Rachel Whiteread

Date: Sep 29 - Dec 9.
Location: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3DR.
Description: The artist's first big UK solo show for years, including a large work made especially for the exhibition.
Contact: 0131-624 6200
E-mail: enquiries@natgalscot.ac.uk
Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~56302.jml

Munich Oktoberfest

Date: Sep 22 - Oct 7.
Location: Theresienwiese, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Description: Munich recovers its confidence with the world's biggest beer festival.
E-mail: team@theresienwiese.de
Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~20490.jml

New York Film Festival

Date: Sep 28 - Oct 14.
Location: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 64th Street, Manhattan, New York 10016.
Description: Annual previews of the best of world cinema, this year featuring the latest from David Lynch and Todd Happiness Solondz.
Contact: 001 212 875 5610.
Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~14057.jml

Cervantes Arts Festival

Date: Oct 10-28.
Location: Guanajuato, Mexico.
Description: Mexico's best performing arts festival, attracting the biggest names in international music, opera, dance, theatre and film.
Contact: 0052 5 208 1902.
Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~19400.jml

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