Open through August & September
Exposed:
Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera.
Another
opportunity to be fascinated by, or become made angry with,
contemporary photographic images, moving and still.
Tate
Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG. Tel. +44 (0)20 7887 8888. (Open
daily; late Fri & Sat)
www.tate.org.uk
28
May – 3 October.
*Victoria
& Albert: Art & Love.
This
is the first-ever exhibition devoted to “Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert's shared enthusiasm for art.” More than 400 items from the
Royal Collection reveal “the royal couple's mutual delight in
collecting and displaying works of art” from their engagement in
1839 to the Prince's early death in 1861. Theirs was a genuine
partnership of intellect and instinct, cruelly cut short, as so many
tender mementoes and wonderful contemporary works of fine and
decorative art reveal. This large exhibition spreads through the
whole of the Queen's Gallery – for our own pleasure, admiration and
enchantment. Not to be missed.
The
Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London SW1. Tickets and
information Tel. +44 (0)20 7766 7301. (Open daily).
www.royalcollection.org.uk
19
March – 31 October.
South
Africa Landscape.
Joint
project by the British Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
highlighting the importance of the area's material culture for the
former, and the latter's work on conserving its
biodiversity.
Sponsored
by Barclays.
British
Museum Forecourt, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tel. +44
(0)20 7323 8000. (Open daily) www.britishmuseum.org
29
April – 10 October.
William
Morris: A Sense of Place.
Exhibition
of designs, textiles, books, samples and personal objects
illustrating Morris's inherent and important feeling for 'place'
whether, for example, the Red House in Bexley, Kelmscott Manor near
Oxford, or Merton Abbey on the edge of London – all displayed in
the unique setting of Blackwell, one of the finest surviving Arts and
Crafts Houses in Britain and an example in itself of Morris's own
ideals.
Blackwell,
Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3JR. Tel. +44 (0)15394 46139.
(Open daily) www.blackwell.org.uk
26
June – 17 October.
The
Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army.
Major
Canadian exhibition of a selection of the amazing artefacts from the
second-century BC tomb of Ying Zheng the 'First Emperor of Qin'
discovered in China in 1974. Some 250 objects are shown including
gold and bronze items as well as sculptures and others from the
period following the Emperor's sudden death in 210 BC. After the ROM
showing, the exhibition will travel to the Montreal Museum of Fine
Arts, Calgary's Glenbow Museum, and Victoria's Royal BC Museum.
Royal
Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada.
Tel. +1 416 586 8000. (Open daily; late Fri) 26
June – December 2010.
Tate
Britain Duveens Commission 2010: Fiona Banner. Harrier
and Jaguar
– two
fighter jet aircraft, one suspended, one belly-up on the floor of the
huge Neo-Classical Duveen galleries provoke thoughts about the clash
between the beauty of their design and their function to
kill.
Supported
by Sotheby's.
Tate
Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Tel. +44 (0)20 7887 8888. (Open
daily) www.tate.org.uk
28
June
2010 – 3 January 2011.
The
Anniversary Show.
With
the general theme “75 Years of Looking Forward” this exhibition
celebrates the 75th
anniversary
of the foundation of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
through displays of paintings, sculptures, works on paper,
photographs, video works, architectural models, and design objects –
plus archive material illustrating the stories of the people whose
interest and work created the institution, including artists,
collectors, “cultural mavericks” and city leaders.
San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
94103. Tel +1 415 357 4000. (Open daily; late Thurs; closed Wed) 19
December 2009 – 16 January 2011.
Marcus
Adams: Royal Photographer.
Between
1926 and 1956, Marcus Adams (1875 – 1959) recorded two generations
of Royal children in relaxed and informal poses. Queen Elizabeth The
Queen Mother was a major patron. This exhibition displays more than
50 of the marvellously attractive results, with three times as many
in the accompanying book.
The
Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Information Tel. +44
(0)20 7766 7304. (Open daily) 24
April 2010 – 6 February 2011.
From
Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection. This
special exhibition of some 75 French and American paintings
celebrates the extraordinary range and riches of the collection
bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art in 1962 by New York
businessman Chester Dale. Also included are two portrait of Dale by
Salvador Dali and Diego Rivera, and two of his wife Maud by Fernand
Leger and Saul Bellows.
Made
possible by United Technologies Corporation.
National
Gallery of Art, Fourth Street at Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20565. Tel. +1 202 737 4215. (Open daily) www.nga.gov
31
January 2010 - 31 July 2011.
Dinner
for a Duke. Exhibition
of silver, porcelain and dining accessories dating from the 17th
to
the late 19th
centuries
plus revealing archive material from the collections of the Dukes of
Portland.
The Harley
Gallery, Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire S80 3LN. Tel. +44 (0)1909
501700. (Open Tues – Sun)
www.harleygallery.co.uk
21
April 2010 – March 2012.
*especially recommended
Please check opening times and days before travelling any distance.
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