The ultimate summer muse? From classical antiquity to today, artists remain transfixed by bathers. Naked-in-the-water scenes by Paul Cézanne, J. M. W. Turner, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Damien Hirst, and Peter Doig have been brought together at Saatchi Yates. A trip to the gallery will answer questions about why humans in the act of washing themselves make such popular subjects. Hint: it all goes back to our beginnings in the ocean, and our Fall from grace. —Clara Molot
The Arts Intel Report
Bathers
David Hockney, Gregory in the Pool (Paper Pool 4), 1978.
When
June 1 – Aug 10, 2023
Where
Etc
Photo: Saatchi Yates