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This vibrant new exhibition will explore the fascinating representation of the Olympic Games through the intensely visual medium of the poster. Timed to coincide with the build-up to the London Olympics 2012, the exhibition will examine the function and significance of the Olympic Games poster, spotlighting the icons and evolving symbols of the Modern Games. Exhibits will be drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum's rich collections of posters and Olympic ephemera; approximately one hundred framed Olympic Games posters, diverse in content and striking in style, will present the chronology of the games. World-renowned artists represented will include David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj, Victor Vasarely and Roy Lichtenstein. This exhibition celebrates the vitality, individuality and diversity of artist’s self portraits from Southampton’s permanent collection. The self-portrait is the artist's most intimate personal legacy, and most public form of self-advertisement. Self-portraits are often specific in intention, recording particular moments in an artist's personal or professional life. Image credit: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Self-portrait, pastel, acquired in 1954 through the Chipperfield Bequest Fund. Further collection displays are listed below: Main Hall: Treasures: From Gainsborough to Gormley An opportunity to view a new selection of historical and modern British and European paintings from Southampton’s renowned art collection. Amongst the important artists on display in the Treasures exhibition are well-known names, such as Gainsborough, Lowry, Sickert, Monet and Renoir. Gallery 3: Modern British Painting Baring Room: Burne-Jones, Perseus Series Gallery 5: Renaissance Paintings from the Collection Gallery 7: Self Portraits from the Collection Gallery 8: French 19th Century paintings and sculptures