Calendar of Events
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON
Brains: The Mind as Matter
From 3,000-year-old trepanned skulls and ancient Egyptian mummified brains to slices of Einstein's brain and science fiction's imagined genius brains in jars, the Wellcome Collection's latest exhibition is full of extraordinary artefacts and stories. Ancient, often gruesome, tools of surgery sit beside beautiful works of art, such as the first Renaissance sketches of the brain as the seat of consciousness, while the latest 3D imaging techniques play alongside modern video installations. A book and programme of events will accompany the exhibition.
Wellcome Collection +44 (0) 20 7611 2222 (www.wellcome collection.org/brains). Until 17 June.
Buried on Campus
Co-curated by anatomists and osteologists from UCL, this new installation explores how the remains of 84 humans and animals, found buried together, during construction work in 2010, came to be there.
Grant Museum of Zoology, University College London
+44 (0) 20 3108 2052
(www.ucl.ac.uk). Until 13 July.Picasso Prints: The Vollard Suite
This exhibition of Pablo Picasso's most celebrated series of etchings is the first time a complete set of The Vollard Suite has been shown in a British public institution. It comprises 100 etchings produced by Picasso between 1930 and 1937, at a critical juncture in his career.
The British Museum +44 (0) 20 7323 8181 (www.britishmuseum.org)
From 3 May to 2 September.
The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot: Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Timed to coincide with the Olympic Games as well as HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, this major exhibition traces the story of the horse from domestication circa 3,500 BC to the present day. With a varied range of exhibits including cuneiform tablets, seals, plaques, wall paintings, as well as celebrated pieces of equestrian art, such as the Standard of Ur, this promises to be a fascinating show.
The British Museum +44 (0) 20 7323 8181 (www.britishmuseum.org) From 24 May to 30 September.
OXFORD
The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, an Episode of
the Grand Tour
The capture of the Westmorland, an armed merchant ship, in 1779 resulted in the hijacking of an incredible and significant store of Grand Tour treasures bound for England. Now, after two decades of research, the spoils have been brought back together, to a certain extent, to give a snapshot of this cargo of maps, books, antiquities, watercolours, busts... and cheese, that belonged to some of the most prestigious Georgian tourists.
The Ashmolean Museum +44 (0) 1865 278 002 (www.ashmolean.org). From 17 May to 27 August.
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