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Week Beginning January 7 2008 Must-See UK Exhibitions Listed On 24 Hour Museum
By Richard Moss
07/01/2008
24 Hour Museum’s recommended exhibitions, January 7 2008.
This week’s recommended list includes some ‘last chance to see’ exhibitions as well as some winter 'must sees' in the capital and beyond.
Image: a photo of a spider sculpture aginats a blue sky and city skyline
Louise Bourgeois at Tate Modern – closes on January 20 2008, which means there’s still time to get caught in the web of amazing work by the 95-year-old artist.
Image: a painting of a young woman with long auburn hair
Millais At Tate Britain – before the new programme of exhibitions swings into view at Tate Britain this is your last chance to take in the work of the man whose statue stands outside the gallery. Runs until January 13 2008.
Image: an unfinished painting showing a procession of classical figures and cherubs
Art Treasures of Manchester at Manchester Art Gallery – there’s still time to catch this exhibition, which tells the fascinating story of how Manchester's Victorian grandees had the audacity to stage a public art exhibition to rival London’s Great Exhibition. Runs until January 27 2008.
Image: a photograph of two poeple looking at a person in a bear costume through a plate galss window
Turner Prize 2007 at Tate Liverpool – want to know what all the fuss is about re the man in a bear suit who won the Turner Prize? You have just under week to find out before the exhibition closes on January 13 2008.
Age of Enchantment at Dulwich Picture Gallery – this show has had several critics cooing over the past few weeks and takes visitors back to an age of enchantment and decadence that was fin de siècle book illustration. Runs until February 17 2008.
Image: an abstract sculpture resembling a woman cradling a child
Henry Moore at Kew. – a show full of monumental figurative and abstract outdoor sculptures. A handy excuse to take in the splendour of the winter landscape. Runs until March 30 2008.
Image: a black and white photograph of a square shaped building with the words bauhaus on the side
Bauhaus at Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art – a major exhibition focusing on Bauhaus’ ethos until the school’s closure in 1933. Includes works by the movement’s key members – Josef Albers, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinksy. On until February 17 2008.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road, Dulwich Village, London, SE21 7AD, England
Open: Tues-Fri 1000-1700
Sat-Sun 1100-1700
Bank Holiday Mon 1100-1700
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AB, Surrey, England
Open: 9.30 am
Closed: Closing times vary according to the season.
Call 020 8 332 5655 for up-to-date information.
Kew Gardens is open daily except for Christmas Day and New Years Day
Tate Modern
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG, England
T: 020 7887 8888
Open: Open Sunday-Thursday, 10.00-1800 and Fri & Sat 10.00-22.00
Closed: Closed 24-26 December
mima - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Centre Square, Middlesbrough, TS1 2AZ, England
Open: From January 28 2007: Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-16.00.
Closed: Monday
Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL, England
T: 0161 235 8888
Open: Tuesday - Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10am - 5pm
Closed: Closed Monday (except Bank Holidays),Good Friday, 24-26 December, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB, Merseyside, England
Open: Tues-Sun and Bank Holiday Mondays 10.00-17.50
June, July & August:
Mon-Sun (including Bank Holiday Mondays) 10.00 - 17.50
Closed: Closed 25-26 Dec, 1 Jan and Good Fri
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