We hold three to four exhibitions each year in the field of Modern Masters works on paper and original prints. We have an on-going commitment to promote Modern Masters and are delighted to be able to offer free entrance to the public to all our exhibitions. Please join our newsletter if you would like to be invited to our events!
Past
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Fontana and Marini: Sculptors to Printmakers
24 Jul - 1 Sep 2024 In the case of Lucio Fontana, born in Argentina to Italian parents, the artist spent much of the 1940s perfecting his manifesto and working towards his inimitable style exploring the two-dimensional plane in a sculptural manner. An initial absence of colour, but reliance on shade, texture and tone eventually gave... Read more -
Pablo Picasso
28 Sep - 23 Dec 2023 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the artist’s passing and throughout 2023 many institutions and galleries have revisited this master printmaker to engage a new generation with the groundbreaking and iconic imagery of Picasso. The spectacular, ‘Composite Figure I, 1949’, is a magnificent highlight of this exhibition belonging to... Read more -
Marc Chagall
Gilden’s Art Gallery presents Marc Chagall 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2022 Gilden’s Art Gallery is delighted to present a series of works on paper from the Modern Master, Marc Chagall (1887-1985). This exhibition tells the story of the people, places and themes which inspired Chagall across each decade of his artistic life. The role of books, periodicals and art reviews are... Read more -
Inspired by Nature
Gilden’s Art Gallery presents Inspired by Nature 1 Mar - 31 May 2022 The exhibition is divided into three distinct sections: Flora, Fauna, and Landscapes. It comprises etchings, lithographs, screenprints, archival prints, ceramic, drawings, and paintings from twenty-six artists. We are particularly thrilled to be offering the seven striking largescale works from Alex Katz’s most recent edition, ‘Flowers’, published in 2021. Alongside these... Read more
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40 for 40
Forty works for Forty years of Gilden’s Art Gallery 1 Oct - 31 Dec 2021 Gilden’s Arts was founded in 1981, by Jacob Gildor and is a family run business with his son Ofer Gildor opening Gilden’s Art Gallery in 2006 in Hampstead village. Over the past 40 years Gilden’s has brought a diverse selection of original prints and paintings to art fairs across Asia,... Read more -
Moments in Time
Gilden’s Art Gallery presents Moments in Time 1 Apr - 31 Jul 2021 Gilden’s Art Gallery are delighted to present our new exhibition “Moments in Time’. Their names are well-known in the canon of art history, but the opportunity to place works in the context of each artist’s career and the events that surrounded the creation of individual works now has a special... Read more -
Joan Miró
Devotion to Printmaking 1 Jan - 1 Mar 2020 The exhibition offers an opportunity to explore the many collaborations between the artist and printmaking studios in France and Spain. With works from the 1950s to 1970s, we have a selection of original prints from across the media of etching and aquatint, lithography and carborundum – a technique that became... Read more -
Chagall
A life 1 Sep - 1 Nov 2019 Taking inspiration from the artist’s own biography, “Mein Leben” [My Life], started in 1911 and completed in 1922, the exhibition expands upon the major themes in the artist’s colourful life. Dowload Exhibition Catalogue PDF Read more
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JOIE DE VIVRE
1 Jun - 1 Aug 2019 Focussing on the changing sources of amusement throughout the 20th Century . We are pleased to present an eclectic selection of works on paper comprising original prints, paintings and drawings across six main themes from more than forty artists. We begin by exploring the role of music and musicians as... Read more -
The Copleys of Hampstead
2 - 23 Dec 2018 The selected highlights are direct from the estates of the artists and are returning to Hampstead, their long-time home, for this special exhibition. It is the first time since 1985 that there has been a joint show dedicated to their work and we are privileged to present these original prints... Read more -
Italy Uncovered
1 Dec 2018 - 28 Feb 2019 We begin our focus on the most celebrated movement of Italian twentieth-century art – Futurism. This involved the exploration of not only motion but also the rapidly advancing industrialization of the world. This leads to a diverse exploration of Metaphysical Art and Surrealism, which were two movements undertaken in... Read more -
Chagall: Storyteller
30 Jun 2018 The focus of this exhibition is the artist as storyteller, in particular through examining the visual language that Chagall championed in letting the viewer’s imagination immerse them in his otherworldly depictions. The centrepiece of this exhibition is the rare opportunity to exhibit the complete series of twelve lithographs from the... Read more
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Miró: Modern Master Printmaker
1 Nov - 1 Dec 2017 In an effort to please his parents, Miró worked as an accountant for nearly two years until he had a nervous breakdown. After this moment he knew he had to embrace his passion. In 1921 he settled permanently in the French capital where he met Pablo Picasso and many of... Read more -
Chagall: A Symphony of Colours
7 Apr - 30 Jun 2017 It begins with a look at some of the most delicate and intrinsically Russian folk infused compositions, created during his time in Berlin. These etchings and wood engravings show a wonderful mastering of figures and ethereal compositions. We are delighted to exhibit a selection of works which can be considered... Read more -
The age of the Early Modern Masters
1 Apr - 1 Jun 2017 You are welcome to visit our Gallery in Hampstead to view our new exhibition of works by Georges Braque, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: their work, their life, and their stories. Download Exhibition Catalogue PDF Read more -
Germany: A Century of Expressionism
Germany: A Century of Expressionism 3 Mar - 3 Apr 2017 Twentieth century art in Germany has long been dominated by the influence of German Expressionism. However, perhaps surprising for many, is the fact that each of the artistic movements explored by artists in the German-speaking lands focus, analyse and consider the contemporary Zeitgeist, whilst innovating the mode of expression from... Read more
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SURREALISM: IMAGINARY BECOMES REAL
SURREALISM: IMAGINARY BECOMES REAL 17 Sep - 30 Oct 2016 Unlike many artistic and literary creative movements of the 20th century, Surrealism appears to have neither a firm beginning nor a definitive end. Its principals and methodology, having been adopted by artists of countless countries across western and central Europe, fall into two distinctive categories of expression. The first is... Read more -
European Avant-Garde
1 Jul - 1 Aug 2016 The impact of these ideas and pictorial forms reverberated throughout Europe and abroad. Cubism was the first style of abstract art to evolve at the beginning of the 20th century in response to a world that was changing with unprecedented speed. It was an attempt by artists to revitalise the... Read more -
Miro & Francis: Explore Form, Space and Colour
Miro & Francis: Explore Form, Space and Colour 27 Apr - 30 Jun 2016 Our exhibition highlights the working practices and the shared visual language of the celebrated European Modern Master - Joan Miró, and the esteemed American Post- War abstract expressionist - Sam Francis. Each artist has contributed greatly to countless artistic movements of the twentieth century, organically evolving and reflecting on their... Read more -
Picasso: Modern Master Printmaker
25 Nov 2015 - 15 Jan 2016 Pablo Ruiz Picasso created an astounding printed oeuvre, from his earliest Saltimbanques of 1904 until the Suite 156, completed a year before he died at age 91. Picasso not only masters every technique of printing he approaches, he appropriates it, reinvents it and breaks through all artistic boundaries. From the... Read more
