Exhibitions in Europe
Madrid What's on
20 Oct-28 Feb. Major retrospective dedicated to Russia's Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) who is credited with creating the world's first abstract paintings and was also a pioneer of both the Blue Rider...
Oxford What's on
22 Sept-24 Jan. One of the most popular deities in the Hindu pantheon of gods, the elephant-headed Ganesha is also the most recognised Hindu god outside of India.
Worshipped as a powerful deity of...
Amsterdam What's on
Asia > Amsterdam: Luxury in the Golden Age
17 Oct-17 Jan. Exhibition examining the excitement that greeted the arrival of exotic Asian treasures shipped to Holland in the 17th century.
On display are 170 items of lacquer work, ebony, silve...
Berlin What's on
Emeka Ogboh: Playback. The African Union: 20 to 20,000 Hz
22 Oct-10 Jan. Exhibition based on sound and archive materials compiled by Nigerian sound artist Emeka Ogboh for his installation in the Peace and Security building at the African Union (AU) headquart...
Paris What's on
The Gagosian Paris presents new abstract paintings and sculptures by German-born American artist Sterling Ruby.
The Los Angeles-based artist used rollers and brooms to paint his new YARD paintings...
Brussels What's on
Rassenfosse or the Aesthetics of the Book
The Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Museum of Book Bindings and Book Arts, presents an exhibition dedicated to Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934).
The Belgian etcher and painter was an exponent of classical...
Barcelona What's on
14 July-18 Jan. With the subtitle translating as The art of light, this exhibition examines the work of Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923), focusing in particular on his obsession with capturi...
This wide-ranging exhibition goes far beyond the traditional misty view of the Celts as a ragtag group of tribes known for their rebellious nature and their torcs, shields and harps.
The British M...
Amsterdam What's on
The Rijksmuseum celebrates the 60th birthday of Miffy, the much-loved little rabbit from children's books, with an exhibition by her creator, the Dutch illustrator Dick Bruna.
This is the first ex...
Oxford What's on
Titian to Canaletto: Drawing in Venice
15 Oct-10 Jan. The Ashmolean stages Britain's first major exhibition of Venetian drawings.
Held in collaboration with the Uffizi in Florence, the exhibition puts the spotlight on the drawings of V...
Barcelona What's on
10 Oct-10 Jan. Exhibition charting the changing use of colour from Impressionism to Post-Impressionism, through various paintings movements and techniques in between, such as Pointillism. On display a...
Amsterdam What's on
12 Sept-8 Nov. The project space of the Stedelijk Museum hosts an exhibition that brings together a diverse group of artists from various regions around the world.
The exhibition is built around t...
Paris What's on
30 Sept-15 Feb. This exhibition at the Centre Pompidou repositions the work of Cuban artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) within the context of international modern art history.
Although he gained recog...
London What's on
17 Sept-24 Jan. The Tate Modern reveals how artists from various nations and cultures around the world engaged with the spirit of Pop Art, from Latin America to Asia, and from Europe to the Middle Eas...
Barcelona What's on
Barcelona: Lourdes Grobet: Mexican Lucha Libre Wrestling: Family Portraits
23 Sept-1 Nov. The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) presents an exhibition by Lourdes Grobet, a Mexican artist who has spent the last 30 years documenting one of the most popular sp...
Vienna What's on
17 July-26 Oct. Exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the death of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865), one of Austria's most important 19th-century Austrian artists.
Waldmüller is best k...
Brussels What's on
2050: A brief history of the future
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in collaboration with the Louvre in Paris, presents an exhibition that questions the social issues likely to be pertinent in the future.
Using over 70 mod...
Madrid What's on
Punk: Its traces in contemporary art
The Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) explores the origins of the anti-establishment punk movement, and the subculture it generated, in contemporary art.
The exhibition comprises installations, doc...
Berlin What's on
The Berlinische Galerie compares the post-war architecture of east and west Berlin in a comprehensive exhibition that examines the building styles on both sides of the once-divided city.
The plans...
Oxford What's on
Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries
The Bodleian Library presents some of the highlights from its remarkable collection of books, maps and manuscripts, which it has assembled over 400 years.
Central to the show is the concept of geni...
