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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240510
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/walker-art-gallery-national-trea
 sures-velazquez-in-liverpool/
SUMMARY:Walker Art Gallery: Walker Art Gallery: National Treasures: Velázq
 uez in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:National Treasures: Velázquez in Liverpool\n10 May 2024—26 A
 ug 2024\nOne of the National Gallery’s most acclaimed masterpieces comes
  to Walker Art Gallery.\n'National Treasures: Velázquez in Liverpool' see
 s 'The Rokeby Venus' form the centrepiece of a new display. The work is Di
 ego Velázquez’s only surviving female nude and one of his most celebrat
 ed pieces. It will be shown in Walker Art Gallery alongside collections fr
 om National Museums Liverpool\, both ancient and contemporary\, exploring 
 this iconic 17th century painting in an unexpected new way.\n\nThe display
  will challenge traditional readings of the painting by setting it alongsi
 de unexpected artworks by women and non-binary artists from our collection
 . These include Ethel Walker’s 'The Spanish Gesture'\, photographs by Re
 né Matic and Zanele Muholi\, and Harriet Hosmer’s 'Puck'.\n\nThe work i
 s being loaned as part of the National Treasures programme celebrating the
  200th birthday of the National Gallery in London. The programme will see 
 twelve institutions across the UK loaned a different work from the Nationa
 l Gallery. For the duration of the displays\, 35 million people - more tha
 n half the UK population - will be within an hour’s journey of a Nationa
 l Gallery masterpiece.\n\nImage: The Toilet of Venus (‘The Rokeby Venus
 ’)\, painted about 1647-1651 by Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) 
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CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
LOCATION:Walker Art Gallery\, William Brown Street\, Liverpool\, L3 8EL\, L
 iverpool\, United Kingdom
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