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Byzantium 330-1453

Silver, partially gilded, embossed and perforated, 36 x 30 cm. Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Tesoro, inv. no. 109.  Photo per gentile concessione della Procuratoria di San Marco/Cameraphoto  Arte, Venice

25 Oct 2008—22 Mar 2009

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Supported by The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation, the A.G. Leventis Foundation and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

This ground-breaking exhibition, a collaboration between the Royal Academy of Arts and the Benaki Museum in Athens, provides a grand-scale survey of 1,000 years of history. Highlighting the splendours of the Byzantine Empire, 'Byzantium 330–1453' incorporates over 300 objects. Some of the works have never been displayed in public before.

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GSK Contemporary

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31 Oct 2008—19 Jan 2009

In 6 Burlington Gardens

Supported by GlaxoSmithKline

Comprising more than 20 art exhibitions, 40 live events and 100 film screenings, GSK Contemporary provides a unique platform for contemporary art within London's West End.

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Andrea Palladio: His Life and Legacy

Photo © Pino Guidolotti

31 Jan—13 Apr 2009

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The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first exhibition devoted to Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) to be held in London for over 30 years. Palladio was not only one of the greatest Italian architects; he was also a practitioner whose work has continued to resonate down five centuries.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, explains the special role of icons in the Eastern Orthodox faith.

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Andrea Palladio
Villa Poiana, Poiana Maggiore, 1546, (detail)
Photo © Pino Guidolotti

Malcolm McLaren, Still from ‘Shallow', 2008. Courtesy Aurel Scheibler, Berlin. Copyright Malcolm McLaren

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art