Saturday

Autumn Lead Show For Tate

The lead show for the autumn at Tate Britain follows the gallery's summer blockbusting show, Turner, Whistler, Monet, with another triumvirate of major nineteenth century painters; Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Sickert. The show also serves up some real 'big hitters' including Degas L’Absinthe and three of his famous ballet studies. A fine selection of Toulouse-Lautrec prints and paintings return to London for the first time in over a century and there are some remarkable portraits as well as a fascinating investigation into the developing aritistic practice of that British Degas disciple, Walter Sickert. Of the 100 works, including about twenty each by Degas, Sickert and Toulouse Lautrec, a large proportion have a cross-channel connection. All of the French art displayed here was, at one time or another, owned by British collectors or exhibited in British Galleries. For the full story - click the title Irish Art