Festivals and Films
Oxford What's on
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Until 1 March 2010. The Botanic Garden at the University of Oxford offers visitors a series of events over winter, including an exhibition of fibre-inspired artworks which promotes Fairtrade clothes....
Amsterdam What's on
18 September 2009 - 24 January 2010. For the first time in 30 years, the Van Gogh Museum is hosting a retrospective of Belgian artist Alfred Stevens. The exhibition, which features 64 paintings, has b...
Barcelona What's on
Centelles: El Campo de Concentración de Bram, 1939
27 October 2009 - 10 January 2010. Along with other refugees, photojournalist Agust
Berlin What's on
Cranach and Renaissance Art under the Hohenzollern
31 October 2009 - 24 January 2010. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was a German renaissance painter best known for his portraits and mythological nudes. As court painter to the Electors of Saxony,...
Dublin What's on
Dublin: the College and the City 1250 - 1950
5 November 2009 - 13 May 2010. Dublin is one of Europe's oldest cities, with the first settlement established along the river Liffey over one thousand years ago. For roughly half of this time, Trinity...
Paris What's on
20 Nov 2008-16 Mar 2009. A major retrospective is dedicated to Ron Arad, outstanding Israeli-born, industrial designer and architect who lives in London. On display are some of his emblematic works, s...
Copenhagen What's on
3 September 2009 - 28 January 2010. The Danish Theatre Museum's collection celebrates the history of Danish-language theatre from 1700 to the present day, and is composed of drawings, paintings, photo...
Paris What's on
The subversion of images, Surrealism, photography, film
23 September 2009 - 11 January 2010. All is definitely not as it seems. This surreal exhibition unites the greats of Surrealism, but rather than celebrate their paintings, it concentrates on their exp...
Barcelona What's on
Secret Images: Picasso and Japanese Erotic Prints
5 November 2009 - 14 February 2010. This exhibition comprises a collection of prints and sketches with erotic themes made by Picasso in the latter stage of his career between 1964 and 1970. Also inclu...
Oxford What's on
John Bradford - Pioneer of Landscape Archaeology
2 October 2009 - 31 January 2010. John Bradford (1918-1975) was an archaeologist with the Pitt Rivers Museum, who specialised in the pioneering use of aerial photography to facilitate landscape archae...
Amsterdam What's on
7 September 2009 - 21 February 2010. Amsterdam's unique Hendrikje Museum of Bags and Purses presents the history of the western ladies bag from the late Middle Ages to modern times, explaining visuall...
Dublin What's on
Until 12 December 2009. The latest exhibition in the Instituto Cervantes displays a selection of photographs on loan from the archives of Spain's National Museum of Natural Sciences. The photographs d...
London What's on
Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts
10 October 2009 - 17 January 2010. Bringing together over 250 treasures, and spanning the period from the 18th century to the mid-20th century, this exhibition lives up to its splendid title. It chart...
Vienna What's on
16 October 2009 - 18 January 2010. The uncanny as depicted in art has long fascinated both artist and art-lover. When Francisco de Goya etched 'The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters' (c.1799) he h...
Brussels What's on
The Other World: Puppet Theatre in China
28 October 2009 - 24 January 2010. Puppet theatre is a well-established traditional art form in China, ingrained in every strata of society, both rural and urban, and is viewed seriously in comparison...
Barcelona What's on
9 October 2009 - 17 January 2010. Spanning 1,400 years of Muslim history, 'The Islamic World' at CaixaForum displays 180 treasures associated with Islam, from the Iberian Peninsula to China. Artefacts...
Vienna What's on
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life 1990
30 October 2009 - 31 January 2010. Annie Leibovitz is one of the world's most celebrated photographers whose iconic images of celebrities such as Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Jack Nicholson and Willi...
Brussels What's on
Attracted by its surging economy and rich oriental culture, the western world has never been this interested in China. However, how much do we really know about this vast country and its people? What...
London What's on
30 October 2009- 10 January 2010. Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska in 1937 and began his career as a graphic artist. In the same way that Edward Hopper provided anecdotal insights into the day-to-day ba...
Berlin What's on
Carl Gustav Carus: Nature and Ideas
9 October 2009 - 10 January 2010. Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) was a multi-talented individual, at once a physician and painter, a philosopher and scientist, who socialised and collaborated with othe...
