ArchiveExhibition
Dazzling the enemy : shields from the Pacific
14 May-16 Aug 2009
The British Museum
London WC1B 3DG
Overview
On display are over forty shields from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and West Papua. Included is one of the oldest Pacific shields in the world, dating back to 1851, as well as contemporary shields collected in the 1980s. Many of the shields in the exhibition have never been displayed before. Historical and contemporary photographs illustrating the shields in action are also on display.
The Blue Hour
Union Pacific, WC1
until 4 May
Love Will Come Back: Ann Craven with Robert Mapplethorpe and Mohammed Z. Rahman
Phillida Reid
until 4 May
Theodore Ereira-Guyer: The Second Heart
Cedric Bardawil
until 4 May
Painting Freedom: Indian Modernism and its Three Rebels
Brunei Gallery, SOAS
until 22 Jun
Robyn Denny
Vardaxoglou Gallery
until 11 May
Spectrum Of Imagination
Zari Gallery
until 26 Apr
Betty Parsons
Alison Jacques
until 27 Apr
John Edmonds: One
Maximillian William
until 4 May
52 (Vanessa Garwood)
PM/AM
until 28 Apr
Rebecca Manson: Leave Love Behind
Josh Lilley
until 27 Apr
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
National Portrait Gallery
until 16 Jun
Paul Bonnet: Abeyance
MAMOTH
until 4 May
8 Golden Square: Group Show
Bernard Jacobson Gallery
until 31 May
Polly Braden: Leaving Ukraine
The Foundling Museum
until 1 Sep
Raqs Media Collective: Come Undone
Frith Street Gallery
until 4 May
Jason and the Adventure of 254
Wellcome Collection
until 12 Jan