The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum starts on September 10; it's already sold out for this year but booking for the rest of the run, from January 1 through to July 11, will open on October 21. If you've never seen this most breathtaking of historical artefacts, you may want to seize the chance before it leaves London next year for its permanent home in Normandy, which will have been renovated during its absence. At Southampton City Art Gallery, we're promised an extensive exhibition of British art from the first half of the 20th century, drawing on the museum's own substantial holdings and those of the Ingram Collection . Running from September 26 to February 21, Art Then! British Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, 1910-1960 will feature artists including Barbara Hepworth, Gwen John , Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious. There might not be much new on in London this month, but we'll always have Paris. Starting at the Musée Jacquemart-André with Time...
New York, Paris, Venice, Petersfield? Yes, Petersfield. In Hampshire. These are places Peggy Guggenheim made her home. And the American socialite and collector -- whose name is almost synonymous with modern art -- must have liked the town because she lived in the area for five years in the 1930s. If World War II hadn't intervened, would the self-proclaimed "art addict" have ever moved to Venice to exhibit her collection there in the museum that bears her name on the Grand Canal? And, as this photo shows, to soak up the sunshine and the Dolce Vita. This little-known episode is the subject of Peggy Guggenheim: Petersfield to Palazzo at Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery. It's the 25th anniversary this year of this fairly modest local museum, and they've pulled out the stops to tell the story of perhaps the most glamorous resident of the local area and how she began building her art collection during her time there. The curators have even been able to borrow a few...