China Landscape. British Museum, London. 3 May - 27 October.
The Story of the Supremes. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 13 May - 26 October.
Paul Schutze: Twilight Science. Alan Cristea Gallery, London. 14 May - 7 June.
The Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic. British Library, London. 16 May - 14 September.
HRH The Prince of Wales: An Exhibition to Celebrate his Sixtieth Birthday. The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle. 16 May 2008 - 22 February 2009.
David Tress: Chasing Sublime Light. Petworth House, Sussex. 17 May - 29 July.
Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photographic Portraiture. Tate Modern, London. 23 May - 31 August.
Psycho Buildings. The Hayward, London. 28 May - 25 August.
Shirazeh Houshiary: New Work. Lisson Gallery, London. 29 May - 26 July.
Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900. Tate Liverpool. 30 May - 31 August.
The Young Lion: Early Drawings by John Frederick Lewis. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 30 May - 26 October.
Treasures of the English Church: Sacred Silver and Gold from 800 - 2000. Goldsmiths' Hall, London. 30 May - 12 July.

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SOON TO CLOSE

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June

Richard Shirley Smith. Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes. 1 April - 15 June.
Frank Auerbach: Etchings and Drypoints. Abbot Hall, Kendal. 15 April - 21 June.
In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 2 March - 8 June.
China: At the Court of the Emperors. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy. 7 March - 20 June.
Cranach. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 8 March - 8 June.
Out of This World: Shaker Design Past, Present and Future. The Bard Graduate Center, New York. 13 March - 15 June.
Alison Watt: Phantom. National Gallery, London. 13 March - 22 June.
*Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings. National Portrait Gallery, London. 13 March - 15 June.
*Coming of Age: American Art 1850s - 1950s. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. 14 March - 8 June.
James Coleman: Installations. And Alberto Giacometti: Sculptures, Paintings and Drawings. Compton Verney, Warwickshire. 15 March - 1 June.
*Thomas Hope: Regency Designer. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 21 March - 22 June.
Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 15 April - 29 June.
Ian Fleming Centenary Exhibition. The Fleming Collection, London. 22 April - 28 June.
Linda McCartney Photographs. James Hyman Gallery, London. 24 April - 7 June.
Colin St John Wilson: Collector and Architect. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. 9 February - 8 June.
Ode to Coorte. Mauritshuis, The Hague. 23 February - 8 June.

July

China Design Now. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 15 March - 13 July.
Goya in Times of War. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. 15 April - 13 July.
El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 20 April - 27 July.
Liliane Lijn: Stardust. Riflemaker, London. 22 April - 5 July.

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OPENING SOON

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June

The Renaissance Portrait: From Pisanello to Rubens. Prado Museum, Madrid. 3 June - 7 September.
The Lion & the Dragon: Photographs from China 1903 - 1905. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. 3 June - 24 August.
*The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting. Tate Britain, London. 4 June - 31 August.
*Harry Clarke's Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales. Fine Art Society, London. 4 June - 2 July.
Women and Freemasonry: The Centenary. Freemason's Hall, London. 4 June - 19 December.
Portavilion. Public art in London's parks. From 7 June.
Images of St Petersburg. Hermitage Amsterdam. 7 June - 24 August.
*Portraits from Chequers. Compton Verney, Warwickshire. 7 June - 14 December.
Summer Exhibition 2008. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 9 June - 17 August.
British Silver Week. Nationwide celebration. 10 - 17 June.
Betty Woodman: Clay Sculptures. Galerie Besson, London. 11 June - 10 July.
Charlie Langton: Equestrian Art. Tryon Gallery, London. 11 - 20 June.
London Sculpture Week. Nine selling exhibitions. 13 - 20 June.
Boucher and Chardin. The Wallace Collection, London. 12 June - 7 September.
*The BP Portrait Award 2008. National Portrait Gallery, London. 12 June - 14 September.
Mona Hatoum. Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London. 13 June - 8 August.
Abigail Lane: For Your Pleasure. Matches, Marylebone High Street, London. 13 June - 31 August.
Radical Light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891 - 1910. National Gallery, London. 18 June - 7 September.
The House of Viktor & Rolf. Barbican Art Gallery, London. 18 June - 21 September.
Cy Twombly: Cycles and Seasons. Tate Modern, London. 19 June - 21 September.
*The Fabric of Myth. Compton Verney. 21 June - 7 September.
*The Courtauld Cezannes. The Courtauld Gallery, London. 26 June - 5 October.
Stages and Scenes: Creating Architectural Illusion. The Courtauld Gallery, London. 26 June - 27 July.
Richard Prince: Continuation. Serpentine Gallery, London. 26 June - 7 September.
Power & Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 27 June - 21 September.
*Vilhelm Hammershoi: The Poetry of Silence. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 28 June - 7 September.
The Duveen Commission '08. Martin Creed. Tate Britain, London. 30 June 2008 - 25 January 2009.

July

Wyndham Lewis Portraits. National Portrait Gallery, London. 3 July -19 October.
Master Drawings in London. 19 selling exhibitions. 5 - 11 July.
A continuous line, Ben Nicholson in England. Abbot Hall, Kendal. 7 July - 20 September.
Inspired: Celebrating 40 years of Collecting Scottish Art. The Fleming Collection, London. 8 July - 6 September.
Painting Family: The De Brays, Master Painters of 17th Century Holland. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. 9 July - 5 October.
Painting Light: The hidden techniques of the Impressionists. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence. 11 July - 28 September.
Thomas Hope: Regency Designer. Bard Graduate Center, New York. 17 July - 16 November.
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict. British Museum, London. 24 July - 26 October.
Black is Beautiful: Rubens to Dumas. The Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. 26 July - 26 October.
Buckingham Palace State Rooms. London. 29 July - 29 September.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008. Kensington Gardens, London. Designed by Frank Gehry. Summer.
Sackler Centre for Arts Education. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Summer.

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CONTINUING

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Open through June & July

*Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery. The Queen's Gallery, London. 14 March - 28 September.
The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock. British Museum, London. 10 April - 7 September.
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance. The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh. 25 April - 26 October.
*Keep Smiling Through: Black Londoners on the Home Front 1939 - 1945. Cuming Museum, London. 1 April - 1 November.

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ON THE HORIZON

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Opening in August

Fashion V Sport. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 5 August - 23 November.

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OVER THE HORIZON

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Exhibitions, openings and events from September onwards
through 2008 and beyond

PRINCIPAL FAIRS

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SELECT AUCTIONS

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TRAVELLERS' JOYS

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Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Musee National du Moyen Age, Paris
Luxor Museum, Egypt
Blackwell, Cumbria
Alnwick Garden and Castle, Northumberland
The Foundling Museum, London
Shanghai Museum, China
Hong Kong, China: Museum of Art
& Museum of History
Ringling Museum of Art, Florida

NOTABLE BOOKS

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Greek Architecture and Its Sculptures.
By Ian Jenkins
The British Museum Press

Jake & Dinos Chapman
By David Barrett
Royal Jelly Factory

The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European Sculpture
Edited by Marjorie Trusted
V&A Publications

Pop Art Portraits.
By Paul Moorhouse
National Portrait Gallery

The British Library
By Colin St John Wilson.
Scala Publishers Art Spaces

Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft
Edited by Laurie Britton Newell. With essays by Glenn Adamson and Tanya Harrod
V&A Publications

Private Treasures. Four Centuries of European Master Drawings
By Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Andrew Robison, Rhoda Eitel-Porter and Jennifer Tonkovich
Lund Humphries

Towards An Art History of Medieval Rings: A Private Collection
By Sandra Hindman with Ilaria Fatone and Angelique Laurent-Di Mantova. Introduction by Diana Scarisbrick
Paul Holberton publishing

Botanical Riches: Stories of Botanical Exploration
By Richard Aitken
Lund Humphries

The Courtauld Gallery Masterpieces
Scala Publishers

The Great Wall of China
Edited by Claire Roberts and Geremie R Barme
Powerhouse Publishing

Chinese Art in Detail
By Carol Michaelson & Jane Portal
The British Museum Press

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