Paul’s Gallery of the Week: The V&A
14 May 2025 • Paul Carey-Kent
The V & A is the world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, with 145 galleries
Tag: Rodin
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917, Paris, France) was a French sculptor widely regarded as a founder of modern sculpture. Auguste Rodin is known for expressive bronze and marble sculptures that emphasise movement, emotion and the physicality of the human body. His work broke from academic tradition by focusing on fragment, gesture and surface rather than idealised form.
Rodin’s sculptures often depict figures in moments of tension or reflection, with visible modelling and textured surfaces that capture light and movement. Works such as The Thinker and The Kiss exemplify his ability to combine classical themes with a modern approach to form and expression. Auguste Rodin’s practice frequently explored themes of passion, suffering and human experience.
Auguste Rodin exhibited widely during his lifetime and remains one of the most influential sculptors in art history. His work shaped the transition from traditional sculpture to modernist approaches, influencing generations of artists working with the body, material and expressive form.
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
23 March 2023 • Mark Westall
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art opens at the National Gallery this week featuring 97 works – 32% of which are from private collections so are rarely seen, this and the fact that the exhibition features some of the most important works of art created between 1886 and around 1914 make this a must-see exhibition.
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art opening at the National Gallery.
19 December 2022 • Mark Westall
A major new exhibition of around a hundred paintings and sculptures by artists such as Cezanne, Van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso, Matisse, Klimt, Käthe Kollwitz, Sonia Delaunay, Kandinsky and Mondrian opens at the National Gallery next March.
The Top 6 Exhibitions to see in Mayfair
19 September 2021 • Tabish Khan
Six shows to see in the heart of the West End, from sculpture to photography.
HOUSEAGO | RODIN
27 August 2021 • Mark Westall
Gagosian is to present new sculptures by Thomas Houseago and posthumously cast bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin, selected in collaboration with the Musée Rodin in Paris.
This spring Tate Modern will present a major new exhibition of Auguste Rodin.
18 February 2021 • Mark Westall
This spring Tate Modern will present a major new exhibition of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). It will show how he broke the rules of classical sculpture to create a dramatically different image of the human body, mirroring the ruptures, complexities and uncertainties of the modern age.
The Top 8 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
22 July 2018 • Tabish Khan
The Top 8 Art events to visit this week include: Monet, The Kiss, Hitchcock, ice cream, a boudoir, femininity, a ruin and summer.
The Top 9 Art Exhibitions to see this week in London
16 July 2017 • Tabish Khan
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you the top art exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you. All are closing soon and it’s been expanded to a humongous nine exhibitions
The magnificent Musée Rodin reopens in Paris – with a chocolate surprise
8 November 2015 • Mark Westall
It was a ruin when he lived there, then nearly ruined by millions of trampling tourists after his death. Now the Musée Rodin has been playfully vamped up – and it’s even got a giant chocolate tribute to France’s most famous sculptor
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
27 August 2013 • Mark Westall
Every Monday Tabish Khan brings you five exhibitions that you should visit during the week each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether its for you ..