VISIONS OF THE SELF : REMBRANDT AND NOW

12 Apr-18 May 2019

Overview

Rembrandt’s masterpiece Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665) will go on view at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, heralding a new alliance between the international gallery and English Heritage—the charity entrusted with the care of this painting and more than 500,000 other paintings and artefacts, together with more than 400 historic sites across England. Rembrandt’s legendary painting will be the centerpiece of an exhibition of self-portraits that will also include works by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud, and Pablo Picasso, as well as leading contemporary artists such as Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, Urs Fischer, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Albert Oehlen, Richard Prince, and Cindy Sherman, among others. A new work created by Jenny Saville in response to Rembrandt’s self-portrait will be revealed for the first time.