4 galleries to visit this weekend

By CW Contributor on 14/10/2016

Three newly-opened galleries to absorb this weekend...

V&A Museum of Childhood: Board Games Rediscovered review

Venture east to Board Games Rediscovered

What? Return to the past with decades of board games

Why? The exhibition suits all from nostalgic grandmas to tempestuous toddlers!

WHEN

08 Oct 2016 – 23 Apr 2017, 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM

WHERE

V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Rd, London, E2 9PA

Boy bitten by a lizard Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio artist 1595-1600, National Gallery London

Lust over Renaissance lothario, Caravaggio

What? Examine Renaissance art's lothario at the National Gallery

Why? The gallery displays Caravaggio's work against the backdrop of his contemporaries

WHEN

12 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017, Daily 10am–6pm Friday: 10am–9pm

WHERE

National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN

Walter van Beirendonck, Fall/Winter 2010/2011. Hat: Stephen Jones © Ronald Stoops

Gawp at The Vulgar

What? The Barbican examine decades of disastrous fashion

Why? These are the moments fashion forgot - this could be your one chance to relive them.

WHEN

13 Oct 2016 – 05 Feb 2017, Sat–Wed 10am–6pm, Thu–Fri 10am–9pm

WHERE

Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

Richard Serra NJ-1, 2015, weatherproof steel, six plates, overall: 13’ 9” × 51’ 6” × 24’ 6” (4.2 × 15.7 × 7.5 m), plates: 2” (5 cm thick) (C) Richard Serra. Photo by Cristiano Mascaro

Be first to view new Richard Senna sculptures

What? This Autumn, we're treated to two Serra exhibitions: Drawings, over at Gagosian Davies Street and J-2, Rounds: Equal Weight, Equal Measure and Rotate, at Gagosian Britannia Street. Both exhibitions are made of entirely new work,

Why? Richard Serra is one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, and the most famous American sculptor working today.

WHEN

01 Oct 2016 – 25 Feb 2017, Tue–Sat 10-6

WHERE

Gagosian Britannia Street
6-24 Britannia Street, London, WC1X 9JD