LISTINGS
ART & EXHIBITIONS

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE.
/ Charing Cross/Leicester Square

T: 020 7306 0055.
www.npg.org.uk
Gay Icons Sixty photographic portraits, chosen by 10 high-profi le gay fi gures — among them Sir Elton John and Ian McKellen — of gay icons spanning the entertainment, art, music, literature, sport and political worlds who have infl uenced them.

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD.
South Kensington

T: 020 7942 5000.
www.nhm.ac.uk
After Darwin: Contemporary Expressions Exploring interpretations of ideas from Darwin’s book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, including work by Turner Prizewinning artist Jeremy Deller and new literary pieces from Ruth Padel, Darwin’s great-great-granddaughter.

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM

Greenwich, SE10 9NF.
Greenwich

T: 020 8858 4422.
www.nmm.ac.uk
North-West Passage: An Arctic Obsession Draws on the extraordinary stories and
feats of endurance surrounding some of the 19th-century British Arctic expeditions. Shows the historical importance of the North-West passage to 19th-century explorers and how focus is once again on the Arctic, due to climate change.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS

Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD.
Piccadilly Circus

T: 020 7300 8000.
www.royalacademy.org.uk
J. W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite (from 27 June) Waterhouse was best-known
for his paintings of female characters from mythology and literature. This exhibition has more than 40 works, with sketchbooks and drawings from collections worldwide.

Summer Exhibition 2009 (until 16 August) The world’s largest open submission contemporary art exhibition brings together new work by established and unknown living artists.

SCIENCE MUSEUM

Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD.

South Kensington

T: 0870 870 4868.
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Wallace and Gromit Present a World
of Cracking Ideas The characters guide you through the world of inventions.

Cosmos and Culture: How Astronomy Has Shaped Our World (from 23 July) How astronomy has changed the way we see our universe and ourselves.

SERPENTINE GALLERY

Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA.
/ South Kensington/Lancaster Gate

T: 020 7402 6075.
www.serpentinegallery.org
Jeff Koons: Popeye Series (from 2 July)

An analysis of ideas central to the celebrated American artist’s work.

TATE BRITAIN

Millbank, SW1P 4RG.
Pimlico

T: 020 7887 8888.
www.tate.org.uk/britain
Duveens’ Commission Series: Eva Rothschild (from 29 June) Rothschild’s work fi lls and disrupts the galleries.

Richard Long: Heaven and Earth Featuring more than 80 works documenting the artist’s walks around the world.

TATE MODERN

Bankside, SE1 9TG.
Southwark

T: 020 7887 8000.
www.tate.org.uk/modern
Stutter (until 16 August) Disruption and discontinuity in thoughts and language. Futurism Celebrating the centenary of this dramatic art movement.

Per Kirkeby Huge paintings depicting mystical surrounds and abstract worlds.

THE CARTOON MUSEUM

35 Little Russell Street, WC1A 2HH.

Tottenham Court Road/Holborn

T: 020 7580 8155.
www.cartoonmuseum.org
Cartoons, caricatures and comics from the 18th century to the present.

THE QUEEN’S GALLERY

Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A 1AA.
/ Victoria/Green Park

T: 020 7766 7301.
www.royalcollection.org.uk
French Porcelain for English Palaces: S�vres from the Royal Collection Some
300 pieces by the porcelain factory.

VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL. / South Kensington

T: 020 7942 2000. www.vam.ac.uk Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the
Age of Magnificence (from 19 July)

An examination of baroque style.

Telling Tales (from 14 July) Exploring the narrative potential of objects.

WALLACE COLLECTION

Hertford House, W1U 3BN.
Oxford Street

T: 020 7563 9500.
www.wallacecollection.org
A permanent collection of work from the 18th and 19th centuries.

IN PICTURES: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

IMAGE: BRITAINONVIEW

Two exhibitions this summer reflect on World War I ,

looking at personal stories and life in the trenches

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