‘Just one Canaletto, give it to me!’ Now that the cheese is dispensed with, we can take Giovanni Antonio Canal seriously. This 18th Century Venetian painter painted hyper realistic imaginary views (referred to as capricci). He paints grand scenes of the canals of Venice and the Doge’s Palace, portraying the city’s pageantry and waning traditions of its time. Both colourful and atmospheric, this exhibition is a loan of a selection of his works from the UK Royal Collection and exhibited among contemporaries of his. Ends March 24
