🇬🇧 Jenny Saville at National Portrait Gallery

A love letter to flesh, oil, and the audacity of seeing ourselves unvarnished. 📍 National Portrait Gallery, London "The Anatomy of Painting" (June 20 - Sept 7, 2025) isn’t just an exhibition—it’s a visceral punch to the gut (and the soul). Saville’s unfiltered, sprawling bodies in oil don’t just hang on walls—they breathe, judge, and dare you to look away. 🎨 Why It’s Unmissable • Skin as battlefield 🏔️: Her thick, "imperfect" brushstrokes carve valleys of cellulite, mountains of muscle, and the quiet erosion of aging. "Beauty? No. Truth? Absolutely." • That haunting glow ✨: Paint doesn’t just sit on canvas—it pulses under the gallery lights, like veins under skin. (Cue Instagram stories with 🔥 "HOW is this not a photo?!" captions.) • Hidden treasure 📖: Spotted her rare Oxyrhynchus sketchbook at Alaïa Bookstore—cue happy art nerd tears and a frantic wallet sacrifice. 🖌️ Behind the Brush Saville’s work doesn’t flirt with realism—it wrestles it to the ground. Imagine: A 10-foot canvas where a knee is as epic as a sunset 🌅. Gallery-goers frozen mid-step, caught between "Wow" and "Do I… see myself in this?" 🤯. 💷 Tickets: £21 (Free for members) Pro Tip: Go late afternoon—when sunlight slants through the windows, her textures POP like 3D. Bonus: Fewer crowds = more uninterrupted staring-at-flesh time. 🤔 Would you stare at flesh-toned oil for hours? (Comment your answer—or confess your favorite painting in the show!) #LondonExhibitions #BodyPolitics #PortraitGallery