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...
Britain and Russia don't enjoy the easiest of relationships. Espionage, assassination and mutual mistrust seem to be the order of the day. But in the time of the Tsars, the two countries' royal families cultivated friendly ties and became linked by marriage. That is the subject of Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs at the Queen's Gallery in London. It all started with Peter the Great, the first Russian ruler to set foot on English soil in 1698. He stayed for three months, meeting King William III and finding out among other things about how to build ships as he sought to open up Russia to the West. On departure, Peter presented William with his portrait, painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Kneller's one of the few artists in this exhibition you may actually have heard of. Shows at the Queen's Gallery provide a chance to put on public display works from the Royal Collection. There was a Canaletto exhibition in 2017, and starting in May you'll be able to ...