CONTINUING

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 75^th 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 17^th to the late 19^th 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.

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