Until July 5th in Vienna
“Picasso – Myths, Fables and Models” at KUNST HAUS WIEN - Vienna,  Austria

Until July 19th in London
Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence - This exhibition will reflect the magnificence and splendour of Baroque, one of the most opulent styles of the 17th and 18th centuries. More than 200 objects will be on display, including architecture, furniture, silver, ceramics, painting, sculpture and textiles.  Victoria & Albert Museum,  London,  England

July 19th to November 22nd in Berlin
Preview: Surreal Dream Images in the New National Gallery - Works by Max Ernst, René Magritte, and Joan Miró, along with photographs by Arnold Newman and Man Ray at the New National Gallery is devoting itself to surrealism in Paris and its further development, abstract expressionism in the USA. On display will be works from the outstanding private collection of Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch - primarily paintings, works on paper, and sculptures. The show will be rounded out by historic portrait photographs. Berlin,  Germany

Through July 21st in Bruges
Charles the Bold - The Splendor of Burgundy: the Groeningen Museum in Bruges is host to the exhibition of Flemish Primitives from the Groeninge Museum's own collection and loans from some of the world's major museums. Do not miss a visit to the Church of Our Lady final resting place of Charles the Bold and his daughter Mary of Burgundy.  Bruges,  Belgium

Through summer 2009 in Dresden
Exhibition and Museum Highlights in Dresden 2008 / 2009 - Historic Green Vault (Historisches Grunes Gewolbe) to open in the evenings during the high season.  Extended opening times in December 2008 and summer  2009.  Special opening on New Year's Eve.  Dresden,  Germany.

until August 3rd in London
Henry’s Women  - An exhibition about Henry VIII’s wives and his dynastic quest. We will be bringing together - for the first time at Hampton Court - six rarely seen  16th-century portraits of each of the wives, and hanging them in the Council Chamber. They will be joined there by portraits of Henry VIII, and Henry’s other women, his favourite sister Mary, and his daughters. There will also be some rather evocative objects, from a lock of Kateryn Parr’s hair, to the music book written for Anne Boleyn by one of her alleged lovers.  Hampton Court Palace - London,  England

to August 9th in New York
Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Explores Role of  Fashion Models as Muses of Recent Eras - Gala Benefit May 4, 2009, with Honorary Chair Marc Jacobs and Co-Chairs Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake, and Anna Wintour.  The Tisch Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2nd Floor.  New York,  New York

Until August 9th in Helsinki
Rare Picasso Exhibition at Ateneum at the End of summer -  The Kalevala exhibition celebrating the 160th anniversary of the publication of the Finnish national epic continues until 9 August at the Ateneum Art Museum. The exhibition presents interpretations of the Kalevala by leading Finnish artists from the 1850s to the present day, including paintings, sculptures, prints and photography. Helsinki,  Finland

Until August 23rd in London
Garden and Cosmos:  The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur - A rare chance to see paintings in the royal collection of the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur.  The exhibition will feature a loan of 56 paintings from India, none of which have been displayed before in Europe. It is a fantastic opportunity to experience the unique art tradition that flourished in the royal courts between the 17th and 19th centuries.   At the British Museum,  London,  England

Until  August 30th in Florence
Galileo: Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope - To celebrate the 400^th anniversary of Galileo’s invention of the telescope and the revolutionary celestial observations that paved the way to modern science, this exhibition tells how the Universe was imagined and represented from antiquity to Galileo, in the history and culture of the Mediterranean and European civilizations.  A special section dedicated to the invention of the telescope presents the only two original instruments known to be by Galileo (preserved in the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), surrounded by visual aids and new information produced by the multidisciplinary research project ‘Galileo’s Telescope’.  At Palazzo Strozzi, Florence,  Italy

To August 30th in Switzerland
Katharina Fritsch (born 1956) is among the most important artists working today. Her sculptural technique and her more recent pictures reveal Fritsch’s debt to the severity of Minimal Art as well as her interest in artificial and cultural paradigms transcending the individual. Works such as the hypnotic ‘Tischgesellschaft’ (Company at Table), 1988, ‘Rattenkönig’ (Rat King), 1991–1993, and ‘Elefant’ (Elephant), 1987, firmly anchor themselves in the memory of their viewers, containing as they do humanity’s primeval ideas, desires and fears. Fritsch’s most recent art explores, among other things, erotica from the female point of view. The exhibition shows her oeuvre from the earliest groups of works to her latest major series, and thus demonstrates the coherence and profundity of her treatment of subjects and motifs.  Supported by Swiss Re – Partner for contemporary art.  Kunsthaus Zurich

Until August 31st in Berlin
As Time Goes By: Berlinische Galerie Shows Artworks about Time  - Past, present, and future are the themes of a new exhibition which the Berlinische Galerie is dedicating to the phenomenon of time.. On display will be seldom or never-before seen works from the nineteenth century to the present, along with the museum's own masterpieces. The exhibition will include works by Heike Baranowsky, Naum Gabo, Hans Kollhoff, Wolf Vostell, and others.  Berlinische Galerie.  Berlin,  Germany

Until August in Jerusalem
Following the display of the Isaiah Scroll in the focus exhibition Swords into Plowshares, and the Temple Scroll in Reflections of the Temple,  the Israel Museum continues a program of installations in the Shrine of the Book, showcasing singular objects of archeological and historical importance using collection treasures and loans. The next in this series, "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes: Prayer in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is a display of artifacts relating to theme of prayer, including two silver plaques containing the Priestly Benediction from the late 7th – early 6th century BCE, the earliest known fragments of biblical text; a 15th century prayer book in the Rothschild Miscellany, a magnificent Hebrew illuminated manuscript; an exquisite 16th century French Book of Hours; and a 15th–16th century Iranian Quran decorated with elaborately illuminated geometric and floral patterns.  Jerusalem,  Israel

Until August in Jerusalem
The Israel Museum presents a new exhibition with the purpose of introducing the public to masks from the Museum’s diverse collections in an innovative format that encourages visitors to experience, rather that merely observe, the works. Many Faces includes masks from places such as Burkina Faso, Greece and Papua New Guinea, as well as, in a special display, an extremely rare locally-found prehistoric stone mask, dating back 9,000 years.  The exhibition is curated by guest curator Efrat Natan and will be on view through August, 2009.  At the Israel Museum - Jerusalem,  Israel

Until September 6th in Spain
Arts and Culture/Painting - The Prado Museum is the site of the most important retrospective of Joaquin Sorolls's work held to date .  The exhibition comprises over one hundred paintings by this grand master of the 19th century. This anthological selection comes from museums and collections all over the world, and provides a look at all the most important elements of Sorolla’s work, his masterpieces and the works which brought him his greatest fame. The exhibition includes the fourteen panels of the Vision of Spain painted for the Hispanic Society of America. Madrid,  Spain

Until September 13th in London
Waterhouse - The royal Academy of Arts will present a major retrospective exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849 - 1917). The exhibition, which will feature over 40 paintings from both public and private collections, will include such highlights as The Lady of Shalott, Hylas and the Nymphs, Circe Invidiosa:Circle Poisoning and A Mermaid - At the Royal Academy of Arts,  London,  England

September 18th in Helsinki
A unique exhibition of the works of Pablo Picasso, beginning on 18 September. Helsinki is the only Scandinavian city that will host this major Picasso exhibition. The exhibition is part of the arts year 2009 programme of Helsinki and the metropolitan region. The theme year encompasses the exhibition projects of seven major art museums that have been compiled by the HelsinkiArt.fi network. Finland

To September 20th in the Loire Valley
Towns & Villages  . . . . . . ."108 brigands" settle at the Chateau de Blois - "... 108 brigands" settle at the Château de Blois - Spotlight on the work of Yan Pei-Ming - The Château de Blois is exhibiting the work of Yan Pei-Ming, a Chinese professional painter who has lived in France since 1980. "Au bord de l'eau, 108 brigands" represents a series of portraits which evoke the epic Chinese novel which shares the same name. Presented in the "Etats Généraux" room, this monumental installation consists of 120 large paintings superimposed in several rows, reminiscent of the portrait galleries found in the countless châteaux of the Loire valley. Organised in partnership with the National Centre of Plastic Arts and the Loire Valley region in the framework of the TILT operation, this exhibition illustrates the art of portrait painting in a fascinating way, with Yan Pei-Ming as one of its most remarkable exponents. Loire Valley,  France

Until September 20th  in London
Master Drawings from the Art Gallery of Ontario" Boucher, Gainsborough, Matisse, Picasso, Tiepolo, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and many more.  Over the last few decades, the Art Gallery of Ontario has put together the greatest collection of works on paper in Canada.  This group of a hundred of the best works ranges from Renaissance Italy to 18th century France, from 19th century English watercolors to 20th century masterpieces by Picasso and Matisse, from German Expressionism to Canada's own Group of Seven and David Milne.  At the Dulwich Picture Gallery,  London,  England

to September 27th in Basel
Van Gogh - Kunstmuseum Basel presents a world-class art exhibition never before seen in this form. This unique exhibition shows 70 masterpieces from major museums and private collections in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Basel Tourism offers an attractive package during the exhibition.  Basel Switzerland

Until September 29th in Chartres
Soak up the Light:  20 Female Artist Glassworkers from 12 Countries.  An exhibition at the International Centre of Stained Glass in Chartres. The sixty stained glass windows exhibited trace the artistic research of 20 female artist glassworkers from across the globe. This exhibition showcases the extensive range of their creations, as much for their content, colours and shapes as for the techniques used and the exploitation of the glass. These artists explore the visual and symbolic dimension of light through the stained glass window. Through their different works, a vision of "gathering light" emerges, a vision of the universal language of light. An exhibition brimming with sensibility and rich in education.  Chartres,  France

Until October in the Chateau de Chambord
Open-air exhibition and opera in the Château de Chambord: - From May to October 2009, visit the outstanding exhibition that consists of suits and opera scenery created by Akouna Company over the past 10 years.   And for the first time the open-air opera Rigoletto by Verdi will be performed just in front of the impressive facade of the Chateau on September 19th. A truly unique experience! In the Loire Valley,  Franceto

October 4th in Switzerland
Albert von Keller:  Salons, Seances,  Secession - Albert von Keller (1844–1920), a Munich painter with Swiss roots, renders a detailed account of Wilhelmian and Belle Époque society, registering with care the seductively elegant world of polite ladies as well as lending visual form to a wide range of occult phenomena. A true discovery!  Kunsthaus  Zurich,  Switzerland

to October 4th in Zurich
Kunsthaus Zurich shows "Albert von Keller:  Salons,  Seances, Secession" - The Kunsthaus Zürich will exhibit paintings by Albert von Keller (1844–1920), a Swiss native who was a co-founder of the Munich Secession. Under the influence of music by Chopin and Wagner, during the Wilhelmian era von Keller painted interiors and society life, portraits and nudes, grandiose works of considerable moment. Von Keller attended spiritualist séances as an observer and was fascinated by the hypnotic state. His preferred subject was the realm of the feminine, at a time in which actresses, dancers and mediums were liberating themselves from social constraints. Closest to Auguste Rodin in his manner of expression, von Keller had a broad repertoire. In addition to a painting style inspired by the Impressionists, he also chose symbolist motifs and developed a chromatic and formal vocabulary subsequently defined as Expressionist by exponents of the school such as Munch, Kirchner and Beckmann.  Zurich,  Switzerland

Until October 11th in Blois
Peintures du Grand-Siecle - An exhibition in the majestic surroundings of the Château de Blois.  For Blois, the 17th century was a considerably prosperous era in the field of arts. To mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of Gaston d'Orléans, the Château and museums of Blois are presenting a remarkable exhibition. Made up of approximately 100 works and lengthened by a redefined tour of the Louis XII wing in the museum of fine arts, the "Peintures du Grand-Siècle" exhibition addresses the pictorial genres of numerous French masterpieces and the main foreign schools of the 17th century: from Italy, Flanders, Holland and Germany. Paintings of intimist devoutness and great historical representations, Flemish genre paintings and ceremonial portraits are combined to restore the shapes and colors of the century of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Magnificent paintings to be discovered or rediscovered.  Loire Valley - Blois,  France

Until October 11th in Germany
Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden is presenting around 100 masterpieces from the famous "Blue Rider" collection of the Lenbachhaus in Munich. "The Blue Rider" was arguably the most important German group of artists of the 20th century, including painters like Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke, Gabriele Münter and more. Enjoy this exceptional art selection with highlights such as Franz Marc’s "Blue Horse I" and Ausgust Macke’s painting "Promenade".   Baden Baden,  Germany

Until October 18th in Bern
Art of the Celts - 700 BC to 700 AD - The exhibition is a joint production of the Historisches Museum in Bern and the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart (where it will be held in 2012). It presents some 450 Celtic art treasures from important museums from one end of Europe to the other, from Scotland to Bulgaria.  A particular highlight of the exhibition in Bern will be the display of the rich grave furnishings from the famous Celtic chieftain’s burial at Hochdorf, already described as the “Celtic Tutankhamum”. The treasure from the grave will for the first time leave Germany and travel abroad for the exhibition in Bern.  Switzerland

Autumn 2009 in Helsinki
The Ateneum to host a grand exhibition of Pablo Picasso in Autumn 2009.  Ateneum Art Museum will open a unique, extensive exhibition of the work of Pablo Picasso. All phases of the artist’s production are comprehensively presented in this exhibition featuring some two hundred works, all of them coming to Ateneum from the collections of the Musée National Picasso in Paris. Before arriving at Ateneum, these collections have been on view e.g. at the Reina Sofia in Madrid and the National Art Centre in Tokyo. After Ateneum, this exhibition will be seen in e.g. Hamburg. Helsinki is the only Scandinavian city hosting this Picasso exhibition.  Helsinki,  Finland

Until November 2nd in Berlin
Dream Images in the New National Gallery - The exhibition "Dream Images" from the Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection can be seen at the New National Gallery Until November 22. This special exhibition covers more than 150 works of modern classics from renowned artists such as Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. The show is supplemented by selected single works from the National Gallery's own collection as well as by historic portraits by famous photographers such as Brassaï, Man Ray, and Arnold Newman.  Berlin,  Germany

Until December 31st in Vienna
Trailing Sisi - Carriages, Clothes, Curios of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria -  The Kunsthistorisches Museum's Collection of Historical Carriages, which also includes the Collection of Court Robes and Uniforms, is among the few museums in the world whose holdings comprise a large number of authentic, original mementos and objects intimately connected with the Empress Elisabeth of Austria.  All these precious objects will be on show as part of this spectacular exhibition mounted by the Collection of Historical Carriages.

Until January 2010 in England
The 2009 Fitzwilliam Museum Sculpture Promenade - Enjoy the warmer weather with a visit to the Sculpture Promenade, situated in the grounds of the Museum and set against the backdrop of the Fitzwilliam's historic façade. This free open-air installation, selected by the Cambridge sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld and Fitzwilliam Museum Director Timothy Potts, showcases a selection of recent work by members of the prestigious Royal British Society of Sculptors.  Cambridge,  England

Until January 31st, 2010 in Amsterdam
At the Russian Court - The first exhibition at the newly renovated Hermitage Amsterdam presents 1,800 treasures from the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and centres on a day at the Russian court: an official reception given by the Tsar and his family, with the accompanying ceremony.  The exhibition is set in the 19th century because at that time court ceremony was at its height and the Russian tsars and their court held a great appeal for other European monarchs and nobles.  The exhibition will be a ‘fountain’ of Russian, West European and exotic objects which together present a cross section of the rich collections of the State Hermitage Museum. Amsterdam,  The Netherlands

Until February 14th, 2010 in Finland
Tracking Traces in Kiasma - The collection exhibition Tracking Traces… will open in Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki. The exhibition examines people,  nature and culture through a variety of traces. Tracks can be found near and far, from the human body to imagery of advertising and urban space.  Tracks may deliberately or accidentally created marks or indentations that we leave and encounter every day.  Helsinki,  Finland
 

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS . . . .

2009

July 8th to September 20th in London
Corot to Monet:  A Fresh Look at Landscape from The Collection - The Impressionists were indebted to a longer tradition of sketching and painting outdoors. ‘Corot to Monet’ will chart the development of open-air landscape painting up to the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.   At the National Gallery in London,  England

July 14th to October 18th in London
Telling Tales:  Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design - This summer the Victoria and Albert will explore the recent trend among European designers for limited edition pieces that push the boundaries between art and design.  Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design will bring together around 50 objects that share common themes such as fantasy, parody and a concern with mortality.  The exhibition will feature furniture, ceramics, lighting and large scale installations by designers including Tord Boontje, Maarten Baas, Jurgen Bey and Studio Job  - Victoria and Albert Museum,  London,  England

July 16th to October 18th in Vienna
Art Brut Aus Japan -  In the exhibition "Art Brut from Japan", KUNST HAUS WIEN presents – for the first time in Austria and in the context of "Austria-Japan Year 2009" – the works of 15 autodidactic artists from Japan. These artists, who live on the fringe of Japanese society, many of them in psychiatric institutions,  have created, through their art, individual worlds of their own characterised by great aesthetic intensity.  Their paintings and graphics, sculptures and objects are presented together with touching documentary films that convey an impression of their lives, their particular circumstances, and their ways of working. "Art Brut from Japan" comprises approximately 140 works and was developed by the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, the internationally renowned museum for outsider art.  The French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) invented the term "Art Brut"  Vienna,  Austria

August 28th to November 8th in Switzerland
Mircea Cantor, born in Romania in 1977, uses his work to infiltrate our everyday lives and destabilize our rote patterns of perception and our expectations. His work takes up social and economic issues while combining political content with an extraordinarily poetical formal vocabulary – in videos, photographs, objects and installations as well as in events or newspaper advertisements.  Kunsthaus Zurich

August 29th, 2009 in Berlin
Extended Museum Night: concerts, theater, readings, and dining in more than seventy Berlin museums - Berlin, Germany

September 12th to December 6th in Holland
Holland Art Cities: A cultural extravaganza showcasing more art & culture per square mile than any other country on earth.  Kunsthal Rotterdam:  New Horizons - The Hague School and Modern Dutch Landscapes.  In 2009 and 2010, the four largest cities in Holland are taking part in a large-scale art and cultural event called ‘Holland Art Cities .’ The top ten museums in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht joined forces to put together an unprecedented art spectacle; the resulting exhibits showcase a great variety of scale, range and theme.   Holland

September 18th to January 2010 in Helsinki
Pablo Picasso - In mid-September, the Ateneum Art Museum will open an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s art.  Helsinki is the only Scandinavian city hosting this Picasso exhibition.  Helsinki,  Finland

September 19th to January 10th in Holland
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen : The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions - The  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will be exploring the boundaries between fashion and art. Over the last few decades, fashion has inched closer to art in all respects. Fashion designers use installations and performances to disseminate their ideas, and influence the art world in turn. The exhibition examines the relationship between the two disciplines through the medium of new works of art by five top fashion designers.   Fashion has become more than just clothes. As a reflection of concepts and ideals, fashion has become essential as a vital expression in our modern-day culture. This development aroused the interest of the art world, which saw the emergence of Pop Art and performance art in the same period. From the 1980s, art magazines have regularly published work by fashion designers, and their work can increasingly be seen in art galleries and museums.  Holland

September 20th in Brussels - Opening  M Leuven Museum - The autumn of 2009 will see the reopening of the M Leuven Museum. Highlight of the festival year 2009 is the major exhibition "Robier van der Weyden, ca 1400-1464 - Master of Passions'.  The exhibition showcases masterpieces by van der Weyden and his contemporaries on loan from prestigious European and North American collections,  Belgium

September 26th to December 11th in London
Anish Kapoor -  In the autumn of 2009 the Royal Academy of Arts will hold a major solo exhibition for the renowned sculptor and Turner Prize winner, Anish Kapoor.  In the Main Galleries  The Royal Academy of Arts - London,  England

October 2nd to January 17th, 2010 in Zurich
Georges Seurat:  Impressionist Georges Seurat: Impressionist Exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich - Under the heading ‘Figure in Space’, the Kunsthaus Zürich presents work by one of the fathers of modern art.  A colleague of Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh’s, Seurat brought a scientific precision to bear on Impressionist painting. Where there was nothing but light and atmosphere he introduced rational dialogues between figures and the space surrounding them, as attested by the over 60 high-quality paintings and drawings the Kunsthaus Zürich has assembled from important public and private collections in London, Paris, New York and Washington.    Zurich,  Switzerland

From October through February 2010, explore the fascinating relationship between food and faith at the  Jewish Museum in Berlin: the exhibition "Kosher & Co. - On Religion and Food" reveals how religion and customs have influenced the eating habits of many believers worldwide to the present day. You will also discover where the term "kosher" came from, why Muslims and Buddhists don’t drink alcohol, and why Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.  Berlin,  Germany

October 16th to 18th in Zurich
Art International Zurich 2009 - 11th International Fair of 20th & 21st Century Art - Contemporary arts from all the periods and styles to a wide public, in the centre of the city. The fair takes place in a very preferred location. The Kongresshaus Zurich is located between Bahnhofstrasse, Paradeplatz and lake, near the most important galleries and museums. The 11th art fair in 2009 will introduce current items of contemporary art. Zurich,  Switzerland

December 8th to March 24th, 2010 in St. Petersburg
Enamels of the World 1700 - 2000 from The Khalili Collections - The State Hermitage Museum,  St. Petersburg,  Russia

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