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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

London Retrospective 4: Tate Britain

London diary: Monday 10 March

Selected gems from a richly rewarding day spent exploring the permanent collection of one of my favourite public galleries, Tate Britain.

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1 Girl with a Kitten, 1947, Lucian Freud

2 Self-Portrait with Badges, 1961, Peter Blake

3  Man in Shower in Beverley Hills, 1964, David Hockney

4 The Identi-Kit Man, 1962, Derek Boshier

5 Chloe Broughton-Leigh, c 1907, Gwen John

6 Self-Portrait, c 1902, Gwen John

7 Tube Shelter Perspective, 1941, Henry Moore

8 Henry Moore and Francis Bacon2

9-10 Honeysuckle, wallpaper design by May Morris (uncredited)

11 Portrait of a Woman, 1911, Augustus John

12 Merry-Go-Round, 1916, Mark Gertler

13 Dante and Gabriel Approaching the Angel who Guards the Entrance to Purgatory, 1824-7, William Blake

14 The Cholmondeley Ladies, c 1600-10, Unknown artist

15-16 A Young Lady Aged 21, possibly Helena Snakenborg, Later Marchioness of Northampton, 1569

17 Installation view. Foreground: Exodus ll, 2001, Mona Hartoum

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