The Art Fund What's on

As a member of The Art Fund, you receive 50% off entry to all exhibitions at the following museums and galleries:

 
British MuseumImperial War Museum
National Galleries of Scotland | National Gallery
Tate Britain | National Portrait Gallery 
Tate ModernScottish National Portrait Gallery  
Tate Liverpool | National Gallery Scotland
 

British Museum

Head of Antinous © Louvre Museum

Hadrian: Empire and Conflict

Ruling an empire that comprised much of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Hadrian was a capable and, at times, ruthless military leader. This exhibition explores the life, love and legacy of this enigmatic emperor.

Address:

Great Russell St., WC1B 3DG

Phone:

020 7323 8299

Dates:

24 July- 26 October

Admission:

Art Fund Members £6Full price adult £12; Concessions, £10

For more information visit their website.

 

Imperial War Museum

For Your Eyes Only at the Imperial War Museum

For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond

To celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth, Imperial War Museum London will launch the first major exhibition devoted to the life and work of the man who created the world’s most famous secret agent, James Bond. The exhibition will examine the extent to which the books and films reflect the reality of the Cold War and how far they were a product of Fleming’s prodigious imagination.

Address:

Lambeth Rd., SE1 6HZ

Phone:

020 7416 5320

Dates:

23 March - 18 Nov

Admission:

Art Fund Members £3.50; Concessions £3; Full price adult £7; Concessions, £6 

For more information visit their website.

 

National Galleries of Scotland - Modern Art Museum

Tracey Emin, Hotel International, 1993 © National Galleries of Scotland

Tracy Emin: 20 years

The exhibition looks at the full range of Tracey Emin's work, from the rarely seen early work to the iconic My Bed, 1998, and the room-sized installation Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made, 1996. The exhibition includes a range of appliquéd blankets, paintings, sculptures, films, neons, drawings and prints, to provide the most complete view of Emin’s work ever mounted. The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is the only UK venue for the show.

Address:

Modern Art Galleries 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR

Phone:

0131 624 6200

Dates:

Until 9 November 2008

Admission:

Art Fund members £3 (full-priced adult £6)

For more information visit their website.

National Gallery

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp © Lukas – Art in Flanders VZW

Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian

This landmark exhibition will explore the dramatic rise of portraiture in the Renaissance. It will feature works by the great masters of Northern and Southern Europe, including Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Van Eyck, Holbein, Dürer, Lotto, Pontormo and Bellini.

 

Address:

Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN

Phone:

020 7747 2885

Dates:

15 October - 18 January 2009

Admission:

Art Fund Members £4; Full price adult £8

For more information visit their website.

 

Tate Britain

Francis Bacon, detail from Triptych – August 1972, 1972 © Estate of Francis Bacon, all rights reserved, DACS 2007.

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon was one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century and this exhibition will bring together the best and most important paintings from throughout his turbulent life.

Address:

 Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG

Phone:

020 7887 8888

Dates:

11 September - 4 December

Admission:

Art Fund Members £6.25; Full price adult £12.50

For more information visit their website.

 

National Portrait Gallery

T.S. Eliot by Wyndham Lewis, at the National Portrait Gallery

Wyndham Lewis Portraits

Acclaimed painter and writer, Wyndham Lewis is widely regarded as one of British
Modernism's most controversial and influential figures. Founder of the groundbreaking Vorticist movement in 1914, Lewis was also a prolific portrait painter and this exhibition brings together oil paintings, drawings and works on paper, from 1910 to 1950.

Address:

St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE

Phone:

020 7306 0055

Dates:

3 July - 19 October

Admission:

Art Fund Members £2.50; Full price adult £5

For more information visit their website.

 

Tate Modern

Rothko at Tate Modern

Rothko

 Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world’s most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. Rothko’s iconic paintings, composed of luminous, soft-edged rectangles saturated with colour, are among the most enduring and mysterious created by an artist in modern times.

Address:

South Bank, London SE1 9TG

Phone:

020 7887 8888

Dates:

26 September - 1 February 2009

Admission:

Art Fund Members £6.25; Full-priced adult £12.50

For more information visit their website.

 

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Vanity Fair Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery Scotland

Vanity Fair Portraits

Vintage works from Vanity Fair’s early period (1913 - 1936) are displayed alongside photographs featured in the magazine since its relaunch (1983) to the present day. Those depicted include some of the most influential individuals of the modern age, with sitters ranging from Claude Monet, Amelia Earhart and Jesse Owens, to David Hockney, Arthur Miller and Madonna, and Hollywood luminaries from Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo to Jack Nicolson and Julia Roberts.

Address:

1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD

Phone:

01316246200

Dates:

14 June- 21 September

Admission:

Art Fund Members £3.50; Concessions £3; Full price adult £6; Concessions £4

For more information visit their website.

 

Tate Liverpool

Liverpool Biennial at Tate Liverpool

Liverpool Biennial: International Festival: MADE UP

Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest festival of contemporary visual art. This is the fifth Liverpool Biennial International exhibition. MADE UP will be an exploration of the power of the artistic imagination and will involve galleries from across Liverpool as well as many new commissions in surprising places.

 

Address:

Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB

Phone:

0151 7027400

Dates:

20 November - 30 November

Admission:

Art Fund Members £2.50; Full price adult £5

For more information visit their website.

 

National Gallery Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy

Impressionism and Scotland, at the NAtional Gallery, Edinburgh

 

 

 

Impressionism and Scotland

An opportunity to see over 100 masterpieces by many of the greatest names in Western art: Manet, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Pissaro, Degar, Whistler, Van Gogh, the Glasgow Boys, the Scottish Colourists, and many more.

Address:

The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL

Phone:

0131 6246200

Dates:

until 12th October

Price:

Art Fund Members £4 (Full-priced adult £8)

For more information visit their website