Yves Klein's 'Blue Venus' hides nothing, including its debt to classic art. But look further afield and the heady influence of artworks from ancient Greece and Rome can be detected in every corner of modern and contemporary art. The Classical Now places the old in conversation with the new, making the point that artists working now can help us to understand artists working way back then. The exhibition is part of a project by King's College London academics, but it's more than a dry bit of scholarship. There's some impressive names on the bill including Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Grayson Perry and Rachel Whiteread.
The Classical Now is held in:
The Arcade at Bush House, King’s College London, Strand, WC2B 4PJ
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Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing, King’s College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS