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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Paris What's on
Hommages à Toulouse-Lautrec affichiste
18 June 2009 − 3 January 2010. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec is famous for his prolific output of iconic post-impressionist paintings and posters, lithographs and art-nouveau illustrations, almost all...
Oxford What's on
Crossing Cultures Crossing Time: The Ashmolean Museum Re-Opens
From 7 November 2009. Founded in 1683, the Ashmolean museum of art and archaeology re-opens on Saturday 7 November 2009 following a major redevelopment. The new building comprises 39 new galleries, in...
Madrid What's on
Fantin-Latour: Painter of Intimate Worlds
29 September 2009 - 10 January 2010. Born in Grenoble, France, the artist Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) was a contemporary of impressionist pioneers such as Degas and Manet. Despite a similarity in...
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...
Copenhagen What's on
RETHINK: Contemporary Art & Climate Change
31 October 2009 - 10 January 2010. Taking place in various locations around Copenhagen, RETHINK is an art project that thematically examines climate changes through Nordic and International contempora...
Barcelona What's on
Trabajos de Campo (Field Work)
18 September 2009 - 16 January 2010. Trabajos de Campo is a photographic exhibition which explores the traditions and rural roots of Spanish culture and society through the work of Cristobal Hara and...
Amsterdam What's on
17 October 2009 - 24 January 2010. This is the latest major exhibition to be staged in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Tracing the work of three revolutionary artists, it follows the influence of C
Vienna What's on
21 October 2009 - 31 January 2010. Herbert Boeckl (1894-1966) is one of Austria's most well-known 20th century painters. His work encompasses most painting genres, from portraiture to nudes, landscape...
Dublin What's on
Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty
28 October 2009 - 7 March 2010. 'Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty' has been hailed as one of Europe's major cultural events of 2009. Comprising paintings which haven't been seen by the public for many...
Amsterdam What's on
17 Oct 2009 - 24 Jan 2010. This is the latest major exhibition to be staged in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Tracing the work of three revolutionary artists, it follows the influence of C
