oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Photo © Grand Palais RMN ( Musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
More tickets have been released for the final week of The Courtauld Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Monet and London. Views of the Thames,due to exceptional demand.
The exhibition brings together for the first time in 120 years Claude Monet’s extraordinary series of paintings of the Thames in London. Begun during three stays in the capital between 1899 and 1901, these extraordinary paintings of the Houses of Parliament, Charing Cross Bridge and Waterloo Bridge were unveiled in Paris in 1904 to great critical acclaim. Monet fervently wanted to show them in London the following year but plans fell through. The Courtauld will realise Monet’s unfulfilled ambition of exhibiting this exceptional series just 300 metres from the Savoy Hotel where the artist stayed and many of the works were painted.
The exhibition attracted the biggest advance ticket sales in The Courtauld Gallery’s history and general tickets sold out a month after the exhibition opened. Due to the unprecedented demand, The Courtauld is extended its opening hours every evening in the final week of the run to ensure visitors don’t miss out.
The exhibition will be open from 10AM – 9PM from Monday 13th – Thursday 16th January and Saturday 18th – Sunday 19th January 2025. Additionally, the exhibition will open on Friday 17th January 2025 for The Courtauld Lates until 10:30PM, including bars, Courtauld Cocktails and a live DJ throughout the evening.
Tickets for the extended hours slots are available to purchase on The Courtauld’s website today Thursday 21st November, 10:00 (GMT).
Once these tickets sell out, no further tickets will be made available. The only tickets available to purchase will be members tickets exclusively for Courtauld Friends.
Courtauld Friends can enjoy the exhibition without the crowds at two exclusive early morning views on Saturday 30 November 2024 and Friday 10th January 2025, from 9:00 – 10:00. Friends also get free unlimited entry to the permanent collection and exhibitions plus The Courtauld Lates, access to presale tickets, members’ tickets, priority booking to selected events, advance notice of art history short courses, exclusive events, discounts and more. Join at the ticket desk in the Gallery or online – courtauld.ac.uk/friends
Dr Karen Serres, Senior Curator of Paintings at The Courtauld, and curator of the exhibition, said:
“More than any other Impressionist artist, Monet was very attentive to how his works were displayed. With his series paintings, he created a whole visual experience from multiple canvases of a same subject, what we would call today ‘an installation’. The Courtauld exhibition presents Monet’s paintings as he wanted them to be seen.”
Professor Mark Hallett, Märit Rausing Director of The Courtauld, said:
“Monet and London is a unique exhibition: one, in fact, that has been more than a century in the making. It has been worth the wait. Bringing together Monet’s Thames paintings in this way allows us to appreciate their individual and collective brilliance and gives us a thrilling new perspective on both the artist and the city he depicted. We’re extremely grateful to the supporters that have enabled this exhibition, and particularly to Griffin Catalyst, Kenneth C. Griffin and the Huo Family Foundation for their long term support.”
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Monet and London. Views of the Thames 27th September 2024 – 19th January 2025 courtauld.ac.uk
Opening hours: 10.00 – 18.00 (last entry 17.15) Temporary Exhibition tickets (including entry to our Permanent Collection and displays) – Weekday tickets from £16; Weekend tickets from £18. Friends and Under-18s go free. Other concessions available.
Exhibition Catalogue: The catalogue to accompany the exhibition is available to purchase from The Courtauld Shop, located on the Lower Ground floor of the Gallery, and online: HERE
