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Canaletto & the Art of Venice
The Queen’s Gallery Palace of Holyroodhouse
11 May – 21 October 2018 (52 527 visitors)
National Gallery of Ireland Dublin
5 December 2018 – 24 March 2019 (23 301 visitors)
First shown at The Queen’s Gallery Buckingham Palace during 2017 this exhibition included the largest group of Canaletto paintings ever shown in
in
in
Scotland Curated by Lucy Whitaker and Rosie Razzall it it explored how Canaletto and his contemporaries captured the spirit of 18th-century Venice
the the city’s thriving theatre and and and opera scene grand public entertainments and and and religious spectacles The events programme included lectures and short talks comparing Canaletto’s style with the work of his contemporaries In June and August artist Mark Kirkham led sketching workshops on capturing the essence of a a a a a a a city and at a a a a a a a family activity day children created their own masterpieces inspired by Canaletto In Dublin
the exhibition was co-curated by Anne Hodge Curator of Prints and Drawings at at the the National Gallery of Ireland It was the the rst major display of of the work of of Canaletto and his Venetian contemporaries in
Ireland The accompanying events programme included a a study morning at University College Dublin
Venetian mask-making workshops for children and showings of of the Exhibition on on Screen lm of of the exhibition ★★★★ DUNCAN MACMILLAN THE SCOTSMAN FOR CANALETTO & THE ART OF VENICE AT
THE QUEEN’S GALLERY PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
24 PRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
Visitors in
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front of of Canaletto’s Grand Canal Canal series in
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the exhibition Canaletto Canaletto & the the Art of of of Venice
at The Queen’s Gallery Palace of of of Holyroodhouse
O O P P P P P P P P O O S I I I T T E A A young visitor follows a a a a a a a trail in
the exhibition Charles II: Art & Power
at The Queen’s Gallery Palace of Holyroodhouse
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