On display at the Saatchi Gallery is exhibition Standing on the Shoulders of Giants II curated by Louise te Poele in a collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum and Saatchi Gallery.
The exhibition showcases the work of ten contemporary Dutch female artists who have created art in response to works by women artists from the Victoria & Albert Museum's Collection.
The body of work exhibited follows Standing on the Shoulder of Giants I, continuing to explore and question the invisibility of female artists within spaces and creative institutions. By commissioning these new exhibited artworks, gender imbalances are challenged, bringing forth the visibility of female Dutch artists in the History of Art and Contemporary Art Scene.
Artists exhibited at the Saatchi include Lily de Bont, Margriet van Breevoort, Bobbi Essers, Larissa Esvelt, Anya Janssen, Audrey Large, Femmy Otten, Louise te Poele and Bregje Slipenbeek.
The work is striking, bold, commanding, creating a connection, a conversation between contemporary Dutch female artists and women artists from the collection of the V&A.
Standing On the Shoulders of Giants at the Saatchi Gallery, London until the 12th January 2026
Bobbi Essers, 'When The Crowd Becomes Your Burden' and 'I'll Wait By The Backstage Door', 2025,
Oil Paint on Canvas, Diptych, 195 x 133 cmm and 195 x 248 cm
A Contemporary Response to the 1923 print 'Dressing Room No. 2' by Laura Knight from the V&A Collection
Louise Te Poele, 'Arsenicum Spiralling My Head', 2025, Photo at Diasec, 120 x 80 cm
Originally commissioned by Delft University of Technology, 2025
work by Audrey Large
Anya Janssen, 'Drive Your Car', 2025, Oil Paint, Fluor Acrylic on Linen, 120 x 100 cm
Femmy Otten, 'Birthland', 2025, Limewood, 200 x 72 x 60 cm and 'Unittled (Aline)', 2025, Oil on Linen, 90 x 76.5 cm
Responding to 'Making Marmalade' by Louie Burrell, 1890-1903
Audrey Large, Moons of The Year, 'Lunar Calendar 2026', 60 x 60 x H85 cm
In response to 'Months of The Year', Anna Phoebe Traquair, part of the V&A Collection
Margriet Van Breevoort, Cocoons, 2025, Silicone, Epoxy, 200 x 130 x40 cm
In response to Justine Kurtkand's work part of the V&A Collection
Larissa Esvelt, 'Telltale Tails' (full installation), 2025, Textile, Wood, Metal, Ceramics, Synthetic Hair, 250 x130 x 220 cm
In response to Paula Rego's 'Three Blind Mice', 1989 from the V&A collection
Bregje Sliepenbeek, Flowers Closing, 2025, Expanded Sheet Metal, 200 x 250 x15 cm
In response to 'Flowers Closing at Night' by Phoebe Anna Traquair from the V&A collection
Pictures taken at the exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.
Artworks Copyright to the Artists