The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lates – Frank Auerbach

Somerset House exterior © Rory Lindsay

Join us for The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Lates, and enjoy after-hours art, cocktails and music at The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery will open its doors for late-night access until 22:30, giving visitors the chance to enjoy an evening of world-class art, cocktails and music surrounded by The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s collection of masterpieces at Somerset House.

Join us on Fri 24 May 2024 for a last chance to experience our five star exhibition The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach – The Charcoal HeadsÌýafter hours.

You can also preview Good Morning, Midnight, a new exhibition curated by The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’sÌý2023-24 MA Curating the Art Museum students, and watch a piece of performance art The Touch of the Human Hand, responding to the exhibition by artist Blue Pieta.

Unwind after work and explore masterpieces from The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s world-renowned art collection, such as Van Gogh’sÌýSelf-Portrait with Bandaged EarÌýand Manet’sÌýA Bar at the Folies-Bergère. Other highlights include the Bloomsbury Room, the Medieval and Early Renaissance gallery, and the magnificent Blavatnik Fine Rooms.

A pop-up bar serving ‘Â鶹ÊÓƵ Cocktails’ will be open in The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Shop on the lower ground floor, while the Art Café will be open all night, with a food station available for a light snack.

Plus live DJ sets in the Gallery Entrance Hall throughout the evening.

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24 May 2024

18:30 – 22:30

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery 

Ticket price
Includes entry to Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads and the permanent collection.

Adult (over 25): £14
Under 25: £5
Friends go free

Highlights

Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Self-Portrait, 1958, charcoal and chalk on paper, private collection © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London
A black and white charcoal and chalk portrait of a woman
Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Head of Julia II, 1960, charcoal and chalk on paper, private collection © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London
A black and white charcoal portrait of a woman
Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Head of Gerda Boehm, 1961, charcoal and chalk on paper, private collection, courtesy of Eykyn Maclean © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, Londo
A charcoal black and white drawing of a woman
Frank Auerbach (b.1931), Head of EOW, 1960, charcoal and chalk on paper, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester © the artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London

Lower Ground Floor

Cocktail Bar & Courtyard Terrace; The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Shop.

Guests get 10% off in the shop all evening.

Ground Floor

DJ set in the Entrance Hall
Cocktails in the Art Café and Bar (opposite the main entrance to the Gallery)

First Floor

The Ruddock Family Gallery: Medieval and Early Renaissance

Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery: From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper

Second Floor

Blavatnik Fine Rooms:ÌýEuropean Art (1400 – 1800)
Bar

Third Floor

Katja and Nicolai Tangen 20th Century Gallery: Good Morning, Midnight
Bloomsbury Room
Cecily Brown Commission
Weston Gallery: Early Impressionism
LVMH Great Room: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Denise Coates Exhibition Galleries: The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach – The Charcoal HeadsÌý

Two people sit on a bench admiring artworks in The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach - The Charcoal Heads
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Frank Auerbach - The Charcoal Heads © Fergus Carmichael

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery Exhibition Exhibitions What's On Highlights

Frank Auerbach. The Charcoal Heads

9 Feb – 27 May 2024

A remarkable group of large-scale drawings by Frank Auerbach is being presented together for the first time at The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Gallery Display What's On Highlights

Good Morning, Midnight

25 May – 7 July 2024

This summer, iconic works from The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s collection will be presented in dialogue with artworks from the David and IndrÄ— Roberts Collection for the first time. Curated by The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 2023-24 MA Curating the Art Museum students.

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