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05 Sep 2010 | Tate Britain, London: Rude Britannia | | Rude Britannia: British comic art
A ground-breaking exhibition about the role of humour in British visual culture incorporating painting, illustration, drawing, sculpture, film and photography to explore comedy, the comic and visual humour. The exhibition is presented and interpreted by cartoonists and comedy writers including Steve Bell, Harry Hill, Gerald Scarfe and the team at Viz magazine.
Dates: till 5 September
Open: daily 10am-5.50pm and till 10pm first Friday
each month
Tickets: £10; £8.50 concs
Where: Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
Contact: 020 7887 8888 (www.tate.org.uk/tickets)
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05 Sep 2010 | The Cartoon Museum, London: Toy Tales: Highlights from classic British Children's Animation | | Fun for all the family from Bagpuss and the Clangers to the Snowman, Roobarb and Custard and Peppa Pig.
Open: Tue-Sat, 10.30 - 17.30
Sun, 12-17.30
Tickets: £5.50, £4, Free to under-18s
Address: 35 Little Russell Street
London WC1A 2HH
Tel: +44 (0)207 580 8155
Fax: +44 (0)207 631 0793
www.cartoonmuseum.org
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12 Sep 2010 | The Morgan Library & Museum, New York: Defining beauty: Albrecht Dürer at the Morgan | | Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) transformed drawing in northern Europe. He tirelessly promoted drawing as a medium, creating works of exceptional beauty and remarkable technical skill. This exhibition includes eight drawings as well as prints and treatises by him.
Dates: till 12 September
Open: Tues-Thurs 10.30am-5pm; Fri 10.30am-9pm;
Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 11am-6pm
Where: 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street,
New York, NY 10016
Contact: (212) 685 0008 (www.themorgan.org)
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19 Sep 2010 | The British Library, London: Magnificent maps: power, propaganda and art | | Maps can be works of art, propaganda pieces, expressions of local pride or tools of indoctrination. Magnificent maps brings together 80 of the largest, most impressive and beautiful maps ever made.
Dates: till 19 September
Open: Mon, Weds, Thurs, Fri 9.30am-6pm; Tues 9.30am-8pm; Sat 9.30am-5pm; Sun 11am-5pm
Where: 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Contact: 0843 2081144 (www.bl.uk)
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31 Oct 2010 | New York State Museum, New York: Focus on nature XI: natural history illustration exhibition | | An exhibition of work by 73 top illustrators from the US, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa and Spain.
Dates: till 31 October
Open: 9.30am-5pm
Where: Cultural Education Center, Albany,
New York, NY 12230, USA
Contact: (518) 474 5877 (www.nysm.nysed.gov)
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26 Dec 2010 | National Army Museum, London - Michael Foreman: War Boy | | National Army Museum
Michael Foreman: War Boy
Exploring some of the complex themes of the world wars and the civilian connection with the British Army, this shows original artwork by Michael
Foreman alongside the museum’s artefacts. A hands-on experience for all the family and an insight into the styles and techniques used in Foreman’s books.
Open: every day 10am-5.30pm
Where: Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
Contact: 020 7730 0717
(www.national-army-museum.ac.uk)
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31 Dec 2010 | Seven Stories: The Centre for Children’s Books: There’s nuffin like a Puffin – 70 years of Puffin books | | An exhibition for the whole family that will
showcase Seven Stories’ Kaye Webb archive for the first time, using letters, photographs and one-off illustrations to tell the amazing Puffin tale.
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 10am-4pm
Tickets: £6 adults; £5 children/concs; £17 families
Where: 30 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PQ
Contact: 0845 271 0777 (www.sevenstories.org.uk)
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