The Courtauld Gallery has released more tickets for the final week of its blockbuster The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Seurat and the Sea to meet visitor demand.
The five-star exhibition will open until 20:00 on Monday 11, Wednesday 13, Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May and will continue to open until 20:00 every Friday evening for the remainder of the run. Tickets are selling fast and are available to purchase on the Courtauld Gallery website.
The first-ever exhibition devoted to the seascapes of the French artist Georges Seurat (1859-1891), The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Seurat and the Sea is also the first UK exhibition dedicated to Seurat in almost 30 years. It brings together the largest group of these works ever assembled, 26 in total, offering a detailed look at a significant part of Seurat’s production.
Seurat is best known for developing a radical new technique of painting with dots of pure colour, which gave birth to Neo-Impressionism. This exhibition charts the evolution of Seurat’s highly original and distinctive style through the recurring motif of the sea, reuniting for the first time a major group of 26 works—paintings, oil sketches and drawings—created over five summer trips to the northern coast of France between 1885 and 1890. A particular highlight is the presentation of the complete series of paintings made in Port-en-Bessin in 1888 and Gravelines in 1890.
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Seurat and the Sea follows major Impressionist exhibitions at the Courtauld Gallery, such as The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Van Gogh. Self-Portraits and, most recently, the acclaimed The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Monet and London. Views of the Thames.
The exhibition is accompanied by a beautifully illustrated catalogue, showcasing the results of research on Seurat’s seascapes and their importance in his oeuvre.
The exhibition’s Title Supporter is Griffin Catalyst, the civic engagement initiative of Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin.
Also in its final weeks, A View of One’s Own: Landscapes by British Women Artists, 1760-1860 is on display in the Gilbert & Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery until 20 May, featuring landscape drawings and watercolours by women artists during the Golden Age of British Landscape art.
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Seurat and the Sea
13 February – 17 May 2026
Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Opening hours: Monday – Thursday, 10:00 – 18:00 (last entry 17:15); open every until Friday 15 May 2026 until 20:00 (last entry 19:15). The exhibition is also open until 20:00 on Monday 11, Wednesday 13, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May.
Temporary Exhibition tickets (including entry to our Permanent Collection and displays): Tickets from £18. Friends and Under-18s go free. Other concessions available.
