- Following a journey that embraces the entire history of art in the 20th century, from Casper David Friedrich to Kandinsky, from Malevich to Picasso and from Barnett Newman to Bill Viola, Traces du Sacré at the Centre Pompidou investigates the way in which art continues to demonstrate, often in unexpected forms, a vision that goes beyond the ordinariness of things and how, in a completely secular world, it remains the secular outlet for an irrepressible need for spirituality.
- In Reunited:Gwen John, Mère Poussepin and the Catholic Church at Birmingham's Barber Institute, the Barber’s own version of Gwen John's portrait of Mère Poussepin —one of the most popular paintings in the collection — is reunited with other versions of the picture. These are complemented by a series of drawings showing women, orphans and schoolgirls in church, as well as sketches of nuns, priests and a cardinal — and even the Pope himself. With loans from Amgueddfa Cymru — National Museum Wales, Tate and Southampton City Art Gallery, it explores the development of the artist’s portrayal of single female figures, the growing importance of her drawings from 1910 onwards, and the inextricable links between her work and her new faith.
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