Exhibition
Goya: The Portraits
07 Oct 2015 – 10 Jan 2016
The National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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Detail from Francisco de Goya, A Scene from El Hechizado por Fuerza (The Forcibly Bewitched), 1798
Event
The Art of Witchcraft
30 Oct 2015
Regular hours
- Friday
- 11:00 – 21:00
Cost of entry
£26/£24 concessions/£22 Members
Address
- Trafalgar Square
- London
England - WC2N 5DN
- United Kingdom
Event map
Explore the ghoulish side of the collection
About
From shrieking hags to seductive sorceresses, witches have cast a powerful spell upon the imagination, unleashing the creativity of artists such as Goya andSalvator Rosa.
Artist Lachlan Goudie leads a very personal and ghoulish tour of the collection. Enjoy some close looking at paintings, and find out about Lachlan's own father, the Scottish artist Alexander Goudie, who believed he was possessed by a witch, prompting him to paint many images of his demon at the helm of a gruesome tribe of hags, warlocks, and resuscitated corpses.
