ARTISTS
The Classical Now
What is it about Greek and Roman art that still captivates the modern imagination? How can contemporary art help us to see the classical legacy with new eyes? And what can such modern-day responses – set against the backdrop of others over the last two millennia – tell us about our own cultural preoccupations in the twenty-first century?
Presented in partnership with Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), The Classical Now is a major new exhibition at King’s College London. Staged across two spaces, the newly renovated Arcade of Bush House, and the Inigo Rooms in Somerset House East Wing, the exhibition features classical, modern and contemporary works. Through the pairing of modern and contemporary art with classical Greek and Roman antiquities The Classical Now explores the ways in which Graeco-Roman art has captured and permeated the modern imagination.
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What is it about Greek and Roman art that still captivates the modern imagination? How can contemporary art help us to see the classical legacy with new eyes? And what can such modern-day responses – set against the backdrop of others over the last two millennia – tell us about our own cultural preoccupations in the twenty-first century?
Presented in partnership with Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), The Classical Now is a major new exhibition at King’s College London. Staged across two spaces, the newly renovated Arcade of Bush House, and the Inigo Rooms in Somerset House East Wing, the exhibition features classical, modern and contemporary works. Through the pairing of modern and contemporary art with classical Greek and Roman antiquities The Classical Now explores the ways in which Graeco-Roman art has captured and permeated the modern imagination.
Artists on show
- Alex Israel
- André Derain
- Bruce Nauman
- Christodoulos Panayiotou
- Christopher Le Brun
- Damien Hirst
- Derek Jarman
- Edward Allington
- Francis Picabia
- George Henry Longly
- Giulio Paolini
- Grayson Perry
- Hans-Peter Feldmann
- Jean Cocteau
- Léo Caillard
- Louise Lawler
- Marc Quinn
- Mark Wallinger
- Mary Reid Kelley
- Michael Craig-Martin
- Pablo Picasso
- Patrick Kelley
- Rachel Whiteread
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Sacha Sosno
- Ursula Mayer
- Yves Klein
