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Visit The Courtauld Gallery in November Late Opening on Thursday 7 November NOW OPEN: The Young Dürer, Antiquity Unleashed and Richard Serra November talks and tours Go Beyond the Label with our new mobile project Coming Soon: A new Illuminating Object What's on Elsewhere Book Competition: Win a copy of Becoming a Londoner Late Opening, Thursday 7 November until 21.00 Live Music • Games • Competitions • Art Workshops • Tours • Cocktails Join in the fun at this Thursday's Late Opening when The Courtauld Gallery is open until 21.00. Listen to live music, relax with a Marmalade Martini in our café, and take part in our Hybrid Games– a Dürer-inspired game of consequences.  Don't forget to dress up as your favourite artist and get in for FREE! Watch our video Book tickets        Exhibitions and Displays The Young Dürer: Drawing the Figure ★★★★ The Telegraph★★★★ Metro Discover the early figure drawings of the great German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. Antiquity Unleashed: Aby Warburg, Dürer and Mantegna This related display complements our main exhibition The Young Dürer: Drawing the Figure Antiquity Unleashed recreates the display of works by Dürer and Mantegna which accompanied the 1905 lecture given by influential art historian Aby Warburg. Richard Serra: Drawings for The Courtauld ★★★★ Time Out★★★★ "An extraordinary enchanting show" City AM This display presents twelve of Serra’s most recent drawings, created especially for this installation. Find out more Find out more Find out more November Talks and Tours Music Performance Monday 4 November 13.45 - 14.00  Join us on the first Monday of every month for medieval music performed on a clavichord in Room 1, which houses The Courtauld's collection ofGothic and Medieval Art. Free with admission. Curator's Talk Curator's Talk Wednesday 6 November 17.00 - 17.45 Join us on the first Wednesday of every month for a curator's talk. This talk focuses on The Young Dürer.  Free with admission. Lunchtime Talks Mondays and Fridays 13.15 - 13.30 Discover more about the permanent collection as researchers and students from The Courtauld discuss a highlight. Free with admission. Sunday Tours Sundays 15.00 - 15.45 Highlights from The Young Dürer and other works from the collection are examined by postgraduate students from The Courtauld.  Free with admission. Find out more Find out more Find out more Find out more Beyond the Label | Illuminating Objects Going Beyond the Label at The Courtauld Gallery Discover more about the stories behind the artworks in our collection in this new project.  Designed for mobile and PC, Beyond the Label gives more information about the stories, artists and techniques behind some of our most famous works of art.  Coming Soon Illuminating Objects: Iznik Dish From 6 November 2013, an Iznik dish is the focus of the next Illuminating Objects display.  The dish is interpreted through an analysis of the floral symbolism – the whirling composition is seen in the light of mystical meditations and the language of flowers through Ottoman lyrical poetry.  Find out more Find out more What's on Elsewhere Christmas at The Charles Dickens Museum Enjoy a Dickensian Christmas with festive treats and celebrations.  The Charles Dickens Museum is based at 48 Doughty Street in Dickens’s only surviving London home where he lived from 1837 until 1839 and wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. Step back in time and experience Dickens’s home as if he had just left the room. Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia The British Museum Until 23 March 2014 ★★★★★ ‘superb’ The Guardian Organised with Museo del Oro, Bogotá, this major new exhibition reveals the fascinating truth behind the myth of El Dorado. Discover the rich and diverse cultures of pre-Hispanic Colombia through more than 300 astonishing objects made from gold and other precious materials. Pop Art Design Barbican Art Gallery Pop Art Design Until 9 February 2014 Over fifty years after it exploded onto the art scene, Pop Art Design is the first comprehensive exhibition to explore the exciting exchange of ideas between artists and designers in the Pop age. Skate at Somerset House presented by Coach Somerset House From 14 November 2013 The Skate season is almost upon us and you can celebrate the festive season at the most spectacular ice rink in London. After dark, skate to a live soundtrack spun by some of the top DJs around with Club Nights or enhance your Skate experience with Skate Extras. Find out more Find out more Find out more Find out more Competition: Win a copy of Becoming a Londoner by David Plante We have three copies of David's Plante's memoir Becoming a Londoner to give away to Courtauld e-news subscribers. This is the first volume of David Plante's diaries of a life lived among the artistic elite, both a deeply personal memoir and a significant document of cultural history To enter simply email us your name and address before midday on Friday 8 November 2013. The winners will be picked at random.