New Burlington Galleries Explained

The New Burlington Galleries was an art gallery at 5 Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, London.

From 11 June to 4 July 1936, they held the International Surrealist Exhibition, the first full exhibition of surrealist art in the UK.^[1]

From 7 June to 28 August 1938, the gallery showed Twentieth Century German Art, the largest international response to the National Socialist campaign against so-called ‘degenerate art’.^[2]

In October 1938, they exhibited Picasso's Guernica together with preparatory paintings and sketches to raise funds for the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buck . Louisa . Cork Street: An Avenue For Art . Corkstgalleries . 31 December 2019.
2. https://rokantyfaszystowski.org/en/twentieth-century-german-art/ Rok Antyfaszystowski on the Twentieth Century German Art exhibition in 1938
3. Web site: Exhibition of Picasso's Guernica: New Burlington Galleries . layersoflondon.org . 31 December 2019.