Rodin’s ‘Modern Classicisms’
As one exhibition closes, another always opens. Although we were very sad that The Classical Now came to an end in late April 2018, what better time for the British Museum to launch their show on Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece. Rodin lived from 1840–1918, and the exhibition explores his intense and multiple engagements with ancient Greek sculpture (not least objects in the British Museum itself). Over the last year, the Modern Classicisms team at King’s has worked closely with our friends at the British Museum, and we were delighted to exhibit a wonderful statue of Venus from the museum in the show related to the project. The Rodin exhibition runs until the 29th July 2018, and we’re delighted to see so many points of intersection with our research project here at King’s.
