15 December: Five UK exhibitions

1. Winslow Homer: Force of Nature

National Gallery, London

10 September 2022 – 8 January 2023

From £12

The National Gallery presents an overview of the great American Realist painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910). He confronted the leading issues facing the United States and its relationship with Europe and the Caribbean in the final decades of the 19th century.

2. The Colour of Anxiety: Race, Sexuality and Disorder in Victorian Sculpture

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

25 November 2022 – 26 February 2023

Free entry

The Colour of Anxiety brings into focus sculpture exhibited and collected in Britain between 1850 and 1900, a rich yet largely overlooked body of work. The exhibition examines objects that introduced colour and new materials into the sculptural process, situating them within the context of the anxiety which often weighed upon Victorian society in the face of social change and scientific advances.

3. JMW Turner with Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool

27 September 2022 – 4 June 2023

From £5

For the first time, JMW Turner’s work will be presented within an immersive sound environment created by artist and musician, Lamin Fofana. Although creating work centuries apart, both artists convey the power and politics of the ocean and explore its relationship to capitalism and colonialism. Turner’s paintings focus on the dangers of the waters around the British coast and Fofana’s sound work looks across the Atlantic.

4. M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

21 September 2022 – 12 March 2023

£16.50

This exhibition brings together over 100 works by the Lithuanian artist and celebrated composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). Widely credited as Lithuania’s greatest artist, the exhibition will feature paintings and drawings created throughout his short but prolific career, with most travelling to the UK for the first time.

5. Legacies of Empire

National War Museum, Edinburgh

27 Nov 2020 – 29 Jan 2023

Free

Legacies of Empire is about encounters and confrontations between nations and cultures in times of war. The objects featured here were taken, purchased or otherwise collected by British military and naval personnel during colonial wars or garrison service across the British Empire. The contentious material legacy of the British Empire is represented in each object.