London What's on
16 June-18 September. Recognised as the most prestigious portrait competition in the world, for 32 years the annual BP Portrait Award has promoted the best in international contemporary portrait paint...
Copenhagen What's on
Elephants on parade in Copenhagen
1 June-25 August. In one of the largest outdoor art exhibitions ever held in Denmark, throughout the summer Copenhagen's streets and parks are brought to life with colourful sculptures of baby elephan...
Berlin What's on
The Kurfürstendamm: 125 Years -125 Stories
5 May-23 October. In honour of the 125th anniversary of the Kurf
Barcelona What's on
8 June-23 October. An exhibition of images of Barcelona between 1909 and 1945, by Barcelona-born Josep Brangul
Dublin What's on
27 May- 31 October. As part of the celebrations marking the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Amsterdam What's on
Jack Nicholson summer festival
30 June-31 August. The EYE summer festival this year celebrates the A-listed Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson by screening 30 of his classic films such as Chinatown, The Shining, Easy Rider and the rest...
Copenhagen What's on
LIVING Frontiers of Architecture III-IV
1 June - 2 Oct. This exhibition at the Louisiana poses questions about how we live, where, why and with whom. The last in the ambitious series Frontiers of Architecture, LIVING examines our contempora...
Oxford What's on
Britain from the air at Oxford Castle
24 June-4 September. Over the summer Oxford Castle hosts the exhibition Britain from the Air, a collection of over 100 large-scale images by Britain's foremost aerial photographers.
Aside from foc...
Dublin What's on
23 June-23 July. Molly Sweeney tells the story of a woman who, despite being blind since infancy, has lived an independent life. Everything changes when she encounters two men who become obsessed with...
London What's on
14 May-15 October. This summer Kew Gardens offers its visitors a range of enjoyable, educational and exotic experiences. Regions and landscapes represented in its displays include the Alps, east Asia,...
Copenhagen What's on
Teater og Kultur (Theatre and Culture)
28 May-31 December. The Theatre Museum examines theatre in Copenhagen in the 19th century with an interesting exhibition comprising several different shows and installations, taking place in the museu...
Vienna What's on
Makart: An Artist rules the City
9 June-16 October. Renowned internationally for his massive brightly-coloured canvases, Hans Makart, the "prince of painters", is equally remembered for his colourful private life.
In addition to...
Brussels What's on
Bob De Moor and the Sea: a famous cartoon artist’s great passion
14 June 2011-15 January 2012. In 1956 Bob De Moor and Georges Prosper Remi (better known as Herg
Berlin What's on
New Realities: PhotoGraphik from Warhol to Havekost
10 June-9 October 2011. This themed exhibition traces the history of photographically-produced images through the various forms of printmaking.
The show begins with the 1960s Pop Art movement when...
Paris What's on
25 May-19 September. An exhibition comprising paintings, sculpture, design, fashion and cinema by 50 artists from France and India is designed to showcase the diversity of Indian contemporary culture,...
Barcelona What's on
Urban Generations in current Chinese cinema
17 May-16 July. Barcelona's Casa Asia gives cinema fans the chance to enjoy some Chinese contemporary cinema with a series of independent films from directors like Chen Kaige, Zhang Yuan, Jia Zhangke...
Vienna What's on
Dürer - Cranach - Holbein: The Discovery of Man: the German Portrait around 1500
31 May-4 September. An exhibition at Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts focuses on the German portrait around 1500 and comprises 130 stellar works, mostly by Albrecht D
Amsterdam What's on
From Dada to Surrealism: Jewish Avant-Garde Artists from Romania
1 June-2 October. The Jewish Historical Museum presents an exhibition of over 70 paintings by Jewish avant-garde artists from Romania.
The works date from 1910-1938 and many have never been on dis...
Oxford What's on
Until 18 September. The Pitt Rivers Museum presents 14 albumen prints by Jacques-Philippe Potteau, as well as a couple of engravings relating to two Japanese trade missions to Europe in 1862 and 1864....
