Britain's Museums New Digital Reach Out

Saving The Staffordshire Hoard for England's West Midlands

New Galleries at the Prado, Madrid

Seaton Delaval Hall Passes to the Public

Off The Leash in Trafalgar Square

The Vauxhall Collective 2009

Magna Carta: “Memory of the World”

Export Bars Can Work
Eglinton Tournament Watercolours
Nine Vionnet Gowns

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Opened in January

On the Move: Visualising Action. Estorick Collection, London. 13 January – 18 April.

Zhang Enli. Hauser & Wirth London. 15 January – 27 February.

The Drawings of Bronzino. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 20 January – 18 April

*The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and his Letters. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 23 January – 18 April.

Dexter Dalwood. Tate St Ives. 23 January – 3 May.

From the Gothic Tradition to the Early Renaissance. Moretti Fine Art, New York. 19 January – 12 February.

Scottish Colourists. Fleming Collection, London. 19 January – 1 April.

Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Whitechapel Gallery, London. 21 January – 11 April.

George Grosz. Korrekt und Anarchisch. Akademie der Künste, Berlin. 24 January – 5 April.

Chris Ofili. Tate Britain, London. 27 January – 16 May.

Afro-Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic. Tate Liverpool. 29 January – 25 April.

From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 31 January 2010 – 31 July 2011.

SOON TO CLOSE

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Closing in February or March

February

*The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009. National Portrait Gallery, London. 5 November 2009 – 14 February 2010.

On Horseback! The World of Philips Wouwerman (1619 – 1668). Mauritshuis, the Hague. 12 November 2009 – 28 February 2010.

Henry Moore Textiles. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. 14 November 2009 – 21 February 2010.

Kienholz: The Hoerengracht. National Gallery, London. 18 November 2009 - 21 February 2010.

Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 20 November 2009 – 15 February 2010.

Design Real. The Serpentine Gallery, London. 26 November 2009 – 7 February 2010.

Craftivism. Arnolfini, Bristol. 12 December 2009 – 14 February 2010.

*The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life. The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London. 30 October 2009 - 14 February 2010.

March

Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Veterans Project. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA. 4 November 2009 – 28 March 2010.

Duncan Phyfe, America's Legendary Cabinetmaker. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 30 November 2009 - 7 March 2010.

Enamels of the World 1700 – 2000 from the Khalili Collections. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. 8 December 2009 – 14 March 2010.

Objects of Contemplation: Natural sculptures from the Qing Dynasty. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. 12 December 2009 – 7 March 2010.

Robert Mapplethorpe: ARTISTS ROOMS on Tour with The Art Fund. Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield. 19 December 2009 – 27 March 2010.

The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection. Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris. 6 October 2009 – 14 March 2010.

Points of View: Capturing the 19^th Century in Photographs. British Library, London. 30 October 2009 – 7 March 2010.

OPENING SOON

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Opening in February or March

February

Gillian Ayres at 80. Alan Cristea Gallery, London. 13 February – 13 March.

Shhh... it's a Secret. Wallace Collection, London. 4 February – 28 March.

Facing East: Recent works from China, India and Japan, from the Frank Cohen Collection. Manchester Art Gallery. 4 February – 11 April.

Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World. Tate Modern, London. 4 February – 16 May.

Walls Are Talking: Wallpaper, Art and Culture. The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. 6 February – 3 May.

Hiroshi Suzuki – Silver Waves. Goldsmiths' Hall, London. 8 February – 6 March.

Paul Nash: The Elements. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. 10 February - 9 May.

Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective. Tate Modern, London. 10 February – 3 May.

Artificial Paradises: Natasha Kissell. Eleven, London. 11 February – 13 March.

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The Photographers' Gallery, London. 12 February – 18 April.

Terry O'Neill. New & Unseen. Chris Beetles Gallery, London. 17 February – 6 March.

Michelangelo's Dream. The Courtauld Gallery, London. 18 February – 16 May.

Ron Arad: Restless. Barbican Art Gallery, London. 18 February – 16 May.

Alan Johnston. Drawing a Shadow: No Object. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. 18 February – 2 May.

Irving Penn Portraits. National Portrait Gallery, London. 18 February – 6 June.

The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600 – 1700. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 28 February – 31 May.

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey. National Gallery, London. 24 February – 23 May.

Sophie Molins: The Impossibility of Escapism. ArtSpace, London. 24 February – 30 March.

Henry Moore. Tate Britain, London. 24 February – 8 August.

March

Alice Anderson's Time Reversal. Riflemaker, London. 1 March – 24 April.

Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa. British Museum, London. 4 March – 6 June.

Stradivarius - Myth and Music. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Germany. 5 – 21 March.

Seven British Artists in Milan, 1965 – 1975. Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London. 5 March – 1 April.

Art Sheffield 2010. Life: A User's Manual. City-wide contemporary art event. 6 March – 1 May.

Matisse to Malevich: Pioneers of Modern Art from the Hermitage. Hermitage Amsterdam. 6 March – 17 September.

Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 6 March – 4 July.

The Indian Portrait. National Portrait Gallery, London. 11 March – 20 June.

The Art of Power. Arms, Armour and Paintings from the Spanish Court. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. 8 March – 16 May.

Artes Mundi 4. National Museum Cardiff. 11 March – 6 June.

Paul Sandby 1731 - 1809): Picturing Britain, A Bicentenary Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 13 March – 13 June.

Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light. National Gallery, London. 17 March – 13 June.

Edmund de Waal: At Zero. Alan Cristea Gallery, London. 18 March – 17 April.

Victoria & Albert: Art & Love. The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London. 19 March – 31 October.

Quilts 1700 -2010. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 20 March to 4 July.

Hendrick Avercamp (1585 -1634): The Little Ice Age. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 21 March – 5 July.

Room for Art. Mauritshuis, The Hague. 25 March – 27 June.

Beauty in Repetition: Metalwork and Jewellery by Junko Mori and Jacqueline Ryan. Blackwell, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. 27 March – 13 June.

Henry Moore Deluxe: Books, Prints & Portfolios. The Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green, Hertfordshire. 30 March – 30 August.

Tracey Emin. The Hayward, South Bank Centre, London. Spring 2010.

CONTINUING

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Open through February & March

Medieval and Renaissance Galleries. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Opens 2 December.

The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography. The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh. 2 October 2009 - 11 April 2010.

The Unilever Series: Miroslaw Balka: How It Is. Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. 13 October 2009 - 5 April 2010.

Oman. De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. 17 October 2009 – 18 April 2010.

Revolution on Paper: Mexican Prints 1910 – 1960. British Museum, London. 22 October 2009 – 5 April 2010.

Henry VIII: A 500th Anniversary Exhibition. Windsor Castle, Berkshire. 8 April 2009 - 18 April 2010.

Decode: Digital Design Sensations. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 8 December 2009 – 11 April 2010.

The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1 October 2009 – 2 May 2010.

The 75^th Anniversary Show. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 19 December 2009 – 16 January 2011.

ON THE HORIZON

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Opening in April

Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance drawings. British Museum, London. 22 April – 25 July.

Liu Kuo-sung: The New Ink Paintings. Michael Goedhuis, London. 16 April – 14 May.

Grace Kelly: Style Icon. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 17 April – 26 September.

Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Collection of Peter Marino. Wallace Collection, London. 29 April – 25 July.

Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art. British Library, London. 30 April – 19 September.

OVER THE HORIZON

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Exhibitions, openings and events from May onwards
through 2009 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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Medieval and Renaissance Art. People and Possessions
By Glyn Davies and Kirstin Kennedy
V&A Publishing

Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese. Rivals in Renaissance Venice
By Frederick Ilchman
Lund Humphries

Points of View: Capturing the 19^th Century in Photographs
By John Falconer and Louise Hide
The British Library

Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2009
Introduction by Stuart Maconie and interviews by Richard McClure
National Portrait Gallery

The Darker Side of Light. Arts of Privacy, 1850 – 1900
By Peter Parshall with contributions by S. Hollis Clayson, Christiane Hertel and Nicholas Penny
National Gallery of Art, Washington in association with Lund Humphries.

Chinese Ceramics
By Stacey Pierson
V&A Publishing

Ancient American Art In Detail
By Colin McEwan
The British Museum Press

Henry Moore Textiles
Edited by Anita Feldman with an introduction by Sue Prichard
Published in association with The Henry Moore Foundation. Lund Humphries.

William Orpen: An Onlooker in France. A critical edition of the artist's war memoirs
By Robert Upstone and Angela Weight
Paul Holberton Publishing

Sir John Soane's Museum, London
By Tim Knox. Photography by Derry Moore
Merrell

Constable Portraits: The Painter & His Circle
By Martin Gayford and Anne Lyles
National Portrait Gallery

Love and Marriage
By Jennifer Ramkalawon
The British Museum Press

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