Urbs — Cities in Art

Permanent Collection

From Canaletto's Venice to Hopper's diners to contemporary Lagos street scenes — Urbs traces the painter's engagement with the urban world across five centuries. The city as spectacle, as solitude, as labour, as home.

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Nocturnes

Cities at night — the diner, the wet boulevard, the empty street. Works exploring urban solitude, artificial light, and the hours when a city shows its private face.

3 works

Great Panoramas

Monumental views of the great cities — Venice from the water, Manhattan from below, Paris from above. Works that take the city as a subject of awe.

3 works

Street Level

The city at human scale — the market vendor, the corner shop, the morning crowd. Works in which the city is background to individual lives rather than grand spectacle.

2 works