Festivals and Films
London What's on
22 January - 7 April 2011. Described by critics as a blockbuster, this show at the Royal Academy traces the evolution of sculpture in Britain since the beginning of the 20th century.
Considered co...
London What's on
19 January - 25 April 2011. The Tate Modern presents an exhibition by Gabriel Orozco who is known for collecting random items and recreating them as works of art, making the viewer look twice at an im...
London What's on
Ben Johnson: Modern Perspectives
8 December - 23 January 2011. While analysing the view of Trafalgar Square from the roof of London's National Gallery Ben Johnson noticed a similarity with Canaletto's Stonemason
London What's on
Until 20 March 2011. The National Portrait Gallery displays 15 portrait drawings made by Bridget Riley during her time as an art student at Goldsmiths, London.
Riley is internationally famous as t...
London What's on
Thomas Lawrence. Regency Power and Brilliance.
21 October-23 January 2011. Lawrence was the greatest portrait painter of his age and as president of the Royal Academy and with George IV as his patron he made portrait painting fashionable at a time...
London What's on
Venice: Canaletto and his rivals.
13 October-16 January 2011. The exhibition, the most comprehensive on Venetian landscape painting since the one in Venice in 1967, brings together some 60 major works from public and private collectio...
London What's on
London Raphael: cartoons and tapestries for the Sistine Chapel
8 September - 17 October 2010. In collaboration with the Vatican museums, the V&A present four of the ten tapestries designed by Raphael for the Sistine Chapel. The pieces on show are the original tap...
London What's on
9 August 2010 - 31 December 2012. The Tate Britain has designated its nine-room Clore Gallery to a major exhibition of British Romantic art, a movement characterised by belief in creative freedom, rat...
London What's on
9 June - 5 September 2010. The theme of this surprisingly popular exhibition, which is accompanied by a BBC 4 documentary series, might not be to everyone's taste but it is guaranteed to provoke a rea...
London What's on
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera
28 May - 3 October 2010. Britain is now the world's most surveyed country with an almost unhealthy obsession with CCTV. This exhibition offers a fascinating look at how pictures of the public are capt...
London What's on
New United States embassy design goes on show in London
The award-winning design for the new United States embassy in the Nine Elms area of Wandsworth in London is on show as part of the London Festival of Architecture from 19 June - 4 July.
The design,...
London What's on
Italian Renaissance Drawings from Fra Angelico to Leonardo
22 April-25 July 2010. Absolutely worth a trip to London on its own merit
London What's on
Some Enchanted Evenings: The Enchanted Palace at Night
21 May - 20 August 2010. Kensington Palace's rich history is celebrated with an unusual exhibition which highlights the glamour, love life and tragedy of its seven most famous princess inhabitants: Ma...
London What's on
My Generation: The Glory Years of British Rock
30 April - 24 October 2010. The work of photographer Harry Goodwin is synonymous with the fledgling days of rock n'roll photography in Britain. In 1964 the landmark BBC music programme 'Top of the Pop...
London What's on
11 March - 20 June 2010. The changing role of portraiture in Indian history over three centuries is examined in this landmark exhibition. It begins with portraits of courtiers and holy men, commission...
London What's on
Kingdom of Ife. Sculptures from West Africa.
4 March-6 June 2010. Twelve of the Ife heads and one half-length figure are on display, along with brass, copper, stone and terracotta sculpture from West Africa.
The Kingdom of Ife corresponds ro...
London What's on
6 Feb - 9 May 2010. The Royal Observatory treats visitors to an intimate look at sun with their current exhibition and planetarium show 'Solar Story'. The life cycle of Planet Earth's nearest star is...
London What's on
24 Feb- 8 August 2010. As well as the major exhibition of work by Chris Ofili visitors to Tate Britain can also see the major retrospective of Henry Moore. It is difficult to do justice to both in the...
London What's on
1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World
Until 25 April 2010. Examining scientific, social and technical innovations attributable to Muslim civilisation since the 7th century, this exhibition displays a staggering range of inventions. Throug...
