The American Scene at the British Museum

The British Museum opens a new exhibition today called The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock which runs until 7 September 2008. It features around 150 prints from 74 different artists painted between 1900-1960 which reflect the changes in American society and culture during that period.

Themes covered include the changing urban landscape, the Jazz Age, the Depression and America in World War Two. The museum is using its extensive collection of prints to bring the exhibition together and John Sloan, Edward Hopper, Josef Albers, Louise Bourgeois, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock are some of the artists whose work is featured.

The American Scene is in Room 90 of the British Museum and is free to enter like the rest of the museum. Its open from 10am-5.30pm with late opening on Thursday and Friday evenings. The British Museum is located on Great Russell Street in Bloomsbury with Holborn, Russell Square and Tottenham Court Road the nearest Tube stations. Map