Make sure before you
go to any of the exhibitions mentioned that you check their websites for
opening times, Also look in Time Out for reviews. If you are going away over
half term or Easter check whats going on in the area you don’t want to miss any
good exhibitions that may help your exam prep.
National Gallery- Leonardo da Vinci
National Portrait
Gallery-Lucian Freud is known for his realistic portraits of characters
ranging from benefits supervisor Sue Tilley to artists and performers, and even
The Queen. Now the National Portrait Gallery is displaying more than 100 of
Freud's portraits, covering seven decades of work, from the early 1940s until
the artist's death in July 2011. 9
Feb-27 May
Courtauld Gallery - Piet Mondrian and Ben Nicholson until 20th May +
Permanent collection
Saatchi Gallery- Gesamt Kunstwerk, New Art from Germany untill 30th
April + Permanent collection
Victoria and Albert Museum- Rabindranath Tagor (Indian poet and painter) + extensive permanent
collection of art, design and every type of artefact
Tate Britian- Picasso until 15th July
+ permanent collection
Tate Modern -Tacita
Dean installation in the Turbine Hall. Damien
Hurst 5th April until 9th Sept + permanent collection
Royal Academy- David Hockney until 9th April + permanent collection
Design Museum- Christian Louboutin 28th March until 1st July.
Terrance Conran The Way We Live Now
until 4th March + permanent collection
White Cube Gallery, Hoxton Square- Gary Hume, Nikolas Gambaroff, Anslem Kiefer,
until 26th Feb
Whitechapel Gallery- exhibition of a variety of artists
Welcome Trust, Euston Road London (medical research and arts centre)
- Infinitas Gracias(Mexican Miracle
Paintings), Reflex(installation), The Scale of Objects until 26th
Feb
Somerset House. Gallery South Wing- Contemporary Graphic Art Fair, 22nd
March until 1st April
Somerset House. Gallery East Wing- The Crisis Commission( Original work based on the theme of homelessness). Artists include
Anthony Gormley, Tracy Emin, Anthony Caro, Yinka Shonibare, Gillian Wearing,
Jonathan Yeo and Roberta Smith, Nathan Coley and Nika Neelova.
British Library-Royal Manuscripts; The Genius
of Illumination. Royal Manuscripts is the first major exhibition of
the British Library's collection of royal illuminated manuscripts. The display
features more than 150 manuscripts collected by English kings and queens over
700 years, from the ninth to 16th centuries, dispelling the myth that these
were the Dark Ages. Until 13 Mar
The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge- The Fitzwilliam Museum houses world
class collections of works of art and antiquities spanning centuries and
civilisations.
Kettles Yard Cambridge- a beautiful and unique house with a
distinctive collection of 20th century art, and a gallery exhibiting
contemporary and modern art.
Cambridge Contemporary Arts- specialises in
handmade prints, paintings, sculptures and crafts, the gallery is in the heart
of the beautiful, historic University city. It has a reputation for an
extensive range of high quality work and innovative exhibitions of local,
national and international artists.British Museum Hajj: Journey to the
Heart of Islam until 15th April. Greyson Perry:
The Unknown Craftsman until 26th Feb. Manga at the British Museum, drawn by Hoshino Yukinobu
until 9th April. Kakioman
Elephants
