Festivals and Films
Paris What's on
8 Feb-4 Sept 2006. The Pompidou Centre is currently displaying heads of all shapes, sizes and materials. Aimed at visitors aged 5-12, the exhibition presents an interactive tte--tte between artworks f...
Amsterdam What's on
9 March-24 May 2006. The Rijksmuseum presents an exhibition of paintings initially attributed to Rembrandt and acquired by the museum as such, but whose authenticity is now in question. This unusual e...
London What's on
23 March-25 June 2006. The British Museum presents a chronological exhibition of drawings by the Renaissance genius Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564). Nearly 100 drawings are on display, including f...
Copenhagen What's on
12 April-25 June 2006. The Thorvaldsens Museum is hosting this site-specific photo installation by Danish artist Sren Lose. The Home! Abroad and home again! exhibition displays images of travel in Ita...
Berlin What's on
17 Feb-7 May 2006. This exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie explores the idea of melancholy, a major preoccupation in European art over the centuries. Over 300 works are on display, from the earlie...
Vienna What's on
8 March-18 June 2006. Paintings and sculptures by Picasso, Max Ernst and Ren Magritte are among the artworks on show at the BA-CA Kunstforums exhibition of early 20th-century art entitled Crazy Love (...
Berlin What's on
China Between Past and Future.
24 March-14 May 2006. The Haus der Kulturen der Welt hosts an exhibition of photographs and video works by 48 contemporary Chinese artists focussing on the rapid social and cultural changes currently...
Barcelona What's on
Picasso. The Passion for Drawing.
9 Feb-7 May 2006. Over 254 drawings, paintings, sketchbooks and sculptures have been brought together for this exhibition at the Museu Picasso marking the 125th anniversary of Pablo Picassos birth. Th...
Madrid What's on
21 Dec 2005-14 May 2006. The wonders of ancient Egypt are on show at the Centro de Exposiciones Arte Canal in a two-part exhibition including 120 pieces on loan from the Cairo Museum. The first sectio...
Madrid What's on
2 Feb-21 May 2006. Over 90 black-and-white photographs by Chema Madoz, winner of the Spanish National Photography prize in 2000, are on show in this exhibition organized by the Spanish Ministry of Cul...
Barcelona What's on
The poster art of Toulouse-Lautrec.
7 Feb-17 April 2006. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec only became interested in advertising poster art late in his artistic career, and his total output of posters comes to little more than 30 works. This mo...
Amsterdam What's on
Pilgrim Treasures at the Hermitage.
1 Oct 2005-26 Mar 2006. This unusual exhibition at the Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam presents almost 200 art treasures brought back as souvenirs from the sanctuaries in the Holy Land. On loan from the...
Copenhagen What's on
7 Oct 2005-5 Jun 2006. The Workers Museum Arbejdermuseet in the Danish capital is hosting a special exhibition illustrating the plight of children from working-class families from the early 1900s ri...
Madrid What's on
14 Feb-14 May 2006. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum hosts this extensive exhibition of avant-garde art from the turbulent early decades of 20th century Russia. Divided into five sections the exhibition...
Copenhagen What's on
Sports and Spinach at Experimentarium.
6 Oct 2005-1 Dec 2006. An exhibition where your own body takes centre stage is being held at Experimentarium, Copenhagens interactive museum of science, applied technology and nature. Sports and Spina...
Amsterdam What's on
24 Feb-18 June 2006. The Van Gogh Museum presents over 35 major paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 1610) in the first exhibition ever to bring the...
Vienna What's on
24 Feb-18 June 2006. An exhibition of South African photography that includes the apartheid years as well as contemporary life in the rainbow nation is on show at the Kunsthalle Wein. Presenting work...
Copenhagen What's on
Aboriginal Dreamtime at Arken.
11 Feb-11 June 2006. Over 100 Aboriginal paintings from the collection of Australian gallery-owner Hank Ebes are on show at the Arken Gallerys exhibition Dreamtime. Featuring paintings from indigenous...
Oxford What's on
28 Nov 2005-29 April 2006. The Bodleian Library is hosting an exhibition of 19th-century childrens games. Most of the exhibits are paper-based games, many of which come from the librarys John Johnson...
Paris What's on
Czanne and Pissarro, 1865-1885.
28 Feb-28 May 2006. The friendship and mutual influence of the two impressionist masters are at the centre of this extensive exhibition at the Muse dOrsay. Caribbean-born Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)...
