Presence: The Art of Portrait Sculpture

This original and inventive exhibition brings together some of the most striking sculpted portraits from the ancient world to the modern day. The first exhibition of sculpture to be held at Bath’s transformed Holburne Museum, Presence: the Art of Portrait Sculpture includes astonishing heads from Ancient Greece and Rome; eighteenth century masterpieces; works by some of the 20th century’s greatest sculptors including Degas, Giacometti and Brancusi, the waxwork of Henry Moore once at Madame Tussauds and sculptures by such major contemporary artists as Marc Quinn and Ron Mueck.

Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation
Supported by the Friends of the Holburne

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