Festivals and Films
Madrid What's on
11 May-12 September. The Reina Sofia presents an exhibition of work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama whose artistic career spans almost six decades and incorporates movements such as feminism, minimali...
Brussels What's on
Joan Miró: The Lyrical Painter
24 March-19 June. An exhibition of some 120 paintings, etchings, sculptures and drawings illustrating the poetic and lyrical aspects of the work of Spanish artist Joan Mir
Amsterdam What's on
Kiefer & Rembrandt at Rijksmuseum
7 May-4 July. Leading German artist Anselm Kiefer was invited by the Rijksmuseum to create a work of art inspired by The Night Watch, painted by Rembrandt in 1642 and arguably the museum's most famous...
Barcelona What's on
14 April-16 October. This exhibition is a tribute to the contribution of Trinidad S
Berlin What's on
The Collection of the Banker J.H. Wagener. The Formation of the National Gallery
23 March-8 January 2012. Germany's national gallery for contemporary art opened in 1861 after Berlin banker Joachim Heinrich Wagener donated some 262 pictures from his private collection to the Prussi...
Madrid What's on
A hard, merciless light: The Worker-Photography movement 1926-1939
6 April-22 August 2011. The Reina Sofia museum examines a photography movement from the first half of the 20th century when the medium was commandeered by various sectors in trade unionism, as well as...
Berlin What's on
Shah-nameh. Heroic Times. 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings
22 March - 19 June. This exhibition examines a world of kings and heroes as described in The Persian Book of Kings or Shah-nameh, written 1,000 years ago by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (935-1020).
C...
Barcelona What's on
9 March-17 July. This exhibition examines the Italian border city of Trieste according to the works of Italian writer Claudio Magris.
Synonymous with some of the world's foremost writers and intel...
Brussels What's on
25 March - 21 August. South African artist Jane Alexander presents a politically-charged exhibition of sculptures, installations, photomontages and videos inspired by the events of her native country...
London What's on
A Cockroach Tour of the Science Museum
12 February - 31 December. The London Science Museum has launched a humourous educational project as a part of its climate changing awareness programme.
With the help of environmentally-conscious...
Dublin What's on
23 March - 12 June. The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) hosts an exhibition of some 1,200 Old Master prints by some of the most famous artists associated with print-making such as Albrecht D
Paris What's on
Manet: the Man who Invented Modern Art
5 April - 3 July 2011. This exhibition affirms Manet's place as one of modern art's game-changing pioneers and highlights the impact the artist had on his contemporaries as well as those who followed...
Amsterdam What's on
1 April - 8 June 2011. Organisers of this group exhibition at the Amsterdam Photography Museum (FOAM) highlight the fact that photojournalism is undergoing something of a renaissance. Continuing advan...
Paris What's on
William Crozier: A Studio Collection
22 March - 22 April 2011. The Irish Cultural Centre in Paris presents an exhibition of abstract landscape and still life paintings by William Crozier, one of Ireland's most esteemed and collectable li...
Copenhagen What's on
11 February - 29 May 2011. The spring exhibition at the Louisiana museum is dedicated to the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and examines how the artist related to contemporary historical and politi...
Dublin What's on
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Masterpieces of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
6 April - 26 June. The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Kilmainham is hosting an exhibition of work by the celebrated Mexican artists Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and her husband, muralist Diego Rivera...
Oxford What's on
Revealed: The Underwear Revolution
16 April - 12 June. Bringing to light that which is seldom seen in public, this unusual exhibition traces the evolution of underwear and celebrates its sartorial changes as a result of technology, soc...
Vienna What's on
Brilliant Times: European Art Nouveau Jewellery
25 February - 20 June. The Leopold Museum presents a comprehensive exhibition of Art Nouveau jewellery, predominantly from the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt.
The museum's collection is based a...
Paris What's on
Animonuments: Photographs by Nicolas Guilbert
1 April - 31 August. Photographer Nicolas Guibert presents the viewer with well-known French buildings to which he has added wild and domesticated animals, through the careful manipulating of photogra...
Madrid What's on
5 February - 3 May. Buenos Aires artist Roberto Jacoby, born in 1944, has become one of the most significant conceptual artists to emerge from Latin America in recent decades. Described as a multi-fac...
