Diary: August 2003

Apollo, August, 2003 by Susannah Woolmer

GREAT BRITAIN

LONDON Buckingham Palace, Ceremony and celebration: Coronation day 1953. Until 28 September

British Museum, Seven thousand years of Chinese jade from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung. Ongoing. The museum of the mind: Art and memory in world cultures. Until 7 September. London 1753. Until 23 September

Courtauld Institute Gallery, A century of silver: The Courtauld silversmiths in the 18th century. Ongoing. Into the twentieth century: New displays at the Courtauld. Ongoing

Design Museum, The Peter Saville show. Until 14 September. Wild silk. Until 21 September. A century of chairs. When Flaminio drove to France. Both until 12 October. Hella Jongerius. Until 26 October

Dulwich Picture Gallery, Humphrey Ocean: How's my driving. Until 14 September. Shakespeare in art. Until 19 October

Estorick Collection, Painting light: Italian Divisionism 1885-1910. Until 7 September

Fan Museum, A fanfare for the sun king. Until 21 September

Fleming Collection, Figures from Flemings. Until 30 August

Gilbert Collection, Silver sparks: The Bishopsland connection. Until 31 August. The art of chess. Until 28 September

Goethe Institut Inter Nationes, Sigune Hamann: Film strips. Julia Winckler: Traces. Until 5 September

Horniman Museum, Puppet worlds. Until 2 November

Institute of Contemporary Arts, Video acts. Until 19 October

National Gallery, A private passion: Harvard's Winthrop Collection. Until 14 September. Paradise. Until 28 September

National Maritime Museum, Elizabeth. Until 14 September

National Portrait Gallery, The Golden Jubilee portfolio: Photographs of Queen Elizabeth II. Continuing. Lichfield: The early years. Until 31 August. BP Portrait Award 2003 and BP Travel Award 2003. Until 21 September. A gardener's labyrinth: Portraits of people and places by Tessa Traeger and Patrick Kinmonth. Until 19 October. William Hazlitt's The spirit of the age: A radical critic's view of his times. Until 26 October

Photographers' Gallery, Enrique Metinides/Kyoichi Tsuzuki. Until 7 September

PM Gallery and House, Sintesi: Peter Gillies and Andreas Kramer. Until 7 September

Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Leonardo da Vinci: The divine and the grotesque. Until 9 November. Royal treasures. Until 1 February 2004

Royal Academy of Arts, Summer exhibition. Until 10 August. Kirchner: Expressionism and the city, Dresden and Berlin 1905-1918. Until 21 September

Serpentine Gallery, Cindy Sherman. Until 25 August. Park nights. Until 29 August

Sir John Soane's Museum, 'Bob the Roman': Heroic antiquity and the architecture of Robert Adam. Until 27 September

Tate Britain, Art now: Roger Hiorns--Vauxhall. Until 31 August. Wolfgang Tillmans: If one thing matters, everything matters. Until 14 September. Bridget Riley. Until 28 September. A century of artists' film in Britain. Until 18 April 2004

Tate Modern, Henry Moore: Public sculptures. Until 25 August. Cruel and tender: The real in the twentieth-century photograph. Until 7 September. Paul McCarthy at Tate Modern. Until 26 October

Tower of London, The knight is young: Princely armours and weapons of childhood. Until 7 March 2004

Victoria and Albert Museum, Guy Bourdin. Until 17 August

Wallace Collection, A new commode for a new king. Until 10 August

Whitechapel Art Gallery, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: Recent works. Philip-Lorca di Corcia: A storybook life. Both until 24 August

BARNARD CASTLE Bowes Museum, Haiku and glass. Until 26 September. The art of marquetry: Paintings in wood. Until 28 September. Dazzling: The art of glass engraving. Until 26 October. Wedding belles: A celebration of bridal gowns. Until 18 April 2004

BIRMINGHAM Museum and Art Gallery, Arthurian legend told through the Holy Grail tapestries. Until 31 August. Time/motion. Until 29 September

Waterhall Gallery, Camden Town to St Ives: Aspects of British art 1900-1960. Until 7 September

BLACKBURN Museum and Art Gallery, Fantasy art masters. Until 30 August

BOWNESS-ON-WINDEMERE Blackwell House, Exhibition of arts and craft metalwork. Until 2 November

BRIGHTON University Gallery, My mouth is quiet but my mind is noisy: The work of John Watson 1960-2000. Producing time and love: Japanese calligraphy by Shiko Kataoka. Both until 30 August

BRISTOL Arnolfini, Recognition: Part two--Edwina Ashton and David Mackintosh. Until 21 September

Watershed, Heidi Morstang: In-between. Until 10 August

CAMBRIDGE Kettle's Yard, Alan Reynolds. 9 August-21 September

CARDIFF National Museum and Gallery, Thomas Jones 1742-1803. Until 10 August

CHICHESTER Pallant House Gallery, Alien nation: Immigrant artists in Britain. Until 10 August

DUDLEY Broadfield House Glass Museum, Cutting edge. Until 18 September

EDINBURGH Dean Gallery, One hundred great photographs: A collection by Bruce Bernard. Winifred Nicholson in Scotland. Both Until 7 September

National Gallery of Modern Art, Boyle family. 14 August-9 November

National Gallery of Scotland, Monet: The Seine and the sea--Vetheuil and Normandy, 1878-1883. 6 August-26 October

Royal Scottish Academy, New associates. 13 August-19 October. Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings on paper (1949-2002). The RSA and its heritage. Both 13 August-26 October

 

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