London What's on
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.
8 June - 16 August 2009. The British tradition that is the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the largest open submission exhibition in the world, is now in its 241st year and not scared to be embracing...
London What's on
Cosi Fan Tutte at the English National Opera.
29 May-05 July 2009. There are only 10 performances in ENO
Madrid What's on
Vernaos de la Villa Arts Festival.
25 June - 23 August 2009. The Veranos de la Villa arts festival is an annual event incorporating opera, pop concerts, tango, exhibitions and films in some of Madrid's premier cultural venues. Attracti...
Vienna What's on
27 June - 30 August 2009. Each night before midnight the illuminated City Hall Park becomes the venue for Vienna's Music Film Festival. For almost 20 years, the combination of great musical scores and...
Copenhagen What's on
27 June - 27 Sept 2009. Over the summer ARKEN presents a comprehensive and broadly representative exhibition of contemporary Chinese painting. There is a mixture of styles on show, from photorealism t...
Madrid What's on
Matthew Buckingham: Time Proxies.
1 July - 27 Sept 2009. American artist Matthew Buckingham presents Time Proxies, his first solo show in Spain. More installation than exhibition, it contains photography and video as well as posters t...
Brussels What's on
26 July - 31 August 2009. As well as being home to the offices of King Albert II, Belgium's Royal Palace is frequently used for state receptions, court audiences and royal audiences. Situated on the P...
Brussels What's on
4 June - 20 Sept 2009. The Atomium building was designed by Andr
Berlin What's on
7 May - 9 Nov 2009. The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the defining events of 1989/1990 are celebrated with a daily, open air exhibition in the Alexanderplatz square. The exhibiti...
Barcelona What's on
The Architecture of Andrea Palladio at CaixaForum.
6 June - 6 Sept 2009. The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) has had a profound effect on world architecture, inspiring generations of European architects and later achieving populari...
Amsterdam What's on
28 June - 13 Sept 2009. In its inaugural year, the Rijswijk Textile Biennial showcases the work of 16 contemporary artists, all of whom hail from diverse backgrounds but are united in the fact that th...
Dublin What's on
Terry Winters: Signal to Noise.
12 June - 27 Sept 2009. 'Signal to Noise' is an exhibition of painting and drawing by American artist Terry Winters which charts his evolving relationship with abstract imagery over the last ten years...
Oxford What's on
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Concerts, lectures, picnics and educational programmes throughout the year in the heart of Oxford. The gardens have 7,000 different types of plants, making it the most compact collection in the world....
Jersey What's on
23 June 2009. Prize winners of competitions in the United States, France, Japan and the UK, this Anglo-Irish four
Barcelona What's on
20 June - 2 August 2009. The Grec Barcelona Festival began in 1976 when a group of actors, writers and directors staged shows at Mount Montjuic's Greek amphitheatre. Now an annual feature on Barcelona...
Vienna What's on
9 Jun 2009 - 11 Oct 2009. Considered to be one of Austria's most famous painters, Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller (1793-1865) was a significant figure from the Biedermeier period and was noted for his life...
Oxford What's on
An Artful Craft: Fine bindings from the Broxbourne and other collections
12 June - 31 October 2009. The Bodleian Library is host to an exhibition of two of of the finest bookbinding collections of the 20th century: the Broxbourne Library collected by Albert Ehrman and the...
Paris What's on
Madeleine Vionnet at Les Arts Decoratifs
18 Jun 2009 - 24 Jan 2010. Known as 'the architect among dressmakers', Madeleine Vionnet was a French fashion designer famed for introducing the bias cut to the fashion world. This exhibition features...
Berlin What's on
4 June 2009 - 31 January 2010. Helmut Newton (1920-2004) was one of the most influential and controversial photographers of the twentieth century. He first achieved international fame in the 1970s as...
Jersey What's on
13-27 June 2009. Mack is one of the best loved French artists visiting Jersey. He is best known in the island for his river scapes of the river Rance in Britanny, although he has also painted many se...
