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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Bathers

David Hockney, Gregory in the Pool (Paper Pool 4), 1978.

June 1 – Aug 10, 2023
14 Bury St, St. James's, London SW1Y 6AL, United Kingdom

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