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11th Oct 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
A Continuous Line: Ben Nicholson in England |
Exhibition
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| This is the first major tour of the work of Nicholson in the UK for over fourteen years, focusing on his career from the 1920 to when he left Britain to live in Switzerland in 1958. |
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11th Oct 2008
to 26th Jan 2009 |
Monet and the Impressionists |
Exhibition
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| The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the only Australian venue for this superb exhibition from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, which has one of the world's finest and most famous collections of impressionist paintings. |
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11th Sep 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
Francis Bacon |
Exhibition
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| An exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) opening in September 2008 at Tate Britain will be a major celebration heralding the artist's centenary in 2009. |
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12th Dec 2008
to 22nd Mar 2009 |
William Blake - The River of Life |
Exhibition
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| At the end of 2008, Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, Tate Liverpool is presenting a display of major works by William Blake (1757-1827), the renowned painter, printmaker, poet and mystical philosopher. |
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15th Oct 2008
to 18th Jan 2009 |
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian |
Exhibition
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| A landmark exhibition at the National Gallery explores the dramatic rise of portraiture in the Renaissance, through the great Masters of Northern and Southern Europe. |
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18th Aug 2007
to 30th Jun 2011 |
Restaurant Commission: James Aldridge Cold Mouth Prayer |
Exhibition
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Cold Mouth Prayer is a panoramic new painting, specially commissioned for Tate Modern's Restaurant.
Tate Modern, London |
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20th Jun 2008
to 5th Jan 2009 |
Great Company: Portraits by European Masters |
Exhibition
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| A selection of portraits and sculpture by European masters dating from the Renaissance to the 20th century will grace the Coolidge Gallery in the Upper Hemicycle at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the special installation Great Company: Portraits by European Masters. |
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20th Sep 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art |
Exhibition
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| Tacoma Art Museum's exhibition Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art features a survey of nineteenth-century Western artists' responses to the diverse cultures of the former Ottoman Empire. |
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22nd Sep 2008
to 1st Mar 2009 |
Beyond Painting: Max Ernst in the Würth Collection |
Exhibition
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| The exhibition brings together fifty-seven works, comprising illustrated books, paintings, collages, sculptures, drawings and engravings. |
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24th Jan 2009
to 4th May 2009 |
Ben Nicholson, A Continuous Line |
Exhibition
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| This is the first major presentation of the work of Nicholson in the UK for over fourteen years. |
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25th Oct 2008
to 22nd Mar 2009 |
Byzantium 330-1453 |
Exhibition
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| Highlighting the splendours of the Byzantine Empire, the exhibition will comprise around 300 objects including icons, detached wall paintings, micro-mosaics, ivories, enamels plus gold and silver metalwork. |
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26th Sep 2008
to 1st Feb 2009 |
Rothko |
Exhibition
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| Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world's most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. This is the first significant exhibition of his work to be held in the UK for over 20 years. |
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2nd May 2007
to 30th Apr 2012 |
Colour and Line: Turner's Experiments |
Exhibition
Details |
Discover how Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) revolutionised two different kinds of image-making: watercolour and print.
Tate Britain, London |
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30th Oct 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
René Magritte 1948: La Période Vache |
Exhibition
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| René Magritte numbers not only among the most important, but also among the most popular artists of the twentieth century. With "René Magritte 1948: La Période Vache," the Schirn continues a series of exhibitions that started with "Henri Matisse. Drawing with Scissors" and "Paul Klee. 1933" and was followed by "Max Beckmann. |
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31st Jan 2009
to 13th Apr 2009 |
Andrea Palladio: His life and legacy |
Exhibition
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| The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first exhibition devoted to Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) to be held in London for over 30 years; it celebrates the quincentenary of his birth. |
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4th Oct 2008
to 2nd Jan 2009 |
Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and his artists |
Exhibition
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| This October the Royal Academy of Arts will present an exhibition of works selected from the collections of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. |
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5th Sep 2008
to 31st Aug 2009 |
Unspeakable: The Artist as Witness to the Holocaust |
Exhibition
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| Unspeakable is the first opportunity to see together the different artistic responses to the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Europe, from the Imperial War Museum's Art collection. |
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8th Nov 2008
to 1st Feb 2009 |
Northern Stars and Southern Lights: The Golden Age of Finnish Art 1870-1920 |
Exhibition
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| Star paintings of the Finnish Golden Age go on show at the National Gallery of Ireland. |
