CODART, Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide

The UK contemporary artist responds directly to the Old Masters of Dutch and Flemish painting, armed with his distinct sense of humor

A major exhibition by UK contemporary artist David Shrigley places the artist’s  distinctive artistic practice in dialogue with seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painting. Bringing together works created nearly 400 years apart, the exhibition explores the comedic side of historic painting, presenting how artists through the ages have used humour to observe everyday life, human behaviour and social interaction.

A series of new works by Shrigley will respond directly to Netherlandish paintings by artists including Jan Steen, Adriaen Brouwer, David Teniers the Younger, Adriaen van Ostade, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Rembrandt van Rijn, revealing unexpected connections between contemporary and early modern art.