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Opening in August or September

August

Krijn de Koning 'Church Warden' of De Nieuwe Kerk. This year is the 600^th anniversary of De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, now an important venue for temporary exhibitions. Henceforth, each autumn, the building will be given over to a 'Church Warden,' a leading artist or designer invited to create therein “a personal vision” inspired by the space and its history. Contemporary Dutch artist Krijn de Koning is the first to be given this unique opportunity, to which he has responded by making a gigantic installation allowing visitors to enjoy the architectural ambience from the same height as the stained-glass windows.
De Nieuwe Kerk, Dam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel. +31 20 6386909 (Open daily; late Thurs). www.nieukerk.nl 27 August – 24 October.

Bulbmania – Flowers from the Kew Collection. Exhibition of historic and other paintings from the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, plus 'Hidden Treasures' from the Shirley Sherwood collection and works from the Brooklyn Florilegium Society which celebrates its 10^th anniversary this year.
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB. Tel. +44 (0)20 8332 5000. (Open daily) www.kew.org 28 August – 3 January.

September

Martin Creed: Work No 700. Dating from 2007, this steel I-beams sculpture will be on view in the Southwood Garden, St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, directly behind:
Hauser & Wirth, 196A Piccadilly, London W1J 9DY. Tel. +44 (0)207 287 2300. 6 September 2010 – 8 January 2011.

Eadweard Muybridge. Retrospective exhibition of more than 150 works by the pioneering Anglo-American photographer Eadward Muybridge (1830 – 1904) best known, hitherto, for his portrayal of animal and human subjects in motion.
Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Tel. +44 (0)20 7887 8888. (Open daily) www.tate.org.uk 8 September 2010 – 16 January 2011.

Hussein Chalayan. Solo exhibition of work by well-known British designer including an installation which results from a lengthy dialogue with the Gallery's Curatorial Director Greg Hilty and is the result in this instance of the artist's collaboration with Sertab Erener, one of Turkey's most successful female singers.
Lisson Gallery, 29 Bell Street, London NW1 5DA. Tel. +44 (0)20 7724 2739. (Open Mon - Sat) 8 September – 2 October.

Raphael: Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. For the first time ever, four of the ten tapestries designed by Raphael in 1515/16 for the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City will be shown alongside his original full-size cartoons – something the artist himself never witnessed.
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL. Tel. +44 (0)20 7942 2000. (Open daily; late Wed) www.vam.ac.uk 8 September – 17 October.

The Glasgow Boys. Exhibition of late 19^th century paintings by major Scottish artists from the Fleming Collection plus a number from an important private collection.
The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1. Tel. +44 (0)20 7409 5730. (Open Tues - Sat) 14 September - 18 December.

Salvator Rosa (1615 – 1673): Bandits, Wilderness and Magic. Powerful and original paintings by a 17^th century Italian master fascinated by science, philosophy and magic.
The Melosi Series: Rediscovering Old Masters.
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London SE21 7AD. Tel. +44 (0)20 8693 5254. (Open Tues - Sun) 18 September - 1 December.

Liverpool Biennial: Touched. International exhibition with the idea this year of a 'sculptural happening' with live interventions, performing objects, installations and sculptures to be explored.
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB. Tel. +44 (0)151 702 7400. (Open Tues – Sun) www.tate.org.uk 18 September – 28 November.

The Immortal Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC). Exhibition of more than 350 masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, illustrating Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, 'The myth, the reality, his journey, his legacy.'
Hermitage Amsterdam, Amstel 51, 1017 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel. + 31 20 530 87 51. (Open daily; late Wed) 18 September 2010 – 18 March 2011.

Against Mussolini: Art and the Fall of a Dictator. Anti-fascist imagery through painting, sculpture, graphic design and documentation.
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 39A Canonbury Square, London N1 2AN. Tel. +44 (0)20 7704 9522. (Open Wed - Sun; late Thurs) 22 September – 19 December.

Poussin to Seurat. French drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland.
The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN. Tel. +44 (0)20 7563 9500. (Open daily) www.wallacecollection.org 23 September – 19 December.

Jason Rhoades: 1:12 Perfect World. First posthumous exhibition of work by major American artist Jason Rhoades (1965 – 2006).
Hauser & Wirth London, 196A Piccadilly, London W1J 9DY. Tel. +44 (0)207 287 2300. 24 September – 18 December.

Bronzino. Artist and Poet. International loan exhibition of paintings by the great Italian mannerist artist Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino (1503 – 1572).
Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi, 50123, Firenze [Florence] Italy. Tel. +39 055 277 6461. (Open daily) www.palazzostrozzi.org 24 September 2010 – 23 January 2010.

Treasures from Budapest: European Masterpieces from Leonardo to Schiele. Selection of paintings, drawings and sculpture loaned by the Museum of fine Arts, Budapest, plus “key” loans from the Hungarian National Gallery.
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London WIV 0DS. Tel. +44 (0)20 7300 8000. (Open daily; late Fri) www.royalacademy.org.uk 25 September – 12 December.

The Land Between Us: place, power and dislocation. Compare and contrast, through works of art, contemporary and from the past, the idea and experience of landscape, then and now. Included in the exhibition is the Whitworth's collection of more than 50 watercolours by J. M. W. Turner – shown together for the very first time.
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER. Tel. +44 7183 3577. (Open daily) 25 September 2010 – 23 January 2011.

John Cage: Every Day is a Good Day. Major retrospective exhibition of the visual art of the American composer and artist John Cage (1912 – 1992).
Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ. Tel. +44 (0)1223 748100. (Open Tues - Sun) 25 September – 14 November.

Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909 – 1929. Major exhibition illustrating the enduring influence of this great dance company on theatre, art, music and fashion.
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL. Tel. +44 (0)20 7942 2000. (Open daily; late Wed) www.vam.ac.uk 25 September 2010 – 16 January 2011.

Undone: Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture. Focusing on objects and structures that are 'handmade' by artists from Europe, the United States and Brazil, do these reflect the new age of austerity?
The Henry Moore Institute, 74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH. Tel. +44 (0)113 246 7467. (Open daily; late Wed) 30 September 2010 – 2 January 2011.

Gauguin: Maker of Myth. Major international loan exhibition of works from all periods including painting, watercolour, carvings and decorated objects, illustrated letters, sketchbooks, memoirs and journalism.
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG. Tel. +44 (0)20 7887 8888. (Open daily; late Fri & Sat) www.tate.org.uk 30 September 2010 – 16 January 2011

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