Festivals and Films
Barcelona What's on
Retallables de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)
16 June - 24 Sept 2009. The Museo d'Historia de Catalunya presents a quirky but serious exhibition of cartoon cut-outs used during the Spanish Civil War. An effective yet subtle form of propaganda, th...
Dublin What's on
Until 23 August 2009. With the nostalgiac title of 'Come Back to Erin', this exhibition features a selection of colourful tourism posters from 1908 up to the 1970s. Produced during a period when mass...
Madrid What's on
100% 20th Century: Collection of Contemporary Fashion
28 May 2009 - 3 January 2010. Over one hundred garments from the last century are displayed in this exhibition, offering a sartorial trip down memory lane. It charts the history of fashion from its be...
Copenhagen What's on
Jakob S. Boeskov: Collection of Prints and Drawings
4 April - 6 September 2009. Despite his youth, Danish artist Jakob S. Boeskov (born in 1973) has for many years courted controversy in the name of satirical art, and in recent times his work has had p...
Barcelona What's on
This is War! Robert Capa in Action
7 July - 27 September 2009. Already exhibited in New York, London and Milan, the MNAC brings together 150 photographs taken by Robert Capa during the many international conflicts he covered as a war c...
Berlin What's on
6 June 2009 - 17 January 2010. Born in 1867, Emil Nolde originally trained as a wood-carver. In 1894 he created a postcard-series, the proceeds from which enabled him to become a painter. He progresse...
Paris What's on
Philippe Parreno at the Centre Pompidou
3 June - 7 September 2009. The Centre Pompidou hosts a retrospective of Philippe Parreno's work. Working closely with the gallery, the artist has come up with a "journey through time," a self analytic...
Amsterdam What's on
Massimo Vitali at Amsterdam Photography Museum
28 May - 9 September 2009. The Amsterdam Photography Museum celebrates the work of Italian photographer Massimo Vitali with a retrospective of his most well known work. Vitali is famous for capturing...
Brussels What's on
Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge
25 June - 13 September 2009. The Young Belgian Painter's Award exhibition is the equivalent of Britain's Turner Prize. Born out of a desire to promote young Belgian art, it began when an association o...
Oxford What's on
Stylish Style - Between Renaissance and Baroque
12 June - 4 October 2009. More than 30 drawings by mid-sixteenth century artists such as Vasari, Salviati, Allori and others will be on display in Christ Church picture gallery. Of the works included...
Vienna What's on
21 May - 13 September 2009. Thomas Ruff is a German photographer of international acclaim. He is known for his diverse range of subject matter which encompasses everything from people to architecture...
Dublin What's on
The Collection Revealed: Cubism: Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone
11 June - 20 September 2009. The Cubist-inspired works of Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone and May Guinness feature in the second part of The Collection Revealed series. As artists they are considered to be...
Paris What's on
07 April-19 July 2009. Photos and paintings of Italy in the decades from the 1840s to the unification of the nation. Early photos are displayed alongside paintings of the same view, but then photogra...
London What's on
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.
8 June - 16 August 2009. The British tradition that is the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the largest open submission exhibition in the world, is now in its 241st year and not scared to be embracing...
Copenhagen What's on
27 June - 27 Sept 2009. Over the summer ARKEN presents a comprehensive and broadly representative exhibition of contemporary Chinese painting. There is a mixture of styles on show, from photorealism t...
Madrid What's on
Matthew Buckingham: Time Proxies.
1 July - 27 Sept 2009. American artist Matthew Buckingham presents Time Proxies, his first solo show in Spain. More installation than exhibition, it contains photography and video as well as posters t...
Brussels What's on
4 June - 20 Sept 2009. The Atomium building was designed by Andr
Berlin What's on
7 May - 9 Nov 2009. The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the defining events of 1989/1990 are celebrated with a daily, open air exhibition in the Alexanderplatz square. The exhibiti...
Barcelona What's on
The Architecture of Andrea Palladio at CaixaForum.
6 June - 6 Sept 2009. The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) has had a profound effect on world architecture, inspiring generations of European architects and later achieving populari...
Dublin What's on
Terry Winters: Signal to Noise.
12 June - 27 Sept 2009. 'Signal to Noise' is an exhibition of painting and drawing by American artist Terry Winters which charts his evolving relationship with abstract imagery over the last ten years...
