12 SEPTEMBER 1946, Page 11

ART

THE Tat; having celebrated its reopening with justifiable. joie-de- vivre (to remain a lasting feature of its policy, one hopes), is now showing pictures from its permanent collection—French paintings of the nineteenth century, Blake, pre-Raphaelites and later Turners. It is exciting to see all these again, but the Turners, in particular, astonish. Also on view are the Gallery's recent acquisitions, ranging from John Brett to Graham Sutherland, from Low to Andre Masson. At the National Gallery, too, there are novelties to delight us, in- cluding at the moment two Canalettos on loan from the Duke of Richmond—a trifle slick here and there, particularly in the figures, but very fine in every other way and well worth a visit. M. H. MIDDLETON.