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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery

Home to one of the greatest art collections in the UK, The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery is located in the magnificent historical setting of Somerset House.

The Gallery is particularly known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and temporary exhibitions.

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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Institute of Art is a research-led, independent College of the University of London, with one of the world’s most prestigious programmes of art history, curating, and conservation.

Forge a meaningful career in the professional art world and beyond. Applications for 2025 entry are now open.

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The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Monet and London. Views of the Thames

Until 19 Jan 2025

Monet and London is now sold out. 

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The houses of parliament in the fog, with an orange sun and purple sky reflecting on the river Thames i Claude Monet (1840 – 1926), London, Parliament. Sunlight in the fog, 1904, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Photo © Grand Palais RMN (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski

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Explore The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s events, talks, exhibitions, lectures and courses. We welcome everyone with an interest in art and art history, from young people and families to academics and researchers.

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The houses of parliament in the fog, with an orange sun and purple sky reflecting on the river Thames

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Monet and London. Views of the Thames

27 Sept 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

An exhibition reuniting for the first time in 120 years an extraordinary group of Claude Monet’s Impressionist paintings of London, depicting Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, and the Houses of Parliament....

Online, Public Programmes, Short Courses

Russian Art 1863-1932: Innovations, Influences and the Roots of Modernity

Wednesday 6 November to Wednesday 4 December 2024 | £395

This course examines the history of Russian art in all its diversity, from the first artists’ rebellion against St. Petersburg’s almighty Art Academy in 1863, the blossoming of arts in Russia’s ‘Silver Age’, to the upsurge of avant-garde art and its ...

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Drawn to Blue: Artists’ use of blue paper

4 Oct 2024 – 26 Jan 2025

Featuring a selection of drawings on blue paper from The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s collection, from the Venetian Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto to an Indian landscape by German-born artist Johann Zoffany....

Applications for 2025/26 entry are now open

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