Late night at Dulwich for Twombly/Poussin show

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Owing to popular demand the Dulwich Picture Gallery will be hosting a Late Night Opening on Thursday 22 September, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., in the last week of the current exhibition Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters. Visitors will have a last chance to see the exhibition, which has polarized opinion, with a glass of wine, a live performance of choral music from The Gallery Singers and tours of the permanent collection.

This major exhibition draws upon the world-class permanent collection of works at Dulwich Picture Gallery by Nicolas Poussin, alongside other works from major collections from around the world by both Poussin and Cy Twombly.

Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Curator of International Modern Art at Tate Modern, the exhibition examines how Twombly and Poussin, although separated by three centuries, nonetheless engaged with the same interests and concerns.

The exhibition consists of 30 paintings and drawings, structured thematically around six rooms devoted to key shared themes: Arcadia and the pastoral, Venus and Eros, Anxiety and Theatricality, Apollo and Parnassus, Pan and the Bacchanalia and The Four Seasons.

The exhibition has received enthusiastic support and loans from major private and public collections around the world. Arcadian Painters was developed in close collaboration with Twombly himself, and includes works that have never been exhibited before.

Twombly and  Poussin: Arcadian Painters is at Dulwich Picture Gallery until September 25, 2011.

Kindly supported by Romeo Jones, Dulwich Village.

Listings information:

Late Night Opening: Thursday 22 September 2011, 5 - 9pm

Admission:

Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters: £9 , £8 Concessions (including entrance to Permanent Collection

Permanent Collection: £5, £4 Concessions

Exhibition until 25 September 2011

Free entry for children and Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery

Permanent Collection and Exhibition Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; weekends, Bank Holiday Mondays 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays.