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MUSEUMS & GALLERIESthe 16th-century boy princewho would have been HenryIX, including works by HansHolbein and Inigo Jones.Until 17 Feb Taylor WessingPhotographic PortraitPrize. Stunning portraitworks by contemporaryphotographers from aroundthe world. Until 24 MarMarilyn Monroe: A BritishLove Affair. Celebrating theiconic actor’s life in picturesby British photographers,shown alongside raremagazine covers, vintageprints, lobby cards and filmstills. Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00;Thurs & Fri 10.00-21.00.Admission free.St. Martin’s Place, WC2. 020 7312 2463. npg.org.uk Ë LeicesterSquare. Map C6.PHOTOGRAPHERS’GALLERYRecently-reopened Sohogallery specialising ininternational and Britishphotography. Until6 Jan Shoot! ExistentialPhotography. Exhibitionexploring the languageconnection betweencameras and guns thatled to the invention of thefunfair shooting gallery.Until 6 Jan Tom Wood. Firstmajor retrospective of thework of the Liverpudlianstreet photographer whocaptures startling images ofeveryday British life. Until16 Jan For The LOL Of Cats:Felines, Photography AndThe Web. Popular on theweb but largely ignored, thegallery attempts to redressthe balance with a displayof digital cat images on TheWall. Mon-Sat 10.00-18.00;Thurs 10.00-20.00; Sun11.30-18.00. Admission free.16-18 Ramillies Street,W1. 08452 621 618. photonet.org.ukË Oxford Circus. Map B5.QUEEN’S GALLERYOver 500 years of treasuresfrom the Royal Collectiondisplayed in BuckinghamPalace, including paintings,furniture, ceramics, silver,jewellery and textiles.Until 14 Apr The NorthernTop: Inside the BritishMuseum. Bottom: TheNorthern Renaissance atthe Queen’s Gallery.Renaissance: Dürer ToHolbein. Bringing togethermore than 100 works fromthe northern Renaissancemasters, this exhibitionincludes works by thegreatest painter of theperiod, Albrecht Dürer, aswell as works by celebratedportrait artist Hans HolbeinThe Younger. Daily 10.00-17.30. Entrance by timedtickets. Admission £9.25,child £4.65.Buckingham Palace,Buckingham Palace Road,SW1. 020 7766 7301. royalcollection.org.ukË t Victoria. Map D5.ROYAL ACADEMYOF ARTSFounded in 1768, the RAstages regularly-changingexhibitions and variedevents. From 26 Jan Manet:Portraying Life. Majorexhibition of portraitsfrom the celebrated19th-century Parisian artist(p. 45). Admission £15. Fri10.00-22.00; Sat-Thurs10.00-18.00. Admissionprices vary.Burlington House,Piccadilly, W1. 020 7300 8000. royalacademy.org.ukË Green Park/PiccadillyCircus. Map C5.SAATCHI GALLERYA large, highly-influentialcontemporary art gallery.Closed between exhibitions.Until 5 May Gaiety Is TheMost Outstanding FeatureOf The Soviet Union.Fascinating mix of images,paintings and installationsfrom contemporary Russianartists (p. 45). Daily 10.00-18.00. Admission free.Duke Of York’s HQ, King’sRoad, SW3. 020 78232363. saatchi-gallery.co.uk Ë Sloane Square.Off map.SERPENTINE GALLERYAn arts space in KensingtonGardens displaying modernand contemporary work.Until 27 Jan John Mekas.Solo exhibition of film,photographic and videowork from the pioneeringartist, poet and independentfilm-maker. Daily 10.00-18.00. Admission free.Kensington Gardens, W2. 020 7402 6075. serpentinegallery.orgË South Kensington.Map C2.TATE BRITAINTraditional andcontemporary galleriesshowcasing British art,including a stunning J.M.W.Turner collection. Until 6 JanTurner Prize 2012. Discoverthe diverse work of thefour artists shortlisted forthe UK’s most prestigiouscontemporary art award. Thenominees are SpartacusChetwynd, ElizabethPrice, Luke Fowler andPaul Noble. Until 13 JanPre-Raphaelites: VictorianAvant-Garde. Major overviewof the groundbreaking,19th-century pre-Raphaelitebrotherhood, consideredthe UK’s first modern artmovement. Admission£15.50, concessions£13.50. Daily 10.00-18.00(until 22.00 on the firstFri of the month).Admission free.Millbank, SW1. 0207887 8888. tate.org.ukË Pimlico. Off map.TATE MODERNCompelling contemporaryart in a huge convertedpower station. Until10 Jan William Klein +Daido Moriyama. Exhibitionexploring the relationshipbetween the two celebratedphotographers famed fortheir depictions of modernurban life. Exhibition £14.Until 1 Apr A BiggerSplash: Painting AfterPerformance. Taking its titlefrom one of David Hockney’smost famous paintings,this exhibition examinesthe relationship betweenperformance art and painting,with works by influentialartist Jackson Pollock. From30 Jan Schwitters In Britain.Exhibition of late works fromGerman modernist KurtSchwitters, who embracedcollage surrealism and theuse of varied materials in hisart. Exhibition £10. Fri-Sat10.00-22.00; Sun-Thurs10.00-18.00. Admission free.Bankside, SE1. 0207887 8888. tate.org.ukË Southwark. Map C7/8.WHITECHAPELGALLERYCutting-edge East Endexhibition space showcasingcontemporary art. From17 Jan Gerard Byrne. Majorsolo showcase of workfrom the Irish multimediaartist renowned for his filminstallations that reconstructthe past (p. 45). Tues-Sun11.00-18.00; Thurs 11.00-21.00. Admission free.77-82 WhitechapelHigh Street, E1. 020 7522 7888. whitechapelgallery.orgË Aldgate East. Map B9.WILLIAMMORRIS GALLERYFrom 2 Jan Reopened aftera £10m revamp, this galleryhouses the art collectionand works of 19th-centuryvisionary William Morris,including designs, paintingsTOP IMAGE © BRITISH MUSEUM; BOTTOM IMAGE BY LUCAS CRANACH © ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST 2012, HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II52 | visitlondon.com|LONDON PLANNER|January 2013