Marlene Dumas: Mourning Marsyas
Frith Street Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Marlene Dumas.
Tuesday–Friday: 11–6 Saturday: 11–5
Frith Street Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Marlene Dumas.
Tuesday–Friday: 11–6 Saturday: 11–5
Marlene Dumas’ portraits of the writer Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) and his young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), known as ‘Bosie’, illustrate that social attitudes do change
18 December 2021
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual behaviour in England and Wales, the National Portrait Gallery is running a year-long season of displays and events examining wider issues of representation, gender and sexuality and the way in which art and portraiture explore and question ideas about identity.
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Contemporary artist Marlene Dumas (b.1953) displays portraits of Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), also known as ‘Bosie,’ painted last year and exhibited in Artangel’s ambitious exhibition at Reading Gaol, Wilde’s place of incarceration.
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14 February 2015
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