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Radical, experimental and avant-garde, Henry Moore (1898-1986) was one of Britain's greatest artists. This stunning exhibition takes a fresh look at his work and legacy, presenting over 150 stone sculptures, wood carvings, bronzes and drawings.

Image: Henry Moore Reclining Figure 1939 Detroit Institute of Arts © Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation

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Tate Britain
Millbank London SW1P 4RG England
Opening Hours: Daily  10am-5:50 pm
First Friday of each month until 10 pm 
Admission to Tate Britain is free, but donations from visitors are needed to support the gallery’s work. See individual visiting information pages for ticket prices for special exhibitions

http://www.tate.org.uk/

This exhibition presents a history of 1300 years of Chinese printing using the Museum’s collection, one of the finest and most comprehensive outside Asia.The exhibition presents for the first time the extraordinary range and quality of the Museum’s collection through a selection of around 120 images from the 8th century AD to the 21st century. It covers the diverse range of subjects, print methods and uses from the earliest Buddhist prints and imperial engravings to popular prints used in festivals and 21st-century works

The British Museum
Great Russell StreetSaturday London WC1B 3DG England
Opening Hours: Wednesday 10am -5.30pm ; Thursday - Friday 10 am-8.30 pm
Free Entrance. Additional fee might be required on temporary exhibitions.

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Beginning with the idea of the "unseen photographer", Exposed presents 250 works by celebrated artists and photographers including Brassaï's erotic Secret Paris of the 1930s images; Weegee's iconic photograph of Marilyn Monroe; and Nick Ut's reportage image of children escaping napalm attacks in the Vietnam War. Sex and celebrity is an important part of the exhibition, presenting photographs of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, Paris Hilton on her way to prison and the assassination of JFK.
Image: Georges Dudognon - Greta Garbo in the Club St. Germain ca. 1950s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Members of Foto Forum, 2005.200 © Estate of Georges Dudognon

Tate Modern
Bankside London SE1 9TG England
Sunday to Thursday, 10am- 6pm
Friday and Saturday, 10am-10pm
Last admission into exhibitions 5.15pm (Fri and Sat 9.15pm)
Admission to the gallery is free, but donations from visitors are needed to support the gallery’s work. See individual visiting information pages for ticket prices for current exhibitions.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern

Put together with some the country's best-known cartoonists and comedy writers, this exhibition explores British comic art from the 1600s to the present day. Bringing together a wide array of paintings, sculptures, film and photography, as well as graphic art and comic books, the exhibition celebrates a rich history of cartooning and visual jokes.
Image: Gerald Scarfe Ptorydactyl 1989 © Gerald Scarfe

Tate Britain
Millbank London SW1P 4RG England
Opening Hours: Daily  10am-5:50 pm
First Friday of each month until 10 pm 
Admission to Tate Britain is free, but donations from visitors are needed to support the gallery’s work. See individual visiting information pages for ticket prices for special exhibitions

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Tate Modern will present a major exhibition of work by the celebrated artist Francis Alÿs (born Belgium 1959). Using diverse poetical and allegorical approaches, Alÿs explores political subjects such as contentious borders and economic crises. The exhibition will present iconic works alongside new pieces which have never been shown before in the UK. Working in a variety of mediums including painting, video projection, animation and sculpture, Francis Alÿs is one of the most important artists of his generation.
Image: Francis Alÿs The Commuters 2005 installation

Tate Modern
Bankside London SE1 9TG England
Sunday to Thursday, 10am- 6pm
Friday and Saturday, 10am-10pm
Last admission into exhibitions 5.15pm (Fri and Sat 9.15pm)
Admission to the gallery is free, but donations from visitors are needed to support the gallery’s work. See individual visiting information pages for ticket prices for current exhibitions.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern