Culture Club: Outside London
Wanting to get out of the city? Think we’re too focused on London? Here’s some other cultural things to see and do outside of the M25
Visions of Mughal India @ Ashmolean, Oxford. On until 22 April
Sultan Ali Adil Shah hunting a tiger Bijapur, Deccan, c.1660. © The Collection of Howard Hodgkin
A unique exhibition of over 115 Indian paintings collected by Howard Hodgkin since he first began collecting at the age of 15! And did you know there’s a coach to Oxford that picks up on Baker Street? Go and tell us what you think.
Read more: http://bit.ly/GP8ptL
Matisse @ Pompidou, Paris. From Mar 7 – June 18
An exhibition of over 60 painting by Matisse that explores how he repeated subjects comparing pairs of his work. Read more about the exhibition here: http://bit.ly/GJpV82 and a review here: http://bloom.bg/GIMYL7
Turner and the Elements @ Turner Contemporary, Margate. On until 13 May
If the Turner Inspired – In the Light of Claude exhibition at the National Gallery (on until 5 June) isn’t enough, how about a trip to Margate for more? Read more here: http://bit.ly/GHkkxI
Made for Trade @ Pitt Rivers, Oxford. On until 27 January 2013
An exhibition the covers everything from Indian silk textiles, a solar-powered prayer wheel, Maasai jewellery, a brick made of tea, parrot feather ornaments, moccasins with red ‘Stroud’ cloth, to lustrous glass beads from Venice. The exhibition forms part of a five-year project involving ten major European ethnography museums.
Read more here: http://bit.ly/GN7M8k
