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The best art exhibitions in London this December

By Emily Spicer on 2/12/2019

From the legend of Troy at the British Museum to Tutankhamun's golden treasures, these are the best exhibitions to see this December

© Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece, commissioned & produced by the National Gallery and created by 59 Productions. Photo by Justin Sutcliffe

Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece exhibition, National Gallery

A new interactive exhibition at the National Gallery aims to immerse visitors into one of Leonardo da Vinci's most mysterious masterpieces, the Virgin fo the Rocks. Expect drama and theatrical at this family-orientated treat.

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WHEN
9 Nov 19 – 12 Jan 20, open daily 10AM–6PM
WHERE
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Cars: Accelerating the Modern World, V&A

Cars: Accelerating the Modern World, V&A ★★★★★

Automobiles have come a long way since the first production car was built in 1888. This exhibition explores our obsesses with the car – the glamour, the need for speed, and the consequences.

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WHEN
23 Nov 2019 – 19 Apr 2020, 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
WHERE
V&A, South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
Nan Goldin, Greer Modelling Jewellery, NY, 1985

Nan Goldin: Sirens, Marian Goodman Gallery review ★★★★★

Nan Goldin’s first major solo show in London since 2002 has opened at Marian Goodman Gallery. With new and archival material, this exhibition is a moving and timely testament to the American photographer's friends, to lives lived and lost.

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WHEN
14 Nov 2019 – 11 Jan 2020, Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm
WHERE
Marian Goodman Gallery, 5-8 Lower John Street, London, W1F 9DY
Untitled (Hand-Shell) 1934 © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Centre Pompidou, MNAM- CCI © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, Lo

Dora Maar exhibition, Tate Modern ★★★★★

Dora Maar (1907–1997) was a French-born photographer and painter with an eye for the unusual. In November a touring exhibition of her work is coming to Tate Modern, with over 200 works spanning a sixty-year career that saw her work also in fashion and advertising.

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WHEN
20 Nov 2019 –15 Mar 2020, Open daily 10.00 – 18.00 and until 22.00 on Friday and Saturday
WHERE
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Gold Inlaid Canopic Coffinette of Tutankhamun Images: IMG

Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, Saatchi Gallery review ★★★★★

Everyone has heard of Tutankhamun, the boy king, whose tomb was discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. This monumental exhibition brings his treasures to London for a once in a lifetime show.

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WHEN
02 Nov 2019 – 03 May 2020, 10am – 6pm, 7 days a week
WHERE
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London, SW3 4RY
Unknown Fields, The Breast Milk of the Volcano (video still), 2016-2018.

Eco-visionaries, Royal Academy review ★★★★★

21 works by international artists and designers translate environmental catastrophe into visual terms to demystify a topic which is often shrouded in statistics in the hope of connecting the issue with viewers more deeply.

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WHEN
23 Nov 2019 – 23 Feb 2020, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE
Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
Young Bomberg and the Old Masters, National Gallery

Young Bomberg and the Old Masters, National Gallery

A new exhibition at the National Gallery will explore the influence of Renaissance Masters on the Modernist painter's early work and will no doubt give Bomberg lovers the chance to discover a powerful portrait of the artist as a young man.

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WHEN
27 Nov 2019 – 01 Mar 2020, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Filippo Albacini (1777-1858), The Wounded Achilles, 1825, marble, Chatsworth House Photograph © The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth. Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees.

Troy: Myth and Reality, British Museum ★★★★★

This November the British Museum will bring the drama of Homer's epic to London in what is reportedly the first major exhibition on the theme to be staged in the UK. Around 300 objects will go on display exploring our fascination with Troy from antiquity to the present day.

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WHEN
21 Nov 2019 – 08 Mar 2020, Saturday – Thursday 10.00–17.30, Friday 10.00–20.30
WHERE
British Museum, Great Russell St, London, WC1B 3DG
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