The Royal Academy of Arts presents a landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890). The focus of the exhibition is the artist's remarkable correspondence. The first major Van Gogh exhibition in London for over 40 years, this is a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the complex mind of Vincent van Gogh. Fight your way into this one. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity Royal Academy of Arts 23 January - 18 April 2010
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Chris Ofili’s intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings are on show at Tate Britain in a major survey of the artist’s career that brings together over 45 paintings, as well as pencil drawings and watercolours from the mid 1990s to today. One of the most acclaimed British painters of his generation, Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and represented Great Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. Tate Britain 27 January – 16 May 2010
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This major exhibition, inspired by Paul Gilroy's seminal book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), identifies a hybrid culture that spans the Atlantic, connecting Africa, North and South America, The Caribbean and Europe. The exhibition is the first to trace in depth the impact of Black Atlantic culture on Modernism and will reveal how black artists and intellectuals have played a central role in the formation of Modernism from the early twentieth century to today. Tate Liverpool 29 January – 25 April 2010
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DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture takes an ambitious and revolutionary look at the history of modern and contemporary sculpture. Sculpture in the form of object, installation, assemblage and ready-made will sit alongside more surprising forms, such as painting, video, photography, language and performance. To 11th April 2010
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His collaboration with M.I.A. on the track 'Hussle' featured on her album 'Kala' which was a worldwide hit! Since then he has been on several M.I.A. tours with Rye Rye, remade a version of 'Paper Planes' Ft. Afrikan Boy & Rye Rye and has also performed more solo shows that you can count! 2010 will see a European promotional campaign, several music videos ('Lagos' being the most imminent) plus an album. He opened for PRINCE during his back to back shows at the O2. Representation - La Cocina Agency
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Hailing from Leith, and one of the most potent artists to emerge from the Scottish folk-music revival, Dick Gaughan tells it like it is. His explosive and dexterous guitar-playing and tremendous voice express his passionate, often affectionate, and always truthful songs perfectly. Whether reaffirming his own Scottish working-class identity, or contemplating a wider world vision, Gaughan has a remarkable gift. Band on the Wall 13th February 2010
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Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, Sanders' sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce, and although he made his name with expressionistic, nearly anarchic free jazz in John Coltrane's late ensembles of the mid-'60s, Sanders' later music is guided by more graceful concerns. WORTH THE TRIP 21st - 28th February
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Tales about a Frenchman with some unusual habits, which include burying his dog's kennel and his own luggage pieces. The stories appear alongside other new works, which include an address to aliens on the subject of transport a poem about a non-talking parrot and some animal. 'Typically brilliant songs and stories about a Gallic small-town hero with a dog called Chirac.' The Guardian. Tron Theatre Glasgow,
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Tom Stoppard's provocative and chilling play with music by André Previn, staged with an orchestra in an electrifying new 2010 production. If you missed the 2009 production, make your plans now. It's that good. Ends 17 February.
