Time: June 5 to November 3, 2024
📍 : The Wallace Collection
Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN

Ticket price: free/ walk in on site

The Wallace Collection's new summer exhibition, Flora Yukhnovich & Francois Boucher, "The Language of Rococo," opens today. The more bitter the time, the more to find their own sweet comfort. Flora Yukhnovich, born in Norwich, England in 1990, is a British painter known for her contemporary interpretation of the Rococo style of painting.

Yuknovich (Flora) is a rising star of the post-90s art, in recent years in the secondary market also has a good performance, known for romantic and soft large-scale semi-abstract oil paintings.


She is good at creating the ultimate dreamlike theme scene, from the perspective of contemporary art, giving new life to the Rococo language. The two new paintings, which occupy the gilded frame at the top of the gallery's grand staircase, are also a tribute to and response to two outstanding paintings by the famous 18th-century French Rococo artist Francois Bouchet (1703-1770).

Flora is known for her large, semi-abstract oil paintings that give new life to the Rococo language. The artist's two new paintings are a response to two outstanding paintings by the famous 18th-century French painter Francois Boucher (1703-1770), which occupy the gilded frames at the top of the exhibition space.

Contemporary art is classically framed, and classical art is instead removed from the frame and presented directly on the white wall, with dislocation and counterpoint, prompting the viewer to let go of preconceived notions, to re-explore how to connect the present with Rococo, and to examine the impact on artistic interpretation and historical reassessment.

Rococo (Rococo) style originated in 18th century France, is a soft pink style of decoration, interior design and art style, the style of Baroque art, the beginning of neoclassical art. Rococo style makes all available colors pink and white, softens all sharp corners, and turns straight lines into curves, making the overall feeling warm and lovely and approachable.

Flora Yukhnovich and Francois Boucher's Rococo language prompts visitors to reconsider preconceptions, explore how we relate to the Rococo style today, and examine the impact of displays on artistic interpretation and historical reappraisal.

It is a decorative and rich style favored by royal and aristocratic patrons in France and elsewhere since the 1730s. Flora Yukhnovich and Francois Boucher: The language of Rococo urges visitors to reconsider preconceived notions, explore how we relate to contemporary Rococo, and examine the impact of displays on artistic interpretation and historical reassessment.

In addition, the museum, once the home of Sir Richard Wallace, houses a variety of antique collections, and the second floor displays paintings, including Fragonard's Swing.