Ben Uri is honoured to have been selected to present a most revealing and interesting exhibition telling the story of Paula Rego and Anthony Rudolf’s 26 year relationship. Anthony was her close companion and principal male model from 1996 until the end of her life in 2022. The story is beautifully illustrated through the art given by Paula to Anthony during this quarter of a century juxtaposed with engaging family photographs.
This show will exhibit over 40 works, the vast majority never seen in public before, and tells a different variant of well known stories in art history about the artist, the muse, the model and the relationships accruing.
Anthony Rudolf (b1942) is a distinguished writer, poet, translator and ran the Menard Press.
Dame Paula, born in Portugal in 1935, migrated to London in 1951 and passed on the 8th June 2022. She was buried in London alongside her late husband, the artist Victor Willing. She is survived by three children; son Nick, daughters Cas and Victoria who together are the custodians of the Rego estate.
