British Museum

Address
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG

Phone
020 7323 8299

Dates
4 March - 6 June

For more information visit the British Museum website.

Kingdom of Ife

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This major exhibition presents exquisite examples of brass, copper, stone and terracotta sculpture from West Africa.

The Kingdom of Ife was a powerful, cosmopolitan and wealthy city-state in West Africa (in what is now modern south-west Nigeria). The artists of Ife developed a refined and highly naturalistic sculptural tradition in stone, terracotta, brass and copper to create a style unlike anything in Africa at the time. The technical sophistication of the casting process is matched by the artworks’ enduring beauty.

Admission: £8
Art Fund members: £4

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V&A

Address
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

Phone
020 7942 2000

Dates
20 March - 4 July

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Quilts 1700 - 2010

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The V&A will present its first ever exhibition of British quilts, with examples dating from 1700 to the present day - a unique opportunity to view the V&A's unseen quilt collection as well as key national loans.

Earliest examples include a sumptuous silk and velvet bedcover, with an oral narrative that links it to King Charles II's visit to an Exeter manor house in the late 17th century. Recent examples will include works by leading artists such as Grayson Perry and Tracey Emin and commissions for the exhibition by a number of contemporary artists including Sue Stockwell and Caren Garfen.

Admission: £10
Art Fund members: £5

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National Gallery

Address
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN

Phone
020 7747 2885

Dates
24 February – 23 May 2010

For more information visit the National Gallery website.

Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey

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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Paul Delaroche’s most famous painting, is arguably the best example of this new genre. Depicting the moment before the execution of the young queen in 1554, after a reign of just nine days, it is poignant in subject matter and uncanny in its intense realism.

Through preparatory drawings and sketches, this exhibition traces the slow and careful gestation of the painting. It also places it in the wider context of history painting of the time. Important precedents are displayed alongside the major works which established Delaroche’s reputation in the 1820s and 30s.

Admission: £8
Art Fund members: £4

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National Portrait Gallery

Address
St Martin's Place
London WC2H 0HE

Phone
020 7306 0055

Dates
18 February - 6 June

For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery website.

Irving Penn Portraits

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Irving Penn was one of the most distinguished photographers of our time. Focusing on his portraits of major cultural figures over the last seven decades, Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre.

The exhibition includes over 120 exquisite prints, many vintage, ranging from his earliest portraits for Vogue magazine in 1944 to the present day.  Among those featured in the exhibition are Truman Capote, Christian Dior, Duke Ellington, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Pacino, Edith Piaf and Pablo Picasso.

Admission: £10
Art Fund members: £5

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Natural History Museum

Address
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

Phone
020 7942 5000

Dates
until 11 April 2010


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Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Admission: £9
Art Fund members: £4.50

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Tate Modern

Address
Bankside, London SE1 9TG

Phone
020 7887 8888

Dates
4 February  –  16 May

For more information visit the Tate Modern website.

Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde

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Tate Modern presents the first major exhibition in the UK devoted to the Dutch artist and pivotal figure of the European avant-garde, Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931). This is a unique and exciting chance for van Doesburg's work to be seen for the first time in the UK.

Including over 350 works by key artists as Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi, László Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, Francis Picabia, Gerrit Rietveld, Kurt Schwitters and Sophie Taeuber, the exhibition features van Doesburg's rarely-seen Counter-Composition paintings and designs for the Café Aubette in Stasbourg, furniture such as Rietveld's iconic Red-Blue chair and more. 

Admission: £10
Art Fund members: £5

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Address
Bankside, London SE1 9TG

Phone
020 7887 8888

Dates
10 February  –  3 May

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Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective

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This exhibition celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Arshile Gorky (c.1904-1948). Along with Rothko, Pollock and de Kooning, Gorky was one of the most powerful American painters of the twentieth century, and a seminal figure in the formation of Abstract Expressionism.

The exhibition includes paintings and drawings from across his career, and a handful of rarely seen sculptures.

Admission: £10
Art Fund members: £5

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Tate Britain

Address
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG

Phone
020 7887 8888

Dates
27 January - 16 May 2010

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Chris Ofili 

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Tate St Ives

Address
Porthmeor Beach
St Ives
Cornwall
TR26 1TG

Phone
01736 796226

Dates
23 January  –  3 May

For more information visit the Tate St Ives website.

Dexter Dalwood and the Tate Collection

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British artist Dexter Dalwood has been building a strong reputation over the last decade in the UK, Europe and the States. This selected survey, featuring major paintings and collages made over the last twelve years, will provide an important and timely opportunity to review his work in both a national and international context.

Accompanying the exhibition will be a display of works from the Tate Collection. Selected by Dexter Dalwood, he uses the year 1971 as the point of departure to explore cultural activity in the western world. Includes work by Pablo Picasso, Roger Hilton and Dan Graham.

Admission: £6
Art Fund members: £3

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