Art

London, England
Renaissance Sienna, Art for a City
National Gallery, until 13 January 2008
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
This much-anticipated exhibition showcases lesser-known Renaissance artists, such as Francesco di Giorgio and Domenico Beccafumi, in the artistic, cultural and political context of the last century of the Sienese Republic.

Dublin, Ireland
Paintings from Poland: Symbolism to Modern Art (1880-1939)
National Gallery of Ireland, until 27 January 2008
www.nationalgallery.ie
This fascinating exhibition focuses on Polish art from the late 19th-century Symbolist period through the modernism and abstraction of the inter-war years. Works from this turbulent period of history, including those of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, express both a longing for independence and a desire to embrace an international, borderless notion of art.

Munich, Germany
Fiona Tan: 80 Days
Pinakothek der Moderne, until 6 January 2008
www.pinakothek.de
Indonesian-born film and video artist Fiona Tan explores the concept of portraiture by blurring the boundaries between documentation and fiction by placing people from different cultural and social contexts in both ordinary and extraordinary situations.

Barcelona, Spain
Joan Jonas: Transparencies in a Dark Room
MACBA, until 7 January 2008
www.macba.es
A retrospective of New York-born artist Joan Jonas, a pioneering figure in performance art, experimental film and video installation during the 60s and 70s. It consists of four installations representative of her career, together with a series of films, single-channel videos, drawings and photographs including such works as Organic Honey's Visual Telepathy.

Stockholm, Sweden
Alexander Roslin
National Museum of Sweden, until 13 January 2008
www.nationalmuseum.se
One of the most lauded portrait painters of the 18th century, Swedish artist Alexander Roslin enjoyed a rich career in Paris, St Petersburg, Bayreuth and Stockholm. Highlights include The Lady With the Veil, a portrait of Roslin's wife Marie-Suzanne Giroust.