Ten to catch: Apollo's selection for the month ahead

Apollo, June, 2006

The Art Basel fair takes place 14-18 June. Lucian Freud's Portrait of Harry Diamond, with Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London, is joined by works in more unusual media from 300 dealers based in 30 countries. www.artbasel.com

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Mercury in Flight (right) by Giambologna is one of 30 works in 'Giambologna: Triumph of the Body', which moves to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (27 June-17 September) from the Bargello, Florence. It is the first major exhibition in 30 years dedicated to the inheritor of Michelangelo's mantle of the most celebrated sculptor of Europe. ( 43 1 525 24 0)

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Giorgione's Three Philosophers are looking west: Washington's National Gallery has bagged it, Titian's Concert Champetre and 50 other paintings for its 'Bellini, Giorgione, Titian and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting' (18 June-17 September). ( 1 202 737 4215)

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The new extension of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts designed by Michael Graves opens on 11 June. The wing, which gives the museum 40% more space, opens with shows on Calder and on vintage photography. ( 1 612 870 3131)

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Another day; another piece of bizarre contemporary art: Kutlug Ataman's video installation Kuba (a still, left) is sailing in a boat along the Danube, stopping at various ports, including Novi Sad and Budapest in the course of June. See www.TBA21.org to keep up.

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Tate Britain's exhibition 'Constable: The Great Landscapes' (1 June-28 August) is notable for uniting the painter's six-foot-wide canvases for the first time. ( 44 [0] 20 7887 8888)

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This glass sculpture, Bilbao by Lino Tagliapietra, is being offered by Heller Gallery at the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art fair in New York, 1-4 June. 60 galleries are showing contemporary design, ranging from furniture to jewellery. www.sofaexpo.com

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The latest rooms in the Wallace Collection, London, to be refurbished, the Oval Drawing Room and Study, reopen on 14 June with a display of Marie Antoinette's possessions. ( 44 [0] 20 7563 9500)

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The Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair runs from 15 June until 21 June. William Roberts's The Swings (right), with E&R Cyzer, London, is among the highlights. See 'Art Market', p. 103, and 'Contemporary Design', pp. 66-67. ( 44 [0] 20 7399 8100)

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London' s International Ceramics Fair takes place 15-18 June at the Park Lane Hotel. Two members of APOLLO'S editorial board, John Mallet and Rosalind Savill, are giving lectures as part of the programme. ( 44 [0] 020 7734 5491)

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