on display, this is the largest group ever reunited in the UK. These sensuous works proved controversial when they were first shown in 1917, leading police to censor his only ever solo exhibition on the grounds of indecency. Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy 8 March to 9 September 1932 was an intensely creative period in the life of the 20th century’s most influential artist. This is the first ever solo Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. It will bring you face-to-face with more than 100 paintings, sculptures and drawings, mixed with family photographs and rare glimpses into his personal life. Three of his extraordinary paintings featuring his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter are shown together for the first time since they were created over a period of just five days in March 1932. LONDON GLASSBLOWING 62 – 66 BERMONDSEY STREET SE1 3UD 020 7403 2800 Working With Fire At The Art Worker’s Guild To 21 April ‘Working with Fire’features the different ways artists employ heat in making their work, from glass artists, to ceramicists and jewellers, among others. Featuring three London Glassblowing artists Peter Layton, Layne Rowe and Cathryn Shilling and their work. This exciting theme is illustrated through works in progress, cast-offs, colour rods, tools, and cups, alongside the final pieces. Modigliani: Nude 1917 James Tissot: The Ball on Shipboard c.1874 | C U L T U R E | THE RIVER MAGAZINE | Spring 2018 29