This collaboration between the Science Museum and The Courtauld shed light on rarely seen artworks from the Courtauld collection.
Works displayed through the Illuminating Objects programme were on view at the Science Museum in 2018-21 while the Courtauld’s home at Somerset House underwent major renovation.
This hand-painted silk encapsulates a moment of artistic response to a long period of industrial change in Britain. Created within the Omega Workshops, it blends the realms of fine art and wearable clothing through championing an aesthetic that stood against the ‘mechanically perfect finish’ produced in factories at the time. Only in person can you appreciate the free, abstract colours and forms of this delicate textile.
Previously on display: Habitation by César
20 May 2021 15.30
The sculpture Habitation was created from over 100 separate pieces of scrap metal. These items were collected from a junkyard on the outskirts of Paris and welded together by the French artist César in 1960.
Previously on display: A painted ivory marriage casket
19 October 2020 00.00
This ivory veneered and painted box was made in the early 17th century. The marvellous range of materials and images that it features reflect new developments in global trade and knowledge sharing at the time.
