Richard Smith at The Holburne Museum (The Edge Art Centre), Bath
Richard Smith: Kites
The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK (on display at The Edge Art Centre)
28 September – 17 December 2022
The Holburne Museum in Bath, England present an exhibition dedicated to pioneering artist Richard Smith, opening 28 September 2022. Richard Smith was one of the most innovative and celebrated painters in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s. Seen as the father of Pop Art, a mentor to numerous artists including David Hockney, he repeatedly sought to reinvent the language of painting. This exhibition is timed to coincide with the publication of the first major book on the artist: Richard Smith: Artworks 1954–2013, published by the Estate of Francis Bacon Publishing in association with Thames & Hudson.