Festivals and Films
Amsterdam What's on
11 June - 12 September 2010. Erwin Olaf is an award-winning photographer and film maker with an international reputation. Born in Holland in 1959, Olaf's work tends to be both ironic and provocative....
Oxford What's on
The Firing Line: Depictions of Conflict in the Collection of General John Guise
25 May - 29 August 2010. General John Guise (1682 - 1765) was Christ Church Gallery's principal benefactor. He combined his distinguished military career with his passion for Old Master drawings, part...
Paris What's on
Roads to Arabia - Archaeological Treasures from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
16 July - 27 September 2010. This exhibition of 300 artefacts traces the history of Saudi Arabia from prehistoric times to the present day. Most of the items on show, which include silverware, jewelle...
Brussels What's on
30 May - 26 September 2010. With the objective of a long-term collaborative project between BOZAR and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, the cultural diversity of the African continent is being high...
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...
Madrid What's on
Willem de Pannemaker: The Mercury Series
1 June - 26 September 2010. Regarded as one of the greatest weavers of the Flemish Renaissance, Willem de Pannemaker was known to have been most active between 1535 and 1581.
Born into Belgium's l...
Berlin What's on
Karl Arnold, Berlin Images from the 1920s - Hoppla, we are alive!
11 June - 27 September 2010. After training as a painter, the cartoons of Karl Arnold (1883 - 1953) began appearing regularly in German publications, and in 1907 he joined the staff of Simplicissimus....
Vienna What's on
21 April - 3 October 2010. From the 14th to 17th century, China was subject to great changes in politics, commerce and craft production. The nation eagerly embraced world trade, which caused conflict...
Paris What's on
10 March - 31 August 2010. When a documentary filmed in the concentration camp of Dachau was first screened 65 years ago, the world recoiled in a collective gasp of revulsion and horror. The film was...
Oxford What's on
Howard Hodgkin: Time and Place
23 June - 6 September 2010. Acclaimed British abstract artist Howard Hodgkin (b. 1932) has said that he paints 'representational pictures of emotional situations'.
This major exhibition examines H...
Dublin What's on
Nabobs, Soldiers and Imperial Service: the Irish in India
28 May - 3 October 2010. Trinity College can trace its links with South East Asia as far as back as 1762, when the Chair of Oriental Languages was established. By examining the library's wealth of ass...
Madrid What's on
Domenico Ghirlandaio: Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni
22 June - 10 October 210. This exhibition examines the artistic techniques used in Renaissance Florence during the 15th century.
Quattrocento Florentine portraits feature seated models, in profile...
Paris What's on
Yves Saint Laurent: Retropsective
11 March - 29 August 2010. Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008) began his career in 1953 by coming third place in a young fashion designer contest. By the time he retired in 2002 he was lauded as France's...
Vienna What's on
Sleeping Beauty: Masterpieces from Museo de Arte de Ponce
15 June - 3 October 2010. The Pre-Raphealite movement, founded in London in 1848, aimed to reform art by rejecting what was considered to be the mechanistic approach first adopted by the Mannerist art...
Barcelona What's on
9 June - 26 September 2010. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass', the Alicia Project series of paintings by Dutch artist Pat Andrea are well k...
Copenhagen What's on
23 June - 26 September 2010. Celebrated French artist Sophie Calle often stars in her installations as the focal point and origin of the story she wishes to tell, such as in 'Prenez Soin De Vous' from...
Oxford What's on
The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley: 5000 - 3500 BC
20 May - 15 August 2010. 250 artefacts from 5000 - 3500 BC, including gold and metalwork from the settlements of furthest southeastern Europe, are currently on display in the Ashmolean Museum.
Thi...
Brussels What's on
2 July - 6 September 2010. Marcel Broodthaers (1924 - 1976) was a Belgian poet, film maker and anti-authority artist who often approached his work with a finely-honed literary awareness and keen sense...
Amsterdam What's on
Amsterdam’s canal belt: the expansion of Amsterdam in the Golden Age
1 June - 6 September 2010. Through a selection of paintings, prints and maps, the Rijksmuseum celebrates the city's canals which were synonymous with the massive growth of 17th-century Amsterdam....
Berlin What's on
Teotihuacan: Mexico’s Mysterious Pyramid City
1 July - 10 October 2010. Before being destroyed by a devastating fire in the 7th century, the city of Teotihuacan was a powerful political, military, economic and cultural centre to which all of Meso...
