JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS

John Ruskin Study of Rocks and Ferns in a Wood at Crossmount, Perthshire, 1847, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 121⁄4x181⁄4in. (32.3x46.5cm)

The storm cloud

In celebration of the 200th birthday of the Victorian artist, John Ruskin, the Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal will be exploring his relationship with the landscapes of J M W Turner. The exhibition brings together works from York Art Gallery (where the exhibition is on show until 23 June) and Abbot Hall Art Gallery, works from national and regional collections, as well as new commissions by contemporary artist, Emma Stibbon, whose travels to Chamonix, retracing Ruskin’s footsteps, reveal changs to the glaciers around Mont Blanc. New research uncovers Ruskin’s response to Turner’s vision as well as themes such as climate change.

Ruskin, Turner and the Storm Cloud: Watercolours and Drawings is at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, from 11 July until 5 October; www.abbothall.org.uk

LONDON

■Bankside Gallery

48 Hopton Street SE1. 020 7928 7521; www.banksidegallery.com ‘RE Original Prints’: new work by members of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, until 1 June. ‘Juliet Wood: A Human Touch’, new paintings and oil pastels, 3 to 14 July.