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 Museum

glazed brick relief of a lion from Babylon's Processional Way. Reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II (605–562 BC). On loan from the musée du Louvre, Paris. © Photo RMN / Franck Raux.

Babylon: Myth and Reality

The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens, Belshazzar’s Feast and the Fall of Babylon: for 2,000 years the myth of Babylon has haunted the European imagination.

This exhibition explores the continuing dialogue between the Babylon of our imagination and the historic evidence for one of the great cities of antiquity at the moment of its climax and eclipse.

Address:	Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Phone:	020 7323 8299
Dates:	13 November - 15 March 2009
Admission:	Art Fund Members £4; Full price adult £8

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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:	until 1 March 2009
Admission:	Art Fund Members £4; Full price adult £8; Concessions £7

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V&A

Cold War Modern: Design 1945 - 1970

The period after the Second World War was one of anxiety and tension but also one of great optimism and unprecedented technological development. This exhibition examines how design was shaped by the cold war period against the backdrop of the battle between communism and capitalism, the advances of the space race, and the international competition to be modern.

Address:	Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
Phone:	020 7942 2000
Dates:	until 11 January 2009
Admission:	Art Fund Members £4.50; Full Price £9

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V&A

Red wool coat from the wardrobe of Peter II, 1727-1730. © The Moscow Kremlin Museums

Magnificence of the Tsars

Starting in the 1720s with the lavishly embroidered coats and elaborately patterned silk banyans from the wardrobe of Tsar Peter II, the exhibition spans a period of almost two centuries and captures the grandeur of Imperial Russia.

Address:	Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
Phone:	020 7942 2000
Dates:	10 December until 29 March 2009
Admission:	Art Fund Members £4.50; Full Price £9

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Natural History Museum

Wildlife Photography of the Year

Held annually, the competition aims to find the most stunning and original wildlife pictures taken by photographers worldwide of all ages

Address:	Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
Phone:	020 7942 5000
Dates:	31 October - 26 April 2009
Admission:	Art Fund Members £3.50; Full Price £7

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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 £5; Full Price £10

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Tate Britain

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 £12.50

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National Portrait Gallery

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005

Personal Photographs of family and close friends are shown, as well as images produced for editorial assignments. Many of Leibovitz's best-known portraits of public figures also feature.

Address:	St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE
Phone:	020 7306 0055
Dates:	16 October-1 February
Admission:	Art Fund Members £5.50; Full price adult £11

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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

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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 September - 30 November
Admission:	Art Fund Members £2.50; Full Price £5

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National Gallery Complex

Gerhard Richter: Painting from Private Collections

This major retrospective of Richter’s paintings, the first to be held in Britain since 1991 and the first ever in Scotland, offers a rare opportunity to see in-depth the work of one of the most influential living artists.

Address:	The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Phone:	0131 6246200
Dates:	8th November - 4 January 2009
Price:	Art Fund Members £3; Full Price £6

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The Lightbox

Woman in Red Lion pub, Copyright © 2007 Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series

The vibrant paintings on show are based on a series of drawings and sketches Bob Dylan completed while on the road in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Address:	Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4AA
Phone:	01483 737800
Dates:	25 November - 11 January
Admission:	Art Fund members 75p; Full Price £1.50

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