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The best art exhibitions in London this November

By Emily Spicer on 4/11/2019

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

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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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
Bridget Riley Cascando, 2015 © Bridget Riley 2019. All rights reserved.

Bridget Riley exhibition, Hayward Gallery review ★★★★★

Forget the theme park – a new retrospective on Bridget Riley at the Hayward Gallery is dishing out generous servings of vertiginous thrills.

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WHEN
23 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020, Closed on Tuesdays
WHERE
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX
Moving to Mars, Design Museum

Moving to Mars, Design Museum, review ★★★★★

Can you imagine living on the Red Planet? This stylish and inspirational exhibition will have even the most space-averse visitor thinking about the possibilities of inter-planetary exploration.

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WHEN
18 Oct 2019 – 23 Feb 2020, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE
Design Museum
224-238 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London, W8 6AG
George Stubbs, George IV (1762-1830) when Prince of Wales, 1791 Credit: Royal Collection Trust / (c) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019

George IV: Art and Spectacle, Queen's Gallery

George IV was an unpopular king. He was smart, learned and charming but his subjects took exception to the huge amounts of money he spent on his unbelievably lavish lifestyle. This exhibition, with its fascinating array of items, promises to show us the King's refined side.

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WHEN
15 Nov 2019 – 04 May 2020, 12:00 AM
WHERE
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1A 1AA
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
The Life of Buddha (c) British Library Board

Buddhism exhibition, British Library review ★★★★★

Buddhism is the world's fourth largest religion, with an estimated following of 500 million people.This exhibition explores the sumptuous religion's art and artefacts.

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WHEN
25 Oct 2019 – 23 Feb 2020, 12:00 AM
WHERE
British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
Detail: Reflection (Self-portrait), 1985. Oil on canvas. 56.2 x 51.2 cm. Private collection, on loan to the Irish Museum of Modern Art © The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images.

Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits, Royal Academy review ★★★★★

This show brilliantly charts Freud's journey from a strange and awkward youth with an equally awkward style, to a young man flirting with surrealism and toying with new techniques. And then the mature artist emerges, commanding, assured and even predatory (he had a reputation for being a womaniser).

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WHEN
27 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE
Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
Medicine, The Wellcome Galleries at The Science Museum

Medicine, The Wellcome Galleries at The Science Museum

It took a long time to get to what we call 'modern medicine' today, and this November, a new permanent exhibition opens at the Science Museum to narrate a 500-year history of healthcare. Architectural firm WilkinsonEyre have transformed the museum's Wellcome Galleries into a home for Henry Wellcome's vast medical collection featuring over 3,000 objects as well as art by international contemporary artists.

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WHEN
Opens 16 November
WHERE
The Science Museum, 64 Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD
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