The Sir Denis Mahon FoundationĀ was created by Sir Denis in his lifetime. It aims to continue his philanthropic work, his art historical research and his passionate promotion of young scholars. It promotes his art collection and lifelong work and studies to the general public, organises exhibitions, supports museums, and also endows two annual prizes for young scholars and artists, theĀ Sir Denis Mahon Essay PrizeĀ andĀ The Mahon Award, a drawing prize at The Royal Drawing School.
In 2020, we instituted the Sir Denis Mahon Sculptural Project GrantĀ in collaboration with City & Guilds of London Art School, another initiative to honour his memory.
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In the picture: a graphic composition by the artist Leonardo Passeri (born 1982) showing a detail of āSaint Roch giving Almsā by Annibale Carracci (1587-1595) in the collection of the GemƤldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany.
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SPOTLIGHT
āPetriāĀ (2021) by Deanio X
acrylic, charcoal, graphite, ink and water on aluminium
100 x 100 cm
DEANIO X: TEMPERED CARBON
The Sir Denis Mahon Award Exhibition 2021 at the Royal Drawing School, 14-29 October 2021.
An exhibition of works by Deanio X, the 2020-21 recipient of the Sir Denis Mahon Award, will display over 40 works spanning his time at The Royal Drawing School from the end of The Drawing year in 2019 to the spring of 2021, including a short film in which Deanio X introduces the works in the exhibition.
RESIDENT ARTIST
The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation is pleased to host Artists in Virtual Residence, presenting a selected single work of an artist every three months.
This month we are delighted to show āCONVOLVULUS PURPURENSā
A work by the artist Massimo Pulini, b. 1958
PAST EVENTS
TIME {š} AND ETERNAL LIFE
5 October ā 20 December 2020
The exhibition spans over five millennia, exploring the concept of time and of Eternal life from Antiquity to the Modern Era. This immense period is divided into three chapters, each a chronological step forward.
WILLIAM BLAKE AT FLAT TIME HOUSE
30 January - 8 March 2020
Organised by Flat Time House in partnership with the Sir Denis Mahon Foundation, and curated by Chris McCabe and Magnus Rena, the exhibition gave a unique opportunity to view Blakeās work in the domestic environment of John Lathamās home.
LUCRETIA CANTATA AT THE BOWES MUSEUM
13 November 2019
The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation was delighted to support The Bowes Museum on the occasion of their exhibition, The Power and the Virtue : Guido Reniās Death of Lucretia (26 October 2019 ā 20 January 2020), which highlights the theme of female beauty in Reniās painting, particularly the depiction of devotional and legendary heroines such as Cleopatra, Saint Catherine, Saint Mary Magdalene, and specifically the suicide of Lucretia Romana.
VISIONARIES AND THE ART OF PERFORMANCE
28 June - 14 July 2019
Through the work of several artists, the exhibition suggests that visionary qualities are not exclusive to one period or personality, but they are enduring characteristics of artistic creativity.
VISIONS & VISIONARIES
11 December 2018 - 30 April 2019
They made the āvisionaryā into a poetic manifesto, the germ of an idea that is still relevant in the contemporary world with artists such as Geoffrey Fletcher, John Latham, Grayson Perry, or in art movements like Technomedioevo.
TECHNO MEDIOEVO STUDY DAY
14 June 2018
The Sir Denis Mahon Foundation and Museum of the Order of St John hosted a study day to explore The Language and Meaning of Time in Art & Science. The study day took place following a recent exhibition.
TECHNO MEDIOEVO: AGE OF FUTURE RELOADED
1 March - 16 June 2018
What would the past have been like in the Middle Ages if the future had happened before?
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