Dublin What's on
DEAF 2009 (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival)
22 - 31 Oct 2009. Now in its 8th year, the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF) presents an annual public platform for the electronic arts in Dublin, promoting this musical art form to new and ever-...
Dublin What's on
29 Sept-21 Nov 2009. Written and directed by acclaimed playwright Conor McPherson, The Birds is adapted from the claustrophobic and terrifying short story by Daphne Du Maurier. Described by The Irish...
Paris What's on
22 Sept-22 Nov 2009. Photoquai, the Biennale of World Images, features photography from over 40 non-Western countries.
The festival continues the fundamental mission of Photoquai, namely 'to devel...
Madrid What's on
Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
18 Sept-13 Dec 2009. Ife is the ancient city state and native land of the Yoruba culture in Nigeria which, in the 15th century, became the capital city of Benin. This exhibition, which is on loan from...
Berlin What's on
1 Oct-20 Dec 2009. At the heart of the city's cultural life for over five decades, the Berliner Festspiele festival showcases contemporary music, ballet and theatre, and includes JazzFest Berlin, Maer...
Copenhagen What's on
100 Places to Remember Before They Disappear
26 Sept-27 Dec 2009. This outdoor photographic exhibition highlights 100 places that are literally in danger of disappearing within the next few generations due to climatic changes and negative man-ma...
Amsterdam What's on
9 Oct 2009-3 Jan 2010. Alongside correspondence between Vincent Van Gogh and his brother Theo, the Van Gogh Museum displays key art works mentioned in their letters. The culmination of 15 years of res...
Barcelona What's on
John Cage and Experimental Art - The Anarchy of Silence
23 Oct 2009 - 4 Jan 2010. John Cage (1912-1992) is credited with changing the course of modern music in the 20th century by shaping a new conceptual horizon for post-war art.
The Museo d'Art Conte...
Vienna What's on
Charles the Bold: Splendour and Fall of the Last Duke of Burgundy
15 Sept 2009-10 Jan 2010. One of the most powerful and wealthy European princes in the late Middle Ages, Charles the Bold was famed during his lifetime for his bravery, his chivalry and his princely s...
Brussels What's on
22 Oct 2009-14 Feb 2010. Hailed as a 'blockbuster' exhibition, 'The Mandarin's Three Dreams' is running parallel to the Europalia Festival of which China is the guest of honour. The exhibition closely...
Oxford What's on
13 Oct 2009-21 Feb 2010. Steampunk is an artform which came in to prominence in the 1980s and combines an unusual combination of Victorian steam power with a Jules Verne type of fantasy and science fi...
London What's on
6 Oct-7 Nov 2009. Once again Dance Umbrella brings a festival of contemporary international dance to the UK. This year it focuses on new dance in Africa with performances, talks, discussions and works...
London What's on
13 Oct-10 Jan 2010. A pioneer of conceptual art in the 1960s Baldessari has always been known mainly as a counter culture artist. Even while teaching art to young underprivileged kids in San Diego his...
London What's on
The 53rd London Film Festival.
14-19 Oct 2009. 191 features and 113 shorts, including 15 world premiers as well as special events and guests. The opening night film is the world premiere of Wes Anderson
London What's on
24 Sept-24 Jan 2010. The fourth and last in the series on the lives of great rulers organised by the British Museum. Artefacts from the empire of the last great Aztec despot, who reigned from 1502 to...
Barcelona What's on
17 Sept- 31 Oct 2009. Canadian artist Mike Swaney's preferred medium is an eclectic and colourful mix of collage and paint. His work often features abstract faces and figures, as well as distorted arc...
Oxford What's on
30 Sept - 29 Nov 2009. Glasgow artist Karla Black (born in 1972) makes process-based sculptural pieces using household materials such as clothing, flour and lipstick, in a style that incorporates aspe...
Dublin What's on
Excavation of the Mound of the Hostages
Until 31 Dec 2009. The Hill of Tara is Ireland's best known complex of archaeological monuments. Because of its important associations with the High Kings of Ireland, excavations at Tara in the 1950s...
