Exhibition Spotlight – Must See

Exhibition Spotlight – Must See

Now we know that it’s not just making art that is good for our hearts – looking at art promotes wellbeing too.

Here are two ‘must-see’ exhibitions for 2026. Let me introduce these two artists – David Hockney and John Ruskin. I periodically reference contemporary Yorkshire artist Hockney when encouraging my students to think about colour in their work, and I often take courage from Ruskin when a painting requires me to put the work in (going back to basics to use my observation skills to truly understand the curl of a leaf or see the colours in the sky).

Ruskin was an English Victorian polymath: an artist, art critic, activist, writer and more.

Both of these exhibitions, I am sure, will bring much inspiration and revelation to you, as they do to me…

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