If you want to get to see the various exhibitions around the UK - or even all of them(!) - this is where you can see them.
- They are listed below in alphabetical order of the locations
- PLUS one of the images that can be seen at that location.
From 1 February - 6 May 2019, to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, 144 of the Renaissance master's greatest drawings in the Royal Collection will go on display in 12 simultaneous exhibitions across the UK.This is a nationwide event. It rebuffs the notion that all the good art is only shown in London. In fact, it will give da Vinci's drawings the widest-ever audience to celebrate the 500th anniversary of he death of da Vinci in 1519.
12 drawings selected to reflect the full range of Leonardo's interests – painting, sculpture, architecture, music, anatomy, engineering, cartography, geology and botany – will be shown at each venue in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Southampton and Sunderland.Longer exhibitions will then be held at first the Queen's Gallery in London - followed by the Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh.
The exhibitions include examples of all the drawing materials employed by the artist, including
- pen and ink,
- red and black chalks,
- watercolour and
- metalpoint.
I've also included
- links to BBS news items - with the relevant gallery - which show more images and videos of the drawings on display.
- links to any useful items relevant to particular exhibitions
The drawings in the Royal Collection have been together as a group since the artist's death, and provide an unparalleled insight into Leonardo's investigations and the workings of his mind.Leonardo da Vinci drawings to go on display in Birmingham in 2019 | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery BlogFor more information
- visit www.royalcollection.org.uk/Leonardo 500
- view this video
- view the listings below for each of the twelve exhibitions
The Nationwide Exhibitions
Exhibitions will be held in the following twelve locations between 1 February – 6 May 2019
Belfast - Ulster Museum
- Venue: Ulster Museum, Belfast
- Admission: FREE (on the basis I can't see any charging info)
- BBC - Leonardo Da Vinci drawings on display at Ulster Museum
Ulster Museum, Belfast
Leonardo da Vinci, The skull sectioned,
1489, traces of black chalk, pen and ink
|
Birmingham - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
- Venue: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
- Admission: FREE
- BBC: Leonardo da Vinci works on display at Birmingham Museum
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Leonardo da Vinci, A Map of the Valdichiana,
c.1503-4, watercolour, pen and ink, ink wash over black chalk
|
Leonardo was an accomplished map maker. This map illustrates the Chiana valley in central Italy, with north to the left of the sheet. The river Tiber can be seen running along the top edge, the river Arno on the left and the city of Siena in the lower centre.
The marshy lake in the valley allowed the spread of malaria. It seems probable that Leonardo was employed by the Florentine government to create this map as part of a civil engineering project to drain the marsh. (Label for exhibit)
Bristol - Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
- Venue: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
- Admission:
- £6 adult* | £5 concession*
- Under 16s FREE
- Tue-Sun: 10am-5pm Closed Mondays except Bank Holiday Mondays and Mondays during Bristol school holidays: 10am-5pm
Bristol are charging people for entry - while most other cities are showing their exhibitions for free. Bristolians may want to comment on this!
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Leonardo da Vinci, Cats, lions and a dragon,
c.1517-18, black chalk, pen and ink, wash
|
Cardiff - National Museum
- Venue: National Museum, Cardiff
- Admission:
- £5 adults / £4 concessions /
- 16 years & under: Free
- BBC - Leonardo da Vinci's thumb print at National Museum Wales
- Events supporting this exhibition:
National Museum Cardiff Leonardo da Vinci, A deluge, c.1517-18, black chalk, pen and ink, wash |
Derby - Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- Admission: FREE
- To see the full line up of Leonardo events click here.
Glasgow - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Venue: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Admission: FREE
- Open during normal museum hours.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Leonardo da Vinci, A star-of-Bethlehem and other plants, c.1506-12, red chalk, pen and ink |
Leeds - Leeds Art Gallery
- Venue: Leeds Art Gallery
- Admission: FREE
- Closed Mondays
Leeds Art Gallery, Leonardo da Vinci, A design for an equestrian monument, c.1485-8, metalpoint on blue prepared paper |
Liverpool - Walker Art Gallery
- Venue: Walker Art Gallery
- Admission: FREE
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Leonardo da Vinci, The head of Leda, c.1505-8, black chalk, pen and ink |
"Leonardo da Vinci is undoubtedly one of the most renowned and influential artists in history, having left a major impact within the disciples of both art and science."Xanthe Brooke, Curator of European Fine Art, National Museums Liverpool
Manchester - Manchester Art Gallery
- Venue: Manchester Art Gallery
- Admission: FREE
- Tours and Drawing Workshops are already sold out
These beautiful drawings will be on display in one of our smaller galleries and at busy times, including 11am–3pm weekdays and during weekends, you may be required to queue in order to see the works.
Manchester Art Gallery Leonardo da Vinci, The head of a youth, c.1510, red and black chalks on orange-red prepared paper |
Curator of the Manchester Art Gallery, Natasha Howes, describes how the mancunian embodiment of this project is slightly different to that of the 11 other exhibitions.Ten years ago, the gallery displayed an exhibition of da Vinci’s drawings from the Royal Collection, so this time round was looking to do something a bit different. Whilst the other shows are made up of drawings spanning a range of da Vinci’s themes, this exhibition is thematically curated; the 12 drawings are all based around the human body.
Southampton - Southampton City Art Gallery
- Venue: Southampton City Art Gallery
- Admission: FREE
- Closed Sundays
- See the events program
Southampton City Art Gallery
Designs for gun-barrels and mortars,
c.1485, pen and ink
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Sheffield - Millennium Gallery
- Venue: Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
- Admission: FREE
- The Millennium Gallery will be open until 8pm every Thursday to give visitors the opportunity to see the exhibition after work. (except 7 & 21 Mar)
Our programme of Inspired by Leonardo talks, workshops and events will be listed in the events section of our website soon.
Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Leonardo da Vinci, Studies of water, 1510-12, black chalk, pen and ink |
Sunderland - Sunderland Museums and Winter Gardens
- Venue: Sunderland Museums and Winter Gardens
- Admission:
- Adults: £2.50 admission
- Under 16s: free entry
- Carers (ID may be required): free entry
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens Mortars firing into a fortress, c.1503-4, black chalk, pen and ink, wash |
The Extended Exhibitions
London - Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
- Venue: Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
- Dates: Friday, 24 May 2019 - Sunday, 13 Oct 2019
- Admission:
- Adult £13.50
- Over 60 £12.20
- Student £10.80
- Under 17 / Disabled £6.70
- Under 5 Free
- Family (2 adults and 3 under 17s) £33.50
- ALL Tickets allow readmission to other exhibitions for the whole year
This will be the largest exhibition of Leonardo's work in over 65 years. You only get to experience this once in a lifetime.
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London Studies of hands for the Adoration of the Magi รข?? sheet 1 under ultraviolet light, c.1481, metalpoint (faded) on pink prepared paper |
The theory is that they he did these in copperpoint as this has a tendency to fade with age.
Edinburgh -The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing (Edinburgh)
- Venue: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
- Dates: 2 Nov 2019 - 15 Mar 2020
- Admission:
- Adult £7.50
- Over 60 £6.80
- Student £6.40
- Under 17 / Disabled £3.80
- Under 5 Free
- Family (2 adults and 3 under 17s) £18.80
This will be the largest group of Leonardo's works ever shown in Scotland - very much a once in a lifetime event!
The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Neptune, c.1504-5, black chalk and charcoal |
Addendum
Producing this blog post has been a very interesting exercise in which museums put the effort in and create proper websites for the exhibition and associated events programmes - and which simply "go through the motions".I hope the Royal Collection Trust will make a note of this for any future similar ventures to share works within the Royal Collection.
One simple indicator - where is the museum's URL for the exhibition relative to other websites.....
I did an identical search query for all - and some came top of the pile immediately - and some I had to search for. The latter will probably never ever read this blog post! To those that are doing well - I know who you are and I'm hoping the RCT does too!
[UPDATE: It's also be an interesting exercise in who charges and who does not. I've gone back over the post and inserted the admission charges for each venue
I've absolutely no objection to paying for the exhibition at the Queen's Gallery in London given I'll be able to see 200 drawings.
However I do wonder at the "mission to inform" of those who have been given these drawings to exhibit - and are now charging for entry.]
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