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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (10–16 May)

In this week's wrapup: Don't miss Jeremy Deller and David Shrigley at the Hayward; last chance to catch Blek le Rat's pioneering street art at Opera Gallery; Flights of Fancy in Cheshire's Tatton Park; two art fairs in London and an exhibition of automatic drawing.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (28 Jun–5 July)

This week: Munch opens at Tate Modern, the Whitechapel Gallery presents 'The London Open', Masterpiece London opens and your last chance to see the RCA graduate shows.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (26 Apr-3 May)

Estate of the Artist

A Pop Art conference at the ICA; Juan Muñoz at Frith Street Gallery; Glasgow's International Festival of Visual Art; last chance to see Joan Mitchell at Hauser & Wirth and a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum celebrates Power, Pageantry and the Thames.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (3–9 May)

Etching and acquatint. Presented by the Hamish Parker Charitable Trust in memory of Major Horace Parker. ©Succession Picasso/DACS 2011

A major exhibition of Leonardo's anatomical drawings, Picasso's Vollard Suite at the British Museum, last chance to see vintage photography of ancient ruins at James Hyman Gallery and exhibitions featuring Royal Academicians Anne Desmet and Philip Sutton are all in this week's wrap-up.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (25-31 May)

 23 May - 8 July 2012. © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2012. Photo: Ben Westoby. Courtesy White Cube

Several standout shows, Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery, Alighiero Boetti at the Tate Modern and Louise Bourgeois at the Freud Museum, close this week. Plus, ex-RA Schools student Rachael Champion has organised an afternoon of activities at the Camden Arts Centre and Damien Hirst and Bruce Nauman go on show at the White Cube.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (19-26 April)

A Bond Street art stroll, John Piper at Dorchester Abbey, Stan Douglas at Victoria Miro, Giuseppe Cavalli at the Estorick Collection and Marcus Coates's film installation at Elephant & Castle.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (17–24 May)

In this week's wrapup: Don't miss Mondrian║Nicholson: In Parallel at the Courtauld; art institutions across the country open their doors for the Museums at Night festival; Stratford Underground station is brightened up by Who is Community? and The Triumph of Pleasure opens at the Foundling Museum.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (1–7 June)

Sugar lift aquatint from 4 copper plates, printed in a blend of Lemon Yellow, Primrose Yellow, Deep Yellow, Diarylide Yellow, Indian Yellow, Orange, Nasturtium, Deep Red, Cadmium Red Light, Cardinal Red, Alizarin Crimson and Ruby Madder on 2 sheets of Arches Moulin du Gué blanc 350 gsm paper. Overall paper and image size 174.0 x 244.0 cm. Edition of 10.

In this week's wrapup: Howard Hodgkin shows at Alan Cristea, James Hyman Fine Art celebrate Derrick Greaves's 85th birthday, Hauser and Wirth show an exhibition of Guillermo Kuitca, A memorial exhibition for Adrian Berg RA opens at Pallant House and ex-RA Schools student Veronica Smirnoff presents recent works at Gallery Vela

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (8 – 14 June)

© the artist. Installation at SNAP 2012. Photo: Owain Thomas.

This week: Polly Morgan at All Visual Arts, Nancy Holt shows at Haunch of Venison, Haroon Mirza wins the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize, SNAP 2012 comes to the Aldeburgh music festival and Shirazeh Houshiary goes on show at Lisson Gallery.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (20–26 Sept)

Print. 245 x 355 mm. © Trustees of the British Museum.

This week: 'Renaissance to Goya' opens at the British Museum, The David Roberts Art Foundation opens, the London Art Book Fair takes place at the Whitechapel Gallery, Rita Ackermann goes on show at Hauser and Wirth and 'Garden of Reason' closes at Ham House.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (15 – 20 June)

George Osodi, 'Utorogun gas flare near Warri', 2006.

This week: George Osodi at Liverpool's International Slavery Museum, Leah Gordon shows a series of new photographs at Riflemaker, recent paintings by Academician Barbara Rae is on display at Adam Gallery in Bath, Gillian Wearing RA at the Whitechapel Gallery closes on Sunday and Invisible Art goes on show at the Hayward Gallery.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (6–12 July)

Norwich Arts Centre. Photo: Anne-Marie Watson.

This week: Tate launches a new online gallery of lost art, contemporary sculture goes on show at Chelsea Physic Garden, The Bruce Lace Experience opens at Camden Arts Centre, Frank Bowling RA goes on show at Eleven Spitalfields, former RA Schools student Francesca Lowe's solo exhibition opens at Riflemaker, Romuald Hazoumè opens at the October Gallery and Edward Allington and Vaughan Grylls are...

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (13–19 July)

© The artist, courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery. Photograph, The National Gallery, London.

This week: Contemporary artists' take on Titian go on show in 'Metamorphosis' at the National Gallery, Julian Opie opens at the Lisson Gallery, the Regent's Canal Festival features 70 contemporary artists across the waterway, the nominees for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize go on display at the Photographers' Gallery and Peter Blake goes on display at both Paul Stolper and the Fine Art Society...

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (20–26 July)

Tights, fluff, wire. © the artist, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London.

This week: Damián Ortega opens at White Cube Mason's Yard, printmaker Alan Kitching goes on show at Advanced Graphic London, Leeds' Henry Moore Institute takes a new look at Sarah Lucas, the celebration of print studio Paupers Press moves up to Northumbria University and Edinburgh National Gallery explore the influence of Symbolism in 'Van Gogh to Kandinsky'.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (27 Jul–2 Aug)

 © Jim Goldberg. Courtesy of The Photographers Gallery, London.

This week: The Photographer's Gallery shows 'The World in London', it's the last chance to see Mary Ramsden at Pilar Corrias, Thomas Houseago goes on show at the Sainsbury Centre, 'Calder in India' closes its doors at Ordovas gallery and Jeremy Deller's Sacrilege tours the parks of London.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (22 – 28 June)

© and courtesy the artist.

This week: Mark Wallinger shows at Baltic, 'Francis Bacon to Paula Rego' opens at Abbot Hall, Carlson Gallery opens a new space in Mayfair, Timothy Taylor gallery show works by Diane Arbus and your last chance to see Calder at Crane Kalman. Plus, the latest openings of Royal Academician's shows.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (16 – 23 Aug)

Gustav Klimt, 'The Kiss'

This week: Street art celebrating 150 years since the birth of Gustav Klimt, Richard Parry's Elephant Paintings at Bloomberg SPACE and last chance to see John Currin at Sadie Coles.

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Closing soon: Art picks not to miss this fortnight

Installation view of ‘Troubling Space: The Summer Sessions’, Zabludowicz Collection London.

Galleries and museums are wisely avoiding opening any major shows during the Olympic fortnight, for the fear they might sink without a trace in a nation gripped by sporting fever. RA Magazine's Sam Phillips offers his picks of the best shows around London coming to a close over the next two weeks, from Grayson Perry at Victoria Miro to British Design at the V&A.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (24–29 August)

This week: Cork Street Open goes on show and the last chance to see Zhang Huan at White Cube Bermondsey, 'Billie Cowie: The Revery Alone' at the Wapping Project, Annex East closes its first exhibition and the doors close on 'Gravity and Disgrace' at Blain Southern.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (30 Nov-6 Dec)

Spray paint and gunshots on metal sign, 36 x 50.5 cm. Courtesy Estate of William S. Burroughs. Photo ONUK.

This week: 'Carving in Britain' opens at The Fine Art Society, Blain Southern shows works by Francesco Celemente, the Serpentine Gallery displays a survey of Jonas Mekas, William Burroughs is at the October Gallery and Valentino goes on show at Somerset House

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (31 Aug–6 Sep)

© the artist

This week: Thea Djordjadze opens at Sprüth Magers, David Blandy features in the Brighton Digital Festival, Alexandre da Cunha goes on show at the THomas Dane Gallery, HaYoung Kim is at Hoxton Art Gallery and RAs show in 'Sculptor's Drawings'.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (7 – 13 Sept)

Porcelain, wood and leather. Case/board: 75 x 200 (diameter) cm. © Yayoi Kusama, 2003. Courtesy RS&A.

This week: 'The Art of Chess' opens at the Saatchi Gallery, Daido Moriyama's photographs are on display at the Michael Hoppen Gallery, Annely Juda shows painting by John Golding and Adam Dant presents his latest work at Hales Gallery.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (14–19 Sept)

Photo: Patrick Lears. Courtesy Whitechapel Gallery.

This week: Mali Morris RA opens at Eagle Gallery, Robert Motherwell's prints go on show at Bernard Jacobson, Aspen Magazine goes on show at the Whitechapel Gallery, the winner of the Jerwood Drawing Prize is announced, and Michael Kidner RA is on display at Flowers East.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (27 Sep-3 Oct)

This week: Abbot Hall celebrate 50 years with an exhibition of Hughie O'Donoghue, Maurizio Cattelan opens at the Whitechapel Gallery, Rashid Johnson goes on display at the South London Gallery, Chisenhale Gallery show work by Ed Atkins, Eric Bainbridge and Simon Martin go on show at the Camden Arts Centre, Elmgreen & Dragset are at Victoria Miro and The Wild the beautiful and the Damned closes at...

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events

© Felix Clay Rain Room, Random International 2012. Courtesy of Barbican Art Gallery.

New shows opening ahead of Frieze week include Belgian painter Luc Tuymans; a show that pairs Lucian Freud and the Baroque Bolognese painter Annibale Carracci; Gillian Ayres RA at Jerwood Gallery, ceramics by Edmund de Waal at Alan Cristea and Barbican's experiential Rain Room.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (18–24 Oct)

This week: Ruth Borchard's collection goes on show at Kings Place Gallery, catch Toby Ziegler's Q Park installation before it closes, it's the last chance to see Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin at Paradise Row, The Lost Prince opens at the NPG and an exhibition on Art and Vodou begins on Saturday at Nottingham Contemporary.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (26 Oct-1 Nov)

 Installation shot at the #COMETOGETHER exhibition of contempory art from the Arab world by Edge of Arabia, London 2012.

This week: Cedric Morris and Christopher Wood at Norwich Castle Museum, last chance to see group show 'Edge of Arabia', Cathy Wilkes and Shio Kusaka go on show at The Modern Institute, Goshka Macuga at Kate MacGarry closes this weekend and Barbara Hepworth: The Hospital Drawings opens at Hepworth Wakefield

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (2 - 8 Nov)

Right: Martin Parr, 'Signs of the Times, England', 1991. C-type print. 51 x 61 cm. Martin Parr / Magnum Photos / Rocket Gallery. © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos.

This week: 'Seduced by Art' opens at the National Gallery, The Queen's Gallery displays work from the Northern Renaissance, Jean Dubuffet goes on display at Pallant House, Artangel restage Stifter's Dinge and Paradise Row shows work by Anna Bjerger

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (8 - 14 Nov)

'The break', from the series 'Upekkha', 2011. Archival inkjet print, 60 x 90 cm. Copyright V&A. Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum.

This week: 'Light from the Middle East' opens at the V&A, 'A Bigger Splash' begins at Tate Modern, White Cube display works by Josiah McElheny, films by William Kentridge are at Tate Tanks and Hauser & Wirth show recent works by Isa Genzken.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (15 - 21 Nov)

Gillian Ayres RA, 'Illium', 2011.

This week: Alan Cristea show works by Gillian Ayres RA, 'Death: A Self-portrait' opens at the Wellcome Collection, catch 'The Art of Remembrance' on iplayer, the winners of the BJP International Photography Award go on show at Foto8 Gallery and a display of Ansel Adams is at the National Maritime Museum.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (22-29 Nov)

This week: The Piper Gallery presents Abstract Paintings from the Seventies, Josephsohn goes on show at Hauser and Wirth, Florian Hecker is at Sadie Coles HQ and pop-up shop House of Voltaire opens in Mayfair

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (6 - 13 Dec)

 L-R Ladder: Amy Cheung, Au Hoi Lam 2nd Row: Ho Sin Tung, Annie Wan, Fiona Wong, Adrian Wong, Lui Chun Kwong, Justin Wong, Joao Vasco Paiva, Kong Chung Hei Front seat: Leung Kui Ting, Morgan Wong Photo credit: David Parry.

This week: Hong Kong artists display work at Saatchi Gallery, snap up Christmas gifts at the RCA fête and The New Craftsman's pop-up shop, Flowers Gallery shows a selection of small-scale work by artists from Tom Phillips RA to Bryan Kneale RA, RIchard Green Gallery celebrate Alfred Munnings PPRA and an exhibition exploring the relationship between Eduardo Paolozzi RA and Nigel Henderson opens at...

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (13 - 20 Dec)

5'12'', still from video, colour, sound. Image courtesy of the artist.

This week: From Death to Death opens at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, SLG reveals the work of Sanja Iveković, it's your last chance to see Richard Hughes at Tramway, Ruskin's Landscape is on display in Force of Nature at Museums Sheffield and the doors close on Winifred Nicholson at Kettle's Yard.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (25- 31 Jan)

© Juergen Teller

This week: Whitworth shows landscapes by John Piper, Juergen Teller is at the ICA, Schwitters in Britain opens at Tate Britain, 'Tessa Traeger: Chemistry of Light' is at Purdy Hicks, Sadie Coles HQ shows an installation of works by Angus Fairhurst, it's the last chance to see Helen Marten at Chisenhale Gallery, works by Richard Wentworth are on show at Lisson Gallery and Hauser and Wirth explore...

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (10 - 16 Jan)

Super 16mm film transfer to HD, sound, 5 minute loop, Courtesy the artist and Gaudel de Stampa, Paris Commissioned and produced by dOCUMENTA (13) Courtesy the artist.

This week: Jessica Warboys's film 'Pageant Roll' is screened at the Whitechapel Gallery, Kings Place Gallery presents a survey show of John Lessore, and it's your last chance to see a number of shows this Sunday, including Pre-Raphaelites at Tate Britain, Peter Lely at the Courtauld and The Lost Prince at the National Portrait Gallery.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (18 - 24 Jan)

This week: Timothy Taylor Gallery presents new works by Fiona Rae RA, collaborative works by Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra are on display at One Canada Square, the Contemporary Art Society opens a new space in East London, Eastside Projects in Birmingham feature sculpture by Mike Nelson and the Abbot Hall Art Gallery showcase contemporary artist, Uwe Wittwer.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (1 - 6 Feb)

Photo + Worldwide 2012 © Peter Boettcher/Kraftwerk/Sprüth Magers

This week: Richard Prince opens at Sadie Coles HQ, Haunch of Venison display works by Thomas Joshua Cooper, Kraftwerk perform in the Tate's Turbine Hall and 'Knock Knock: Seven Artists in Hastings' goes on show at the Jerwood Gallery.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (8 - 13 Feb)

This week: 'Ice Age Art' opens at the British Museum, portraits by Man Ray go on display at the NPG, Luxembourg & Lacan displays work by Michelangelo Pistoletto, 'Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos' is at the Serpentine and work by Susan Hiller is on show at Matt's Gallery

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (15 - 21 Feb)

From a series of 75 digital prints laminated to glass and mounted to Plexiglas. © Julian Opie. Courtesy the artist and Alan Cristea Gallery, London.

This week: Alan Cristea shows work by Julian Opie, 'Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901' opens at the Courtauld Gallery, an exhibition of works by Raqib Shaw goes on show at Manchester Art Gallery, Mark Leckey curates a new exhibition at The Bluecoat, Liverpool and a retrospective of sculptor Elisabeth Frink RA opens at The Lightbox, Woking.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (1 - 7 March)

Duratans print.

This week: Works by Albert Oehlen go on show at the Zabludowicz Collection, new art fair Art13 opens at London's Olympia, a selection of works by Craigie Aitchison are at Waddington Custot Galleries, works from Central Asia and the Causcasus are exhibited at Sotheby's and exhibitions of R.B. Kitaj and Yinka Shonibare open.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (8 - 14 March)

Bronze. 1/6 from edition of 6 plus 1 artist's cast. 71 1/2 x 29 x 80 3/4 in / 181.5 x 73.6 x 205.1 cm. Copyright: Chatsworth House Trust.

This week: Works by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye are on show at Corvi-Mori, an exhibition of Royal Academicians opens at Richmond Hill, Chatsworth House display paintings, drawings and sculpture by Wiliam Turnbull RA, 'RCA Secret' opens and Anne Purkiss' photographs of Royal Academicians go on display at Leighton House Museum.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (15 - 21 March)

Installation, mixed media. Courtesy greengrassi, London. Photo: Andy Keate. Copyright All rights reserved by SLG Press.

This week: Pae White creates a new installation at the South London Gallery, Jenna Burlingham Fine Art display work by Peter Greenham RA, photographs by Julian Anderson go on show at blackShed Gallery, Matt Calderwood: Paper Over the Cracks opens at Baltic, Alan Cristea show work by Jan Dibbets and Flowers open two shows of works by Tai-Shan Schierenberg and Tom Hammick.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (29 Mar-4 Apr)

English limestone, 177 x 26 x 26 cm. Credit: Geraint Lewis.

This week: Phyllida Barlow opens at the Contemporary Arts Society, the ICA opens two shows focusing on art groups, an exhibition of works focusing on natural forms opens at Harewood House, Hatfield House showcases the sculpture of six RAs and Moore Rodin opens at Perry Green.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (22 - 28 Mar)

Photo: Michael Montfort. Courtesy of Kenneth Anger and Sprüth Magers Berlin London.

This week: The Foundling Museum displays the hidden stories of the Foundling Hospital, Richard Deacon curates an exhibition of Garth Evans at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, an exhibition on Kenneth Anger goes on display at Sprüth Magers London and works by Geoffrey Farmer go on show at the Barbican.

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Warhol films in focus at the ICA

16mm film, black and white, color, sound, 204 minutes in double screen. © 2013 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. Film still courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum.

Andy Warhol experimented with celluloid in the mid-1960s, at the same time the New York pop pioneer was perfecting his silkscreen paintings. Three of the resulting 16mm films are on view in recently restored prints at the ICA this weekend.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (5 - 11 April)

Installation with video. Co-commissioned by MACBA and Chisenhale Gallery and presented in partnership with Delfina Foundation. Courtesy of the artists.

This week: Royal Academicians are on view across the UK, Art First shows former RA Schools student Liane Lang, works by Celia Paul are on display at Marlborough Fine Art, Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi are at Chisenhale Gallery and an exhibition of new works by Rachel Whiteread opens at Gagosian.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (31 May-6 Jun)

'Perfume Jar', 1964. Acrylic on board. 36 x 84 in / 91.4 x 213.4 cm.

This week: Gary Hume and Patrick Caulfield exhibitions open at Tate Britain and Waddington Custot, Sheila Hicks opens at Alison Jacques Gallery, the Design Museum show Lesser Known Architecture, Tim Rollins and K.O.S. go on show at Maureen Paley and it's your last chance to catch an exhibition of Geoff Uglow at Connaught Brown

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (19 - 25 April)

This week: Lucy and Jorge Orta reveal their new artwork at St Pancras Station, the works nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize go on show at The Photographers' Gallery, an exhibition of work by Richard Patterson opens at Timothy Taylor Gallery and new art space The Dairy opens

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (26 Apr-2 May)

Silkscreen ink on canvas. 210 x 160 cm. © Gavin Turk, 2013. Courtesy of Ben Brown Fine Arts.

This week: Towner Gallery display works by Fiona Rae RA, Gavin Turk is a Ben Brown Fine Arts, an exhibition of Paul Pfeiffer opens at Thomas Dane Gallery, Oreet Ahery's 'Party for Freedom' begins, Jerwood Gallery shows work by William Scott and Anthony Whishaw RA opens his studio to visitors this weekend

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (3 - 9 May)

Courtesy Richmond Hill Gallery.

This week: Mariele Neudecker takes over a Brighton townhouse as part of the Brighton Festival, Trade Routes opens at Hauser & Wirth, Richmond Hill Gallery shows works by Frederick Gore RA, Fred Cuming RA is on display at Adam Gallery, an exhibition of works by Robert Morris opens at Sprüth Magers and The Otolith Group talk at The Japan Foundation next week.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (17 - 24 May)

Silkscreen with fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, each panel 870 mm x 870mm, edition of 5.

This week: 'Dieter Roth: Diaries' opens at Camden Arts Centre, Roche Court display a two-person show of Rothschild and Clare Woods, Karsten Schubert display drawing by William Scott, 'Chris Levine: Light' is on show at the Fine Art Society and an exhibition of the Bay Area School opens at Thomas Williams Fine Art

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (24 - 30 May)

Paper squeeze, wool and cotton paper. Botanical Garden, Oaxaca, Mexico. Co-commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery, Cove Park and CCA Glasgow. Courtesy of the artist and Wien Lukatsch, Berlin.

This week: a new exhibition of kinetic sculptures by Michael Landy RA opens at the National Gallery, Jupiter Artland kicks off their summer season, Chisenhale Gallery shows work by Mariana Castillo Debball, new work by Sinta Tantra is installed in Holland Park and it's the last chance to see 'Becoming Picasso' at the Courtauld Gallery

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (10 - 16 May)

Pastel on board, 29 1/2 x 39 inches.

This week: an exhibition on Tudor and Stuart fashion opens at The Queen's Gallery, Richard Green displays work by the late Mary Fedden RA, Browse and Darby show works by Anthony Eyton RA, Jutta Koether goes on display at Bristol's Arnolfini and a comparison of photographs by Martin Parr and Tom Wood is shown at the Walker Art Gallery.

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RA Magazine's pick of the week’s art events (28 Jun - 4 Jul)

Printed papers on paper, Tate, Presented by the artist 1995 © The Trustees of the Eduardo Paolozzi Foundation

Eduardo Paolozzi's collages in Chichester, a spotlight on contemporary Brazilian art, Eastern European sound art in Shoreditch and the return of Bold Tendencies to Peckham's multi-storey car park are among this week's art highlights.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (7 - 13 June)

Oil on canvas. 152.4 x 182.9 cm.

This week: Railings Gallery shows work by Donald Hamilton Fraser RA, an exhibition of Bill Jacklin RA opens at Marlborough Fine Art, Royal Academician sculptors Cornelia Parker and Anthony Caro have exhibitions opening at Frith Street and Gagosian Gallery, 'A Crisis of Brilliance' begins at Dulwich Picture Gallery and Pace Gallery shows work by actor and artist James Franco.

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Gerhard Richter tapestries at Gagosian Gallery

Jacquard-woven tapestry, 108 3/4 x 148 7⁄8 inches (276 x 378 cm) © Gerhard Richter 2013.

Gerhard Richter reworks one painting (Abstract Painting 724-4, 1990) into four individual Jaquard-woven tapestries in a new exhibition at Gagosian Gallery's Mayfair space

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (14 - 20 June)

Courtesy the artist and the Arts Council Collection. Photo Nigel Roddis.

This week: 'Alternative Guide to the Universe' opens at the Hayward Gallery, Sculpture in the City begins on 20 June, Pallant House shows 'Modern British Collage', two shows on paper begin at Saatchi Gallery and the ICA and Roger Hiorns' site-specific installation opens at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (21 - 27 June)

Oil on canvas. 73.3 x 64.5 cm. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013.

This week: 'Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life' opens at Tate Britain, National Gallery presents 'Vermeer and Music', a display of works by Gauguin is now open at the Courtauld, the Fine Art Society shows 'Sickert: From Life' and a new installation by Leandro Erlich opens in Dalston.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (5 - 11 July)

 Performance at The Showroom, London, 2010. Photo : Daniela Mattos.

Mexican revolutionary art at the RA, visions of utopia at the Whitechapel Gallery, Manchester International Festival and an open submission show at White Cube are among this week's art picks.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (12 - 18 July)

C-type print. © Anastasia Shpilko. Courtesy of the artist.

This week: The Photographers' Gallery shows new work by BA and MA students, the Jack Bell Gallery displays sculptures by Gonçalo Mabunda, lithographs once displayed in Lyons teashops go on display at Towner, Eastbourne, Newlyn Art Gallery presents oil paintings by Andy Harper and an exhibition of work by Christopher Wood opens at Kettle's Yard

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (19 - 25 July)

© Tate, London 2012.

This week: An exhibition of Sarah Morris is on display at White Cube Bermondsey, Aquatopia opens at Nottingham Contemporary, Arnolfini presents work by Ian Hamilton Finlay, works by Hamish Fulton are shown at Maureen Paley and a solo show of Emma Hart begins at Camden Arts Centre

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (26 Jul - 1 Aug)

Future

This week: Anthea Hamilton opens at Bloomberg Space, Ikon display works by Japanese artist Shimabuku, Chisenhale Gallery shows Pratchaya Phinthong, 'The Future is Here' opens at the Design Museum and RA Schools student Anthony Faroux is displayed at Cardiff's Bay Art gallery

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (30 Aug–5 Sep)

Image Courtesy David Krut Fine Art New York and London. The artist and David Krut Fine Art.

This week: Thom Phillips RA shows at Flowers Gallery, the Contemporary Art Society shows work by John Stezaker, prints by William Kentridge are on display at University Gallery, an exhibition of Ben Nicholson etchings opens at Bernard Jacobson Gallery and 'The New Situation: Art in London in the Sixties' begins at Sotheby's

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (16 - 22 Aug)

©The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld.

The holiday season rarely sees new art exhibitions opening and this year is no different, with a review of RA Magazine’s inbox yielding next to naught in terms of private views in the next fortnight. So this week’s pick of exhibitions is a 'last chance' round-up of some London shows that are worth viewing before they close their doors over the next two weeks.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (2 - 8 Aug)

Acrylic on canvas  47 x 62.5 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York © Merlin James

This week: A survey of recent work by Thomas Scheibitz opens at Baltic, 'Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man' opens at The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh, Cass Sculpture Foundation show works by Eduardo Paolozzi RA, and it's your last chance to catch two great shows: 'Cinematic Visions' at Victoria Miro and Merlin James at Parasol Unit

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (9 - 16 Aug)

© Cornelia Parker. Image courtesy of Tate, London 2013.

A nationwide project that's bringing art to advertising billboards; exhibitions of Gilberto Zorio and Brian Griffiths; a fundraising campaign by Marina Abramović and a sculpture trail in the grounds of Fulham Palace.

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RA Magazine's pick of this week’s art events (13 – 19 Sep)

 a vessel that will be used in 1513: A Ships' Opera, a water-borne, day-long performance by a fleet of historic vessels that is the centrepiece of the 2013 Mayor's Thames Festival.

This week: Richard Wilson RA's '1513: A Ship's Opera' forms part of the Thames Festival, the ICA explore London's subcultures at the Old Selfridges Hotel, The collection of Albert Richardson PRA goes on display at Christie's, work by sculptor Geoffrey Clarke RA is shown at Pangolin Gallery and a solo exhibition of RA Schools alumni Alex Hoda opens at Edel Assanti

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