Colin Wiggins on Leon Kossoff

In this new video, curator Colin Wiggins discusses Leon Kossoff's solo exhibition, Close Encounters: Paintings and Drawings (2 February—30 March 2024).

“Leon is an artist about making discoveries and that’s why he drew from artists like Rubens, Veronese, Goya, Cézanne and Constable so often. Because he wanted to discover in these art works what made him attracted to them.” — Colin Wiggins

'Close Encounters: Paintings and Drawings' is the gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to the work of the British painter Leon Kossoff. Featuring paintings and drawings made over a four-decade period,  the presentation highlights two significant bodies of work showcasing major themes in Kossoff’s oeuvre, namely London cityscapes and his ‘translations’ of works by Old and Modern Masters.