"Between 1885 and 1890, a twenty-something Seurat spent each summer observing the port towns along the northern coast of France and putting paint to canvas to capture their seascapes, regattas and other oceanic activities. This exhibition will bring together 26 paintings, oil sketches and drawings produced by Seurat during that period, including The Beach at Gravelines (1890) and Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy (1888)."
"In case you weren't already aware, 2026 is going to be a blockbuster year for art in London. There's the city's first major Frida Kahlo exhibition in eight years, a Renoir masterpiece making its UK debut, the first ever major British display of Ana Mendieta's work, the largest Tracey Emin retrospective to date and a landmark Hockney show. We'll have to wait a several weeks or months for most of those shows, but there is one other hotly-anticipated exhibition"
"Seurat is most famous for his Parisian studies, but he said that he created these seascapes 'to wash his eyes of the days spent in the studio [in Paris] and to translate in the most faithful manner the bright clarity, in all its nuances'. The artist died in 1891 aged just 31, so he has a relatively small pool of work and dedicated exhibitions a pretty rare. The Courtauld holds the biggest collection of Seurat artworks of any British gallery."
Seurat and the Sea at the Courtauld opens February 13 and runs until April 12, 2026. The show is the first UK exhibition on Georges Seurat in almost 30 years and the first dedicated entirely to his seascapes. The display brings together 26 paintings, oil sketches and drawings made between 1885 and 1890, including The Beach at Gravelines (1890) and Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy (1888). Seurat painted these works during summer visits to northern French port towns to capture seascapes, regattas and other oceanic activities. The Courtauld holds the largest Seurat collection in Britain.
Read at Time Out London
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