Between 8^th September 2010 and 16^th January 2011 The Tate Britain will be hosting a unique exhibition, which celebrates the career of one of the World’s most influential photographers, Eadweard Muybridge.

Muybridge was born in Britain in 1830, and quickly made his name as a skilled image manipulator and as one of the most successful landscape photographers of all time. He is celebrated for his locomotion series of animals and humans, which signified the first projected motion images. He was the first photographer to inspire people to start using shutters in their photography after his legendary photograph of a horse in motion. Ian Warrell, the co-curator of the retrospective says “up until that point you’d just take the lens off, count however many seconds you needed to and then replace it. Muybridge was thinking of ways you could capture time, basically.”

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The 2,500 acre Estancia El Venado guest ranch in Argentina is offering visitors the opportunity to participate in an exclusive polo excursion.

The beautiful ranch owned by pro polo player Federico Cendoya was founded in the 1800s and is located 100 miles South of Buenos Aires. It has been passed down through four generations of the Cendoya family and fully embraces its Argentinean polo heritage.

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Also known as the Rolex Fastnet race of the Mediterranean, The Rolex middle Sea Race is regarded as one of the most infamous events in the yachting calendar and this year marks the 31^st edition since the race was started in 1968. Malta provides a breathtaking backdrop to this world-class sporting event in 2010. This year the event takes place on Saturday 23^rd October 2010.

This race was co-founded by the Royal Malta Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club and is considered to be a first class event for sailing enthusiasts and spectators alike. The race attracts around 80 boats in recent years and the challenge is exciting – crews have to tackle 600 nautical miles of gruelling conditions, starting miles from Malta’s Grand Harbour and then heading north along the Eastern coasts of Sicily up towards the Straits of Messina.

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Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man is to open his second museum – a new branch of his existing Soumaya Museum in Mexico City.

Slim, who is reportedly worth $53.5 billion is the world’s foremost collector of sculptures from French sculptor Auguste Rodin with a colossal 66,000 pieces. The museum will contain a “treasure trove” of artwork by Rodin, which will form the largest collection of his work outside of France. In addition, it will house a collection of sculptures, paintings and art from around the world dating from 14^th century until present day.

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The Design Museum Holon in Israel is hosting a groundbreaking exhibition that explores the prominent role that machines are playing in the redefinition of haute couture.

In what has been described as an “extravagant representation of fashion”, world renowned designers have come together to create collections that demonstrate the changes in the fashion industry and our culture as a whole. Innovative Japanese designer, Issey Miyake is the creative director, while his fellow designers Dai Fujiwara, Shelley Fox and Marloes ten Bhömer each create their own contribution to display.

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