January 20, 2012

20 January – 31 March 2012

Location: Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Rd, London W14 8LZ

Paintings by Winston Churchill and Hassan El Glaoui, the son of the Pasha of Marrakech, Hadj Thami El Glaoui (also known as the Black Panther). It was during a trip to Marrakech in 1943 that Churchill, himself a painter in his spare time, first saw the work of Hassan El Glaoui and encouraged the young artist’s family to allow him to continue to paint – something that, at the time, was considered unsuitable for a Berber tribesman. El Glaoui went on to become one of Morocco’s most significant artists, his work today being among the most sought after contemporary North African art in the world. The show features 24 paintings, nine by Churchill, whose work has never before been publicly exhibited alongside another artist’s work.